My View of Human Nature

I believe that we as humans are divine sparks, as the Eastern religions taught. I believe that the bible cannot be trusted, nor used as a center for the basis of life, it is cynical, and often goes what we as humans consider right or wrong. I think we as humans were taught to believe that there is a “God,” however, by nature, we are not forced into believing this riteous lie. I do and do not believe that humans are by nature altruistic, a thought in which should be considered and diagnosed further. On the topic of free will, and determinism, I believe that everything happens for a reason, I like to toy with the idea that things are aligned somewhere in the universe for something to happen at a certain time, kind of like the butterfly effect, however, I have no way of proving this, and I have no idea if it is true, all I know is that it is fun to toy with different conspiracy theories. 

Response to Aly's Post: Conception

I agree with you on your statement. I don't really understand how that could be true (that, meaning people only exist when you think they exist). I do however think that this is very interesting to think about.
What does it mean to exist? How do I know other minds exist if i am eternally trapped inside of only my mind?

You can find the post here: http://aboughton.blogspot.com/2013/05/conception.html?showComment=1367975914547#c1069699385698073564

Relativity of Intentions

The topic of relativity of intentions popped up while we were talking about Kant during our class lectures, and it peaked my interest. 

Take Hitler for example. He believed whole-heartedly that he was going to save the world during World War II. As another example, heroes. Heroes intentionally set out to do good- such as the firefighters and police officers rescuing people from the buildings during 9/11, yet the consequences were bad (death). 

This causes me to think that we as humans always think that we have good intentions when setting out to do something. 

This leads me to question do all good intentions lead to horrific consequences?