@moonbus saidI once dated Mary Whitehouse. She made a very likeable casserole.
Uuuuu, I HATE you people with your TOXIC POSITIVITY ! Life's not a cake walk, you know -- get real: you consume a lot and then you die. And then your cat dies. Life's too important to waste it on liking jerks with 'difficult' personalities. What's to like about Donald Trump ? Or Mary Whitehouse ?
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidWell, there's no accounting for taste.
I once dated Mary Whitehouse. She made a very likeable casserole.
@Ponderable saidWorse yet, the mega ultra rich guy has to spend his time making other people hate the same people he hates because he loves himself so much that he can't be bothered to treat anybody else like an actual human.
So man is not good as such.
Some of us want more of the cake than their fair share, some want their fair share and some think that even a fair share is too much if all people get it.
So a guy works hard and still just amanges to live sees the guy whose greatgrandparents have made lots of money and how he lives and thinks: that can't be just....but the inheritor who ne ...[text shortened]... ees the guy who owns a much bigger Yacht and gets the nicer girls and thinks: that can't be just....
@moonbus saidUnder-evolved.
For most of humankind's sojourn in this planet, we were hunter-gatherer-scavengers, and evolution positively selected for traits favorable to such a tribal-subsistence lifestyle. Civilization is a very recent development, on an evolutionary scale of time, just in the last 5,000 years, in fact. Biological evolution moves very slowly, and tibalism does not scale well, so some people are under-evolved for civilization. That's my explanation anyway.
A perfect description.
@moonbus saidIndeed. Absolutely. And other adverbs expressing agreement.
Religion does not alter the underlying physiology, though it may emphasize or de-emphasize some aspects of it.
The thing about religion is that those who think there is only one true religion tend to be divisive, whereas those who view religion in the abstract as a multifarious spiritual path tend to be inclusive.
Look at the American political scene today: which are t ...[text shortened]... l backlash in progress, a reversion to tribalism, and evangelical Christians are leading the charge.
@Bish said12 MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS
This is probably very close to the truth.
The argument against is religion. There are approximately 10,000 distinct religions in the world.
The Beliefs, Rituals, and Traditions of Humanity's Most Influential Faiths
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This easy-to-understand reference examines the tenets of each of the world's twelve most popular and influential religions: Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Shinto, Islam, Sikhism, Confucianism, Jainism, Hinduism, Taoism, Baha'i, and Zoroastrianism.
Information is presented through an impartial lens, and discussion focuses on where the various belief systems intersect and how they differ. To simplify comparison, details in each chapter are arranged into similar categories including timelines, major tenets, texts, and ceremonial practices.
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@Very-Rusty saidDude, that's one random cut and paste.
12 MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS
The Beliefs, Rituals, and Traditions of Humanity's Most Influential Faiths
Connect with a representative to create a custom curriculum for your district.
This easy-to-understand reference examines the tenets of each of the world's twelve most popular and influential religions: Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Shinto, Islam, Sikhism, Confuciani ...[text shortened]... d into similar categories including timelines, major tenets, texts, and ceremonial practices.
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