Of course it does depend on what the bad deed is and how serious it is.
So let's rule out anything along the lines of murder or killing someone. In that case,
even if you did 1000 good deeds, that 1 bad deed would surely outweigh it (although it does
depend again on how good those 1000 deeds were like say you saved 1000 lives but you
could only do it by killing 1 person....hmmm).
But let's use a less extreme case.
So let's say you have been a donor and generously gave money to the poor, helped charities,
and volunteered your time hundreds of times over your life and gave thousands of dollars, let's
round it out to 100 good deeds.
But then you make a mistake and you did something bad like go on a racist tirade that got caught on camera or went viral on the internet, or, you got caught stealing money, defrauding someone, and booked and charged, story in the paper.
Why does that one bad deed seriously outweigh the 100 good deeds? It seems that you could build your entire life as being a good person, giving generously and then one bad deed destroys it all and people don't care all the good you've done in the world, they only remember and hold you responsible for the 1 bad deed.
Why? Is it fair? Probably not, but why does it work this way?
So let's rule out anything along the lines of murder or killing someone. In that case,
even if you did 1000 good deeds, that 1 bad deed would surely outweigh it (although it does
depend again on how good those 1000 deeds were like say you saved 1000 lives but you
could only do it by killing 1 person....hmmm).
But let's use a less extreme case.
So let's say you have been a donor and generously gave money to the poor, helped charities,
and volunteered your time hundreds of times over your life and gave thousands of dollars, let's
round it out to 100 good deeds.
But then you make a mistake and you did something bad like go on a racist tirade that got caught on camera or went viral on the internet, or, you got caught stealing money, defrauding someone, and booked and charged, story in the paper.
Why does that one bad deed seriously outweigh the 100 good deeds? It seems that you could build your entire life as being a good person, giving generously and then one bad deed destroys it all and people don't care all the good you've done in the world, they only remember and hold you responsible for the 1 bad deed.
Why? Is it fair? Probably not, but why does it work this way?
