Can a person's childhood seriously mess you up? And if you can't choose how pleasent your childhood will be, are you still liable for the adult you will become? Imagine being in the shoes of serial killer or a pederast. You have no control over your conscious because you have no self-esteem.
The Green River Killer pissed his bed as a teenager, was constantly humiliated by his mother. His childhood turned him into a hateful misogynist. Adolf Hitler grew up a street waif, had such a fragile ego that he had to control the world to feel in control of himself. People who commit horrendous acts are mentally sick. Do you have freewill over your childhood? Can a man be a better man under better circumstances?
2006-10-13 15:59:06 · 13 answers · asked by Xo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's just it you retards. If a million people outgrow their past and become good, but one doesn't...how is that one person evil? Guys like Hitler are a fluke. Flukes happen in nature, end of story.
2006-10-13 16:14:34 · update #1
"Follow Rafiki! Rafiki know de way!--what does it matter? it's in the past. Yes, the past can hurt, but you can either run from it or LEARN from it" Disney is always right--and you are forgetting about the hundreds of people who had childhoods just as bad, but grew up to become functioning members of society who never hurt anybody. You're also forgetting Ted Bundy who was born with a silver spoon, and freely admitted that he had no deep traumatic excuse for what he did--he just liked raping and sodomizing girls with medical instruments until they died--Quit trying to excuse monsters--especially if you're trying to excuse the monster inside yourself.....
2006-10-13 16:08:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me, evil is a state function, doesn't really matter how you get there. It may increase our compassion or understanding to know someone's circumstances growing up, but this does not excuse later behavior. I think the world is playing a dangerous game these days, one that excuses all fault under the guise of some name or another. If this continues, no one will be responsible for anything they do, and at that point what will keep chaos from breaking out?
2006-10-13 23:07:06 · answer #2 · answered by Phil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom abused the hell out of me, but I didn't turn out to be an abuser, rapist or serial killer. It definitely has an impact on your childhood development, but It made me more determined than ever to be a better parent.
2006-10-13 23:08:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of us have issues with our parents. Most of us do not grow up to murder or hurt innocent people. I could care less what happened to Ted Bundy in his childhood. He got exactly what he deserved. The pity is that it took 10 years to carry out the sentence.
2006-10-13 23:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We could only wish there were the same amount of
abused children as serial killers. Only a few behave as
you say. So you are what you become.
2006-10-13 23:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by Uhookah2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, your childhood can create a lot of issues, but there comes a time when you have to stand up and take responsibility for your actions. Lots of people have tough lives, but they don't turn into homicidal maniacs.
2006-10-13 23:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by Tish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure a man can be better if he was born in better circumstances. It all depends on the parents right? But then you grow up, learn about God and the bible.....learn right from wrong, ask Jesus into your heart....and guess what? You are saved!
I taught school for l9 years and I saw all kinds of kids from all walks of life. Yes, their homelife did make a difference. But if they came from a Godly background, they would have been better too.
2006-10-13 23:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by greeneyes 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Past crimes do not justify crimes in the present or future.
If you refuse to punish the criminals, then you are punishing everyone else by allowing the criminals to harm more victims.
Everyone should be held accountable for their own actions.
2006-10-13 23:04:39 · answer #8 · answered by scifiguy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
BTK killer had a normal childhood, i watched a documentary on his 'story' how do you explain that?
2006-10-13 23:02:23 · answer #9 · answered by Nikki 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as "evil". There IS a such thing as corrupt though, and that's exactly what happened to these people you're speaking of. They were good, but things happened to them that corrupted them, and BADLY.
2006-10-13 23:02:43 · answer #10 · answered by Maria Isabel 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋