The Destructive Nature of Humanity

When faced with the choice between destruction or conservation, it seems the majority of humanity prefers to follow negative traits. Look at our history, starting with the primordial example of Cain and Abel where one brother killed another out of jealousy and hatred, and continuing into our modern times where nations murder other nations for nothing more than desire to dominate the world and hoard its material wealth.

Even today, as I write this article, we live in a world that is hell-bent on environmental destruction under the guise of human prosperity: build your wealth so that you can have as much of whatever you want while pretending that your over-consumption has no impact on the planet we depend upon for life.

Why is our “human nature” so depraved? How is “God’s creation” so evil?

The first controversial assertion I make (and one you will not want to hear) is that humans are not created by God. We have misinterpreted the history of our origins, and in so doing we have mistakenly accepted the erroneous teachings that humans were “made in the image and likeness of God”. How grandiosely narcissistic – to think that we are so perfect like God (while behaving in every way that is not God-like at all)?

The second controversial assertion I make is that humans were created by the fallen angels – under the leadership of the devil – expelled from heaven for wanting to usurp heaven and become God. When we examine human nature over the ages this is exactly what we see: an insatiable desire to dominate all so that we can be the greatest. On the surface, we seem to co-operate with those like-minded to us, but when it comes down to the “bare bones” of our human nature we compete with everyone so that we can be the sole winner. Of what, I wonder?

To better understand my above assertions, please read my book “Transcendence” – there is much more detail in the book to explain how the assertions are possible. 

Remember: we seldom have the “guts” to admit and face our weaknesses and deviant, damaging behaviours – it’s easier for us to pretend that we are perfect; to put forward a false veneer to our equally deviant fellows in this world, than to acknowledge our common depravity. 

If we are to make any positive change in our life we have to start by recognising our dysfunction, then sacrificing it, before taking conscious and determined daily action to find the Spirit and live the will of God.


Image: Roman Wall of Verulamium, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. Copyright - Michael Beaton

NOTE: The remains of the Roman wall (dating to about 260 to 270 CE) are in the foreground on the lower left of the frame (above the small hedge that crosses the photo). I chose the photo for this article because it represents one of the most notorious empires to rule the earth (from around 30 BCE to 500 CE). After being the "best on earth" the Roman empire disintegrated, leaving only ruins of its once famous (or infamous) depravity.

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