Religious Human Nature

Human Nature has been studied for centuries by the most influential people in the world. In class, we have looked at the teachings and philosophy of Confucius, Mencius, and Hsun Tzu. These three men lived in ancient China and they all had different views on the essence of Human Nature, though all three men were guided by the Confucian teachings. Last week a man of the Islamic faith plotted to blow up the Fountain Tower in Downtown Dallas. This was a terrible plot and thankfully it was thwarted by the FBI before anyone was killed. This man wanted to commit "violent jihad" for his God Allah. I am of the Christian Faith and some of my friends are Jewish and Islamic. I know this man was Islamic and in todays society we sadly associate all Islamic people as terrorist or people that could harm us. Is it our human nature that makes this association? The religion of Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world and most Islamic people are normal, moral, hard working people. I think our human nature is to associate all terrorists with the Islamic faith and this is sad to me. We lived through the terrible events of 9/11 and we were scared by that day. All religions have their own unique rules or laws to live by. I think that our Human Nature is to be evil because we are all sinners but I don't like when a society associates one persons' actions with that of an entire race or religion.