“The evil people are the minority. The good people are the majority ... . [T]he majority of people are actually intrinsically good. We’re not intrinsically evil.”So these are the questions I posed to this podcaster in her comment section; (questions I also ask of all other like-minded believers in “intrinsic goodness”):
Candace, if “people are intrinsically good” (circa min. 58):--------------------------------------/• Why are the scriptures a litany of lamentation rather than praise?
• Why did Paul say:
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (New Testament | 1 Corinthians 2:14)?
• Why did Christ say:
13 ¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it (New Testament | Matthew 7:13–14, bea)?
• What if mankind is neither intrinsically good or evil, but a potential to be tried, tested, proven, and purified through repentance and Christ's atonement according to their choices?
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold (Old Testament | Job 23:10).
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God (Old Testament | Zechariah 13:9).
• What if your assessment that The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) “obviously was a complete act to justify those sadistic perverts to do whatever they want to do around the world” is premature and false? Students of the SPE know it did not excuse evil, but rather proved how prone we humans are to do or condone evil; how soon power corrupts us. The findings of the SPE have been observed over and over. Read “Ordinary Men.” Remember “Abu Gharib”? “My Lai”? “The Phoenix Program”? The Stanley Milgram Experiment (SME) and its derivatives in other nations? And on and on. The SPE and SME are WARNINGS, not excuses or justifications for evil. Please do not disparage a warning that every human should take to heart: a heads-up on how easily we abuse power; how easily the less powerful can be co-opted into doing or condoning evil. We are witnessing it everywhere.
• And, lastly, why document this in three gospels?
17 And [Jesus] said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments (New Testament | Matthew 19:17; Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19)
* I’M BACK! And STILL Asking Questions (Sorry Brigitte). | Candace Ep 233
(Candace Owens | Sep 4, 2025 | Time 1:01:38 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoRzUmsF800&t=3489s
Concerning the Stanford Prison Experiment, see also:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-spirit-of-power.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2020/04/real-life-milgram-spe.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-new-normal-samaritan.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-global-stanley-milgram-experiment.html
