[ExTxMarine]

Our assumption is aligned with the biblical reality that every human has an innate sin nature that causes him to act in evil ways unless he restrains himself. No amount of “environment” will change that nature, it’s an inner process.

How many good, wealthy, upscale kids have turned into murderers? MORE THAN ONE! Hell, MOST mass murderers were from stable, middle-class and above homes.

These facts alone should prove to these idiots that "environment" does not dictate to those who want to do harm. There is not one of us who hasn't uttered or felt the phrase, "I just want to kill xxxxxx!" But most of us do not ACT upon these natural, defensive/aggressive tendencies. DUH!

[MrB]

I think God put my libinlaw in our life in order to provide an example of the world’s thinking for my kids... :)

The other night, we were discussing various groups of folks throughout history, and any negative behavior was always explained with “because they were threatened”.

It was a great illustration that I could use to point out to my kids that as a result of the wrong assumption of human nature, people will always come to the wrong conclusions about the causes of behavior.