People can Be Guided to Do Evil in the Name of Doing Good.

People can Be Guided to Doing Evil in the Name of Doing Good.

A person or people can be told that the outcome of a path that they are being moved on (a train or thought, a Belief System and so on) will be good, but they must do something that they may feel is questionable to reach that outcome, such as going to war, killing other people, having an abortion, or being immoral, indecent, shamed etc.

As long as we are told that the outcome is good, that it will be something that we want, and is the best for our life and the best for others as well (family, work etc) we can see the outcome as something desirable and we can even change our thoughts and beliefs to achieve this goal.

Defending ourselves against an invading nation is one thing, as it is an act of self defence to preserve our culture, nation and protect our own people, family and so on.
But going to another country (in the name of…) and killing other people is not a desirable thing to do, and it is clearly questionable if it is the right thing to do.

But as Hitler showed us with his claims that slaughtering masses of Jews, Polish and other races for the good of Germany, people’s minds can be persuaded to go against general beliefs, feelings and Belief Systems to do ‘whatever it takes’ to attain the goals set before them as desirable.

As long as our minds are on the end goal, and we see the end goal as achievable for the good of our own life or country, people will risk their own lives and kill innocent people to achieve that goal that was set before them.

I prefer to put such claims and ideas by others through a filter in my heart and strip away all the bad stuff to see what really is happening. Many people did this when Hitler and other dictators made such bold evil claims ‘to be done for the good of the people’ and they walked away, left the country, because they refused to partake in such evil deeds asked of them. The sad thing is that often it is the masses that fall for the lies and because the masses make up the numbers their conforming to evil makes the evil happen.
Hitler had no power without the full support of the people, and he got it.

In our day to day life, we are personally involved with people who make such bold claims of doing bad, evil, toxic claims for the good of the end result. An example is teenagers being talked into smoking cigarettes, drug abuse, casual uncaring sexual activities, immoral, indecent activities, with the promise that we will never regret it.
Yet at the other end of the promise is the many who dies of lung cancer, drug addictions, suicide from shame, self disgust, mental illness and so on.

My personal way of dealing with this is seeing the end result and not seeing anything else regardless of the promises, sweet talk, encouragements, and tempting suggestions of others.

To me:

Smoking = Cancer.
Drug Abuse = Drug Addiction and Mental Illness.
Immoral Activities = Self Shame, Self Disgust, and wrong.

If we are strongly clear, black and white, about the Outcome we will not take part in any activities we have suspicions about or activities where authorities are clear that mental illness, physical disease/illness/death are a result of the actions, we won’t take part in any such things.

Getting high may seem very attractive, but drug addiction and moving on to stronger and stronger more lethal drugs is not an attraction or desired result so the start of any such activities should be avoided at all cost, and an avoidance of people who make such suggestion.

Being firmly sure of the “very possible” outcome of what we do is a very strong powerful guide to helping us choose what is right and wrong for our life.

The main reason why some of the older generation are stunned at the foolishness of the younger generations is because the older generations were brought up to consider the possible outcomes of certain behaviours, and knowing what could happen to them that was negative they steered clear of such activities and such people that were involved in such activities.

Parents are often stunned at the irrational foolish choices of their own teenagers. This is often because age has matured the parents by trial and error, but the parents neglected to mature their own young with the wisdom that the parents had gained over the years. By not sharing their wisdom they denied their teenagers the simple logic and common sense that the parents now have.

Some parents can be very smug about how much more wise they seem than their teenagers, but the reason for this divide is because the parents themselves neglected this part of their children’s Life Education leaving the teenagers with a lack of Life-Knowledge and Life-Education. If they are your children then they should have the same education as you have and should be guided by the same wisdom as you have, that, is simple logic and fact.

Please take the time and effort to show that you are a good example for your own children and be wise enough to share your Life-Education with your own children so that they too can be prepared for life and its surprises, temptations and irrational and unwise people, especially to be careful about peer pressure and so on.

Many people will come your way during your life encouraging you to focus on an end goal that appears to be good while carefully seducing you into doing something that is wrong, or bad for you, or will in some way mentally, emotionally or even physically harm you (or those who you love, or innocent bystanders) while trying to reach that end goal.

Have the wisdom to avoid such temptations and avoid such people promising such things trying to get you to do evil to gain some good in your life. You will do your life, yourself and your children a big favour doing the right thing for you all.

All the best from
James Martin Sandbrook.