Are people basically bad?

[somerfrost]

I believe in a higher power which is the definition of good, I believe we all have souls which come from that supreme being (are actually pieces of that being), therefore I believe our souls are good....as human beings we are all subject to good and bad behavior, some of us walk the path of evil during our lives but our souls are clean. The world is a place where the battle between good and evil is fought...in the past, the present and the future. So...it is not our essence that is good or evil but our behavior.