2011 Why are there so many Bad Apples in this World?

"For every tree is known by his own fruit, for a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit"

--St. Luke 6:42-43

When is a tree good and when is a tree bad? Is a tree bad when it does not bear fruit? What if the fruit it bears is poisonous? What about a human? Are humans who do bad things just 'bad people'?

If we recognize the fact that we live in a physical system, then we can realize that a tree that bears bad fruit does not do so in isolation.  The tree bears its fruit on the basis of what is put into the soil, the type and amount of water the tree receives, and the amount of sunlight and nutrients provided for the tree during its Life.  The tree is a physical system of inputs and outputs, just like the human being. When the human is born into this world there is no conscious mind - there are no thoughts, feelings, or ideas and beliefs. All these things are programmed into the human after birth through education, parenting, experience, etc - in other words, the environment one grows up in determines all the 'inputs' - thus if a tree is not bearing fruit, it would be insane to claim that the tree is just a 'bad tree' - rather one must find out whether the soil is supporting the tree effectively, whether there is enough water, and so on.

And so it must be the same for the human being as well. If there are humans who are doing things to harm others, or acting out of self-interest and abusing, then we must look at the environment that is supporting the human to act in this way. This is common sense, isn't it?

Thus if people are stealing, we must ask, "Are they getting what they need in the first place?" If people are physically abusing each other, we must ask, "Are these people being taught that abuse is the proper way to get what one needs and wants from reality?" If people are not able to find employment and be successful within it when they do, does it make sense to blame them and call them lazy? Or rather, shouldn't we ask, "Is the education system supporting all Equally to become effective within the system of work that we have accepted and allowed?" And if the answer to these questions is no, then doesn't it make sense that we would change the environment to one that actually supports each to be effective and to not live as destructive behavior patterns?  It is no secret that we pattern ourselves, not only our behavior but our self-image, after the world around us, thus it is up to us who are aware of this, to change the pattern of our environment, starting firstly with ourselves and to show others how to change themselves until the environment that we all participate in - the system that is comprised of our daily actions - reflects the actions of the kind of person that we would like to see being born into this world - because that is what we will get. We get what we give, and if we want to see a change in the children to come and then we must start with those who are here - because it is us who shape the world and environment for those who are born into it.




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