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Many of them thinking, while doing evil things, that they are good people doing good things.
That about sums it up.
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Many of them thinking, while doing evil things, that they are good people doing good things.
From wikipedia (I added emphasis):
Crime in the United States has been recorded since colonization. Crime rates have varied over time, with a sharp rise after 1963, reaching a broad peak between the 1970s and early 1990s. Since then, crime has declined significantly in the United States,[1] and current crime rates are approximately the same as those of the 1960s.[2]
From Pew Research:
Violent crime in the U.S. has fallen sharply over the past quarter century.
Property crime has declined significantly over the long term.
Public perceptions about crime in the U.S. often don’t align with the data. Opinion surveys regularly find that Americans believe crime is up nationally, even when the data show it is down.
I concede there have been some increases in crime in the 1970s and 1980s.
All men died in Adam at the fall.why are there so many evil people in the world?
No, they didn't.All men died in Adam at the fall.
No, they aren't.All men are rebels against God.
No, they don't.All men hate God and His word, until they are saved.
I don't hate god and I don't rebel against god.All men died in Adam at the fall.
All men are rebels against God.
All men hate God and His word, until they are saved.
I don't hate god and I don't rebel against god.
Just as I don't hate fairies and I don't rebel against fairies.
Just as I don't hate Darth Vader and I don't rebel against Darth Vader.
Depends what you mean by evil. More people are losing faith and eventually there will be more unbelievers than believers. Rejecting God allows Satan to have his way which is what he wants. Satan wants to be God but in an anti-God way. We are seeing humans have the ability to play God with modern technology and soon we will have designer babies and be able to manipulate the code of life. This may bring some good results as far as helping people but it also allows humans to play god. I think the more we remove God from the equation the more we will go down a path of sin. Evil is the end result of living in sin and many sins such as pride and greed are not necessarily seen as evil.why are there so many evil people in the world?
Evil according to God doesn't work in a way where we can cite stats. If we take the sacredness of the relationship between man and women as in the bible. Though you say that women's rights have improved this was a reaction to men dominating. Now women are ascending it has been at the cost of men being made out to be monsters and now they are losing rights. This has led to many males suffering mental illness and suicide. Who said that maybe it was best for males to be the hunters and women to look after the children (evidence seems to support this). As a result this has led to many other problems like women putting off having a family, out of marriage pregnancies including teen pregnancies and many relationship and family breakdowns.I agree. However the very real improvements are being threatened by a rise of right-wing politics throughout the first world and increasingly effective tyranny in other areas.
I thought the bible talks about when Christ comes back ther world will have fallen away from God like in the days of Noah. So most people will be rejecting God and living in sin. This is not in the time of the bible because it refers to Christs second coming.Whether the Bible teaches that the world will get better is debatable - some readers interpret all the predictions of doom and gloom as referring to events in the first century.
What is clear is that, in general and over long time scales, life is definitely getting better - much better - for almost all people. This does not mean that there are not very serious threats facing us. But the data is pretty clear - things are getting better.
When one rebels against God's rules they rebel against God.
I don't rebel against god's rules, just like I don't rebel against the rules of the sith.
When there are high levels of anxiety & depression, even among children, I think we can assume that something is not right about society.Some people would like to think that the world is more ‘evil’, because it suits their narrative about the world ending.
Fact is, the world has never been better, overall, than it is at present, with regard to man’s relationship with his fellows...
When there are high levels of anxiety & depression, even among children, I think we can assume that something is not right about society.
"The American Psychiatric Association ran a poll on 1,000 U.S. residents in 2017, and they found that nearly two thirds were "extremely or somewhat anxious about health and safety for themselves and their families and more than a third are more anxious overall than last year." (Medical News Today)
"U.S. suicide rates are at their highest since World War II, according to federal data—and the opioid crisis, widespread social media use and high rates of stress may be among the myriad contributing factors." (Time June 20, 2019)
Because of globalisation, we no longer conquer other tribes. We no longer associate as "our" race, "our" culture. We are all a mix of many cultures and we are all the human race.Some people would like to think that the world is more ‘evil’, because it suits their narrative about the world ending.
Fact is, the world has never been better, overall, than it is at present, with regard to man’s relationship with his fellows...
I agree. Humans tend to be driven by “narratives”, not facts.Some people would like to think that the world is more ‘evil’, because it suits their narrative about the world ending.
Fact is, the world has never been better, overall, than it is at present, with regard to man’s relationship with his fellows...
I don't rebel against god's rules, just like I don't rebel against the rules of the sith.
The evidence is overwhelming - things are getting better on the whole.
Because of globalisation, we no longer conquer other tribes. We no longer associate as "our" race, "our" culture. We are all a mix of many cultures and we are all the human race.