Ponder Me This:

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Even in this day and age marked with calloused and jaded sentiments, I still think it's disturbing, if not frightening, to hear someone say that man is corrupted from inside. And it is not because of a crapy childhood or because the environment one grew up in "has fostered disruptive behavior."

Claiming so just reeks of finger-pointing and the refusal to admit any personal responsibility for how one behaves.

In a nutshell, what this guy's saying is:

everyone starts out already screwed up.


No wonder babies come out into the world crying their eyes out.

It is also no wonder, therefore, that when left to his own devices, man tends towards things that destroys not only himself, but those around him. Then again, I suppose this tendency keeps with one of the universal laws of physics (paraphrased below):

"Given enough time, all things turn to crap."

It makes you wonder then how humanity had ever survived despite the depravity and the corruption within. If man is a time bomb just waiting to explode, why is it that we still have a humanity to speak of?

What then prevents man from completely destroying himself, if he cannot rely on himself to save his own hide?

Such things I think of. And thankfully, more so, have answers to.

If you don't know them yourself, it might do you good to ask. Why not drop a line or two if you're curious?