Criminals Think They Are Good

It would be amusing if it were not so tragic, that almost all prisoners who have been convicted of crimes who are in jail, believe they are "basically good people."

If the core of our being were basically good, we would have to be taught to be bad.

But we know that being bad comes naturally to all of us, we have to be taught growing up how to be loving, kind, selfless and productive, without that teaching and training we do what comes naturally and that is to think completely of self, without regard to the well being of others.


Proverbs 6:11-16
"A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:"

Proverbs 28:1-28
"The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue. A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them. Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely. ..."