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26-10-2013, 04:08 PM | #1 | |||
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What is your opinion of 'human nature'
Are we as a species 'civilised'? If not, will we ever be? Is cruelty a defect or just a lack of empathy? Last edited by Kyle; 26-10-2013 at 04:08 PM. |
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26-10-2013, 04:09 PM | #2 | |||
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As long as religions exists we'll never be civilised or live in harmony. Last edited by Marc; 26-10-2013 at 05:37 PM. |
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26-10-2013, 04:10 PM | #3 | |||
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We are a product of our environment.
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26-10-2013, 04:10 PM | #4 | |||
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26-10-2013, 04:12 PM | #5 | |||
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I would just change one word in Marc's post by adding an "s" to religion.
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26-10-2013, 04:19 PM | #6 | |||
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Ah well I did mean all of them
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26-10-2013, 04:23 PM | #7 | |||
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I thought you did!
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26-10-2013, 04:25 PM | #8 | |||
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Some Nations are not (by western views) but they are set in their old way. So Afghan Woman are at the level of a Dog or below. Now that nation has gone back in time and said this is how we want it to be now as the murdering USA /UK troops are going. So for them it is a way of Life Not a Defect. Last edited by arista; 26-10-2013 at 04:27 PM. |
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26-10-2013, 04:37 PM | #9 | |||
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I believe that our carnal nature has driven us to physical division and conflict whilst our egos have pushed us to spiritual division and conflict. I take stock in theories that involve all of us together needing to reawaken and elevate our one consciousness to the next level through mindfulness, well being, meditation and treating others well.
We need to supercede these notions that we are in any way separate from one another. By harming each other and harming the environment we are harming ourselves and sending out negative, destructive forces be they in the material realm or in the realm of consciousness. Anything that isn't love is simply a corruption of love. We've dragged our bodies out of the swamps but clearly our minds are still playing a catch up game. We have an enormous wealth of culture and technology but these facets of existence are transitory and not enough on their own to validate our apparent greatness or stop us from being a mammal that is constantly waging a war with itself. It's not our nature. We need to reach towards something more ethereal and substantial than our current goals of administrating money and improving technology. We take ourselves far too seriously. Stu is nothing more than the lens that this piece of the consciousness is viewing the world through. I am but a fleeting expression of the universe. A damn handsome one, at that. Spoiler: Be nice to one another I suppose, like. I'm Jesus now everyone follow me. Last edited by Stu; 26-10-2013 at 04:39 PM. |
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26-10-2013, 05:25 PM | #10 | |||
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No,simply because of our over inflated egos of ourselves,we THINK we are better than any other living thing,we ride rough shod over everything that gets in our way,cruelty will never be ruled out as we think we have a right over anything and everything.
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26-10-2013, 05:30 PM | #11 | |||
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"We take ourselves far too seriously. "
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26-10-2013, 05:32 PM | #12 | |||
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As Bill and Ted said 'Be excellent to each other'
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26-10-2013, 05:33 PM | #13 | |||
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There are just as many arguments for civilisation (state welfare, government, charity, a sense of history and geography) as there are those for a lack of it (bigotry, war, ego).
"Best not to worry about it" - the Shaun Collins philosophy
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26-10-2013, 05:38 PM | #14 | ||
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no, some hunt for food and some hunt for sport, to kill an animal for no other reason than to inflate your ego, means some choose to be uncivilised.
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26-10-2013, 05:44 PM | #15 | ||
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We're ***** by nature and nothing will ever change that, there will always be bad, you just got to try and focus on the good.
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26-10-2013, 05:45 PM | #16 | |||
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26-10-2013, 05:47 PM | #17 | |||
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26-10-2013, 05:48 PM | #18 | |||
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Yes I will Dip You in my Cup of Stu Hell of a Buzz Last edited by arista; 26-10-2013 at 06:09 PM. |
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26-10-2013, 09:01 PM | #19 | |||
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We are not s**** there should be more philanthropy and altruism but as a whole I would say the UK is still 'civilised', has amazing spirit determination and drive.
The only thing that could change that is further strain on the family, housing and work lives of society. Which would force more and more people to live in conditions that makes civility unattainable. That's when the giants will walk again, and that is a horrific thought.
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27-10-2013, 02:13 PM | #20 | |||
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Well the BBC article 'Are conspiracy theories ruining democracy?'... is very telling.
Don't question the powers that B ( BC)!!
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27-10-2013, 02:28 PM | #21 | |||
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27-10-2013, 02:35 PM | #22 | ||
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People who say this are usually just jumping on a bandwagon and not making any attempt to try and think Last edited by Me. I Am Salman; 27-10-2013 at 02:38 PM. |
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27-10-2013, 02:39 PM | #23 | |||
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27-10-2013, 02:45 PM | #24 | ||
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Stop playing the defensive atheist, I didn't say any of that I'm just saying that religion holds people down
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27-10-2013, 02:51 PM | #25 | |||
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I would thus conclude from that you mean to ascertain atheists lack morality in comparison with theists. |
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