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Post by Anonymous Andy on May 22, 2018 12:05:19 GMT
When I worked in restaurants, I would've said 40%. Nowadays, older and wiser, I'd say it's closer to 65%.
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Post by Caesar Roberto on May 22, 2018 14:04:39 GMT
Do you think this is accurate or maybe I've just had bad luck? That may not be accurate. See if you were talking about a particular time period or about a particular set of people you met one time in life and said only 5% of them were like good then it could have been OK. But the fact that you believe only 5% of people you have met over your life time are good should be concerning. Everything in life follows standard normal distribution. On average the people you have met in life are no better or worse than people who post here on this board or people who have replied to this topic. But no one here is saying that they are horrible people. So this all boils to your expectations with people. Perhaps you ask too much of people? or it could be true that most of us (including myself) have a victim mentality. We ask too much of others and require higher standards from others but do not give back the same. Only that could explain the 5% figure that you have attributed as percentage of good people. I didn't say I've only met 5% good people in my life time. I'm talking about in my life right now. Current day. Obviously in previous decades I met many more good people, and the percentage would have presumably been much less than it is now. |
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Post by mslo79 on May 23, 2018 8:01:30 GMT
I guess it sort of depends on ones definition of 'truly good'. I would have to assume 'at least' the majority of people are 'decent enough' as in could be better but could be much worse. basically they don't stand out in a positive or negative way from most people. basically the average person, give or take. as far as the truly evil types (murderers and the like)... I would have to assume that's a small to very small portion of the planet. hell, just taking a quick look online it seems nearly a half million people were murdered (as in intentional homicide) worldwide in 2012. but with that said... I don't think someone has to murder someone to be pretty much evil, so given that nearly a half million murders figure, I would have to assume it's at least in the millions on the planet that are basically evil people for a conservative estimate. so say there is about 8,000,000,000 (i.e. 8 billion) people on the planet, even if 1% of those are evil that would mean roughly 80,000,000 people which, while I obviously can't say anything for sure, it's probably not a huge stretch for that to be true simply because it does not take murder for one to end up in hell when they die which is why I would figure if say everyone on the planet died at this instant, I would expect there to be at least millions who end up in hell as I would be surprised if there was not at least that much. but beyond that figure, it's hard to say what percentage of the planet would actually end up in hell when they die as it could be much higher than I think but at the same time if the easy majority of the planet did not end up in heaven, God help us. but say we are going by that higher standard, say Saint level or in the ball park of that range... I would have to assume this percentage is quite minimal. but even putting those high level people aside, there are probably still quite a bit beyond that range that are generally caring/generous people (like more caring/generous than selfish). with that said... those who feel most people are just bad or close enough to that range, they likely have too negative of a outlook on things or hang around the wrong kind of people, or maybe they themselves are so-so (like I honestly think some people who are generally so-so, or more negative than positive, probably see themselves as a 'decent person' when they are pretty much not). but at the same time it's not difficult to find people who are so-so, but to find people who stand out in a bad way those types have to be in the minority I would assume. although to say many, if not most, people are generally more selfish than not, this I would agree with as take a look at the state of the world etc. personally... I would still be cautious of most people because I simply would not trust most people simply because the average person does not really care about another person all that much, especially if it's not life and death or something serious they could help out with. just some thoughts  p.s. I see some above mentioned about 66% of people are good which means about 33% are bad, if we want to paint things black and white. if that's true, that plays inline with the angels as it's said that about 1/3rd of the angels fell. hence, 66% were good who obeyed God and the other 33% are fallen angels (i.e. demons) who rejected God. so while I got nothing in this regard to apply directly to humans, it's probably not a stretch to see 33% of the population being more bad than good even though I would still expect those people to have some good in them as the ones who are just outright evil (as in very little to no good in them at all) and don't care about anyone else in the slightest (and the like) I would have to assume is a small to very small portion of the population.
EDIT: hell, I have heard some tied to my religion claim that the majority of people won't make it to Heaven, but I don't think there is nothing official though in that regard. but I sure as hell hope that's not true because that's A LOT more people than I personally would have thought as that would be billions, not millions. but if that's a ball park figure that would suggest the majority are bad people because if you end up in hell, your clearly a bad person at that point.
"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." - Matthew 7:13-14
that seems to be a bible reference possibly suggesting the majority will end up in hell than Heaven.
but, like I was saying, no one is claiming anything definitively which means I might still be right as I would not be surprised if millions end up in hell when they die, but billions I would be surprised.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 12:22:07 GMT
Good and evil are relative. Therefore, statistics are moot.
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Post by Caesar Roberto on Jun 30, 2018 14:32:39 GMT
Per Machiavelli, human beings are ungrateful, duplicitous, fickle, deceptive, lying, fearful, greedy, rotten hypocrites impressed largely by the superficial appearance of things. The answer to your question is 0. How can it be 0 if I exist? My grandparents also exist. |
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Post by NewtJorden on Jun 30, 2018 14:52:36 GMT
Somewhere between 1% and 5%
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Post by James Bond on Jun 30, 2018 17:20:19 GMT
No one's truly good. We all have a dark side.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 17:29:54 GMT
I believe that less than 20% of people are at least 60% better than the other 80%
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Post by James Bond on Jun 30, 2018 17:45:56 GMT
I believe that less than 20% of people are at least 60% better than the other 80% My head hurts. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Jul 1, 2018 22:35:30 GMT
The way you see other people really depends on you.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jul 2, 2018 23:12:58 GMT
Even if there are A holes in our lives, I find those people that are awesome, more than make it for them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 23:30:20 GMT
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 28, 2018 6:19:12 GMT
Define truly good.
I mean, how GOOD are we talking here?
If you mean people who do almost nothing bad, then very few.
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