Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Moral Poverty
I'm always stricken by the poverty both physical and moral in the world. In what situation is it ever OK to kill someone? Let alone someone who has nothing to do with you? So why do we allow bombings of civilian homes to go on? It makes no sense. I read a statistic today that 50% of women cheated on their husband and 70% of men did, while 80% of women thought of cheating and 98% of men did. I don't know how true this is but I find this disturbing as hell. What's wrong with us human beings? It would be different if we weren't jealous. But as it stands I can't believe how few people are really decent people. I still feel like the answer isn't going to come from negativity like feeling bad or guilty about this stuff. I think we should always be looking toward the future to create new connections and improving the world one step at a time. If everyone could take one step it would be 6 billion steps in the right direction. A ridiculous notion? Maybe, but it is one I hope I can live by. Just realize that no action is too small to be worth doing. The smallest thing as a well placed smile could improve someone's day.
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Hi there,
I have no idea who you are and have just now read like 10 entries in your blog for the heck of it. In any event, while I normally don't ever post comments on anyone's blog, this one sortof stuck out to me.
From your teleportation post I gather that you believe in some sort of soul, and here you comment on the "moral poverty" of humanity.
Have you, just for kicks, ever considered that good old fashioned Christianity might have a thing or two to say about reality? Not to sound preachy or anything, but your results of checking reality (most people don't check out quite so good), given the "Christianity Hypothesis," are very probable. You know, the whole "everyone sinned and fell short of God's standard" stuff?
Anyways, the whole moral deprivation is of course the bad news. If you feel like discussing this some, including the good news, just shoot me an email or something. If not, that's cool too. Sorry if I bothered you, I'm just a nut for philosophy, theology and that sort of thing.
Be blessed :)
Kolja
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