Are People Good or Bad?

We tend to think that people are either good or bad. So if someone we consider as good does something wrong (whether it's a priest, a civil rights activist, or a politician), we're shocked. I was wondering about this subject until I read a book by a psychiatrist who said that each person has good and bad characteristics. We view a person as good if we focus on their good characteristics. We view a person as bad if we focus on their bad characteristics. This made sense to me. I always wondered why people I perceived as being bad, were loved by others. Those people must see something good in that person. Perhaps this is the reason why Jesus asked us to forgive others. So maybe next time, we shouldn't be too harsh with others for their imperfections, since we also have our own weaknesses.