why are there so many evil people in the world?

[Rajni]

I wouldn’t necessarily say there are more “evil” people now as much as I would say the nicer people are more withdrawn.

With social media at an all time high and literally everything that’s wrong with America being blasted on the news and radio all the time, people are starting to lose faith in humanity and in others. I remember when I was a child and whole streets knew eachother and talking to your neighbors was a common thing. Now, it seems as though people don’t even trust their own neighbors. We just don’t see the good in the world anymore because people are drawn to the bad and it’s caused the nice ones to stop helping or being as social as they used to.

This is precisely why I had asked, in a previous post, if
the OP watched the news on a regular basis.

I avoid the news as much as I can, and the world is a
much nicer place when I see it through my own eyes
rather than the eyes handed to me by the press.

Even on social media like Facebook, if the posting-
habits of any of my contacts start making my news-feed
look more like a news-paper, I un-follow them. I can't
prove most of the stuff that's being broadcast, so
why let it mess with my head and pull my heart-strings
as though I'm a first-hand eyewitness to all of it when I
can save my energies for that which really does
require my immediate attention right where I'm at?

Heck, there's even a bible verse that, when looked at a
certain way, seems to support how one's outlook on life
is improved when "the news" (glorified gossip, if you ask
me) is avoided:

"He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed,
and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; he will dwell
on the heights..." Isaiah 33:15-16

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[Skeeb_0]

This is precisely why I had asked, in a previous post, if
the OP watched the news on a regular basis.

I avoid the news as much as I can, and the world is a
much nicer place when I see it through my own eyes
rather than the eyes handed to me by the press.

Even on social media like Facebook, if the posting-
habits of any of my contacts start making my news-feed
look more like a news-paper, I un-follow them. I can't
prove most of the stuff that's beingbroadcast, so
why let it mess with my head and pull my heart-strings
as though I'm a first-hand eyewitness to all of it when I
can save my energies for that which really does
require my immediate attention right where I'm at?

Heck, there's even a bible verse that, when looked at a
certain way, seems to support how one's outlook on life
is improved when "the news" (glorified gossip, if you ask
me) is avoided:

"He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed,
and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; he will dwell
on the heights..." Isaiah 33:15-16

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I can’t tell you how many people determine they happiness levels by what they see on FB and the news. Then you carry that bs into your personal life and it causes problems that shouldn’t even exist.

 

[ICONO'CLAST]

Says you.

No my friend
Says psalm115.
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Psalm 115 King James Version (KJV)
115 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord.

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[klutedavid]

why are there so many evil people in the world?

Your probably getting older and noticing people's bad and selfish behavior much more.

Even in the Old Testament people's behavior was appalling.

The apostle Paul said that as time progressed we would become more evil.

 

[Tinker Grey]

No my friend
Says psalm115.

So? The Vedas disagree. (Note: Every religion's holy book makes similar claims.)

 

[ICONO'CLAST]

He's not the only one who allegedly does so.
Islam has a hell too. We'd better hope that's not
the Correct Religion™ or we're doomed.

Those who remain in Islam will perish with the false prophet Mohammed, no peace be upon him

 

[ICONO'CLAST]

So? The Vedas disagree. (Note: Every religion's holy book makes similar claims.)

The bible is the only one people will be judged by.
Psalm 115 is abundantly clear.

 

[Tinker Grey]

The bible is the only one people will be judged by.
Psalm 115 is abundantly clear.

You're wrong.

 

[ICONO'CLAST]

You're wrong.

Your welcome to your opinion and you will take that opinion to the second death after the Great White Throne judgment, unless God has mercy on you.
I am just as guilty as you are. Jesus has taken my punishment already so I am not going to the White Throne.

 

[Tinker Grey]

I am not going to the White Throne.

Neither am I. No such thing.

 

[ICONO'CLAST]

Neither am I. No such thing.

You remind me of the guy who jumped off the skyscraper.
A man asked him how he was doing as he was falling past the 54th floor, they asked how is it going?
He said pretty good so far.

 

[Tinker Grey]

You remind me of the guy who jumped off the skyscraper.
A man asked him how he was doing as he was falling past the 54th floor, they asked how is it going?
He said pretty good so far.

You remind me of an adult with an imaginary friend.

 

[Dave Darling]

We are in the end times!

 

[Rajni]

Those who remain in Islam will perish with the false prophet Mohammed, no peace be upon him

I'm sure the same is said of those who remain in Christianity.
Nothing new, there.

 

[Strathos]

I'm sure the same is said of those who remain in Christianity.
Nothing new, there.

And yet your info says that you're Orthodox, so you obviously found one side more convincing than the other.

 

[ICONO'CLAST]

I'm sure the same is said of those who remain in Christianity.
Nothing new, there.

People say many things now....but every mouth will.be stopped when the face the judge..

 

[Tinker Grey]

People say many things now....but every mouth will.be stopped when the face the judge..

Threats

 

[Rajni]

And yet your info says that you're Orthodox, so you obviously found one side more convincing than the other.

Take a closer look: Unorthodox.

People say many things now....but every mouth will.be stopped when the face the judge..

Ah, but which judge -- if any -- remains to be seen.
Until then, all just empty claims.

Threats

Yep. Ineffective ones, at that.


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[Strathos]

Take a closer look: Unorthodox.

My apologies.

 

[ICONO'CLAST]

Take a closer look: Unorthodox.


Ah, but which judge -- if any -- remains to be seen.
Until then, all just empty claims.


Yep. Ineffective ones, at that.


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Revelation 21:7-8 ● “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his
God and he will be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the
lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”