@sonship saidThere's no way of knowing yet whether yours will although your question, above, is not a good sign. With your perspective and disposition, do you ever see yourself as beng guilty of failing to accentuate the positive about the world around you?
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Were you saying something about threads which seem like the wheels are falling off ?
@fmf saidWhat do you think the ratio of good and bad is in the world today? How would you quantify it?
Many people see more bad than good in the world around them. For me it depends on which theatre of activity in the public domain that I am looking at. Are we sometimes, through our perspectives and dispositions, guilty of failing to accentuate the positive?
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@secondson saidHow would I "quantify" it? I rate this as a silly question unless you are referring to demographic stats. If so, you should look into it.
What do you think the ratio of good and bad is in the world today? How would you quantify it?
Delve into the indicators for infant mortality, maternal mortality, life expectancy, access to preventative health care, access to courts, increasing respect for basic human rights, access to basic education, literacy, chances of being killed arbitrarily by the state or by war etc. if you are interested in the topic.
I would say that in many ways ~ with 'warts-and-all' and 'there-are-still-major-challenges' provisos firmly in place ~ the world is a better, healthier, safer place for more human beings - and a higher proportion of human beings - than at any point in history.
With your perspective and disposition, do you ever see yourself as being guilty of failing to accentuate the positive about the world around you?
@fmf saidWho doesn't fail to one degree or another at times to accentuate the positive? And who doesn't fail to one degree or another to accentuate the negative?
With your perspective and disposition, do you ever see yourself as being guilty of failing to accentuate the positive about the world around you?
I'm a realist. I strive to find a balance and see things for what they are and calling it for what it is, and when I fail it is when I fail to see the truth relative to the good and bad, and if I'm guilty, I'm guilty of being flawed like everyone else.
@secondson saidYou strike me, if you don't mind me saying so, as a misanthropic and pessimistic person and you have at times launched into apocalyptic Bible-thumping diatribes about your fellow humans. Were you attracted to the gloomy meanspirited doomsday stuff that [some brands of] Christianity offer, or did your brand of Christianity make you start looking at the world that way.
Who doesn't fail to one degree or another at times to accentuate the positive? And who doesn't fail to one degree or another to accentuate the negative?
I'm a realist. I strive to find a balance and see things for what they are and calling it for what it is, and when I fail it is when I fail to see the truth relative to the good and bad, and if I'm guilty, I'm guilty of being flawed like everyone else.
@fmf saidYou strike me as being the kind of person that loves to self emulate and receive affirmation of himself through the demeaning and labeling of others that don't agree with your self aggrandizing opinions.
You strike me, if you don't mind me saying so, as a misanthropic and pessimistic person and you have at times launched into apocalyptic Bible-thumping diatribes about your fellow humans. Were you attracted to the gloomy meanspirited doomsday stuff that [some brands of] Christianity offer, or did your brand of Christianity make you start looking at the world that way.
@secondson saidDo you see me as an optimist or pessimist? As positive or negative? As misanthropic or philanthropic?
You strike me as being the kind of person that loves to self emulate and receive affirmation of himself through the demeaning and labeling of others that don't agree with your self aggrandizing opinions.
@secondson saidSelf emulate. That's an interesting turn of phrase. What do you mean by it? How can one emulate oneself?
You strike me as being the kind of person that loves to self emulate and receive affirmation of himself through the demeaning and labeling of others that don't agree with your self aggrandizing opinions.