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lives, the environment in which they live, the upbringing, the
physical condition, to name a few.
It is difficult to re-educate a bad person. It is important to
establish the reasons behind such behavior in order to prevent it
to happen in future. When a wild fruit falls from a tree, it rots and
when it sprouts, produces a wild fruit. It may not be a quality fruit,
but the roots of the tree can be strong. Grafting a wild tree
produces superior quality fruit.
Society has to identify the reason why evil people hate the
rightful path, abandon the path of honesty and follow the road to
darkness. Sometimes an evil person who became wealthy by
way of crime becomes a good person and respectable member
of the society. Evil originates from the dissatisfaction with the
conditions people find themselves in.
Solomon said:
“Only stupid people despise wisdom and learning.”
Solomon spoke the truth, but the question is why there are stupid
people? Were they born stupid? Were the smart ones born
smart?
Education and good upbringing can somewhat reconcile the
intolerance stupid people manifest when faced with discussions
about good and evil. Knowledge readily separates good from
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