@fmf saidVery good question. I'm thinking it's about 50-50. i.e. I grew up with a mother who in my ages of 12-18 was domineering, bitter, sarcastic, negative, and rarely had anything good to say about me and did drag my sense of self-worth through the mud. On the other hand, I was blessed to have known some very talented, positive and energetic people at school (both academically and athletically) association with this group caused me to stretch, reach, and push myself - as a result I achieved far more than I would have if I'd not known them. This gave me a sense of self-worth that my beloved mother tried (and failed) to strip away.
I am wondering about what the nature-nurture breakdown might be.
@fmf saidBut only God can cure, in the truest sense, the lack of self worth.
I think for many people this may well be true but, of course, there are plenty of theists out there, including Christians, who are firm in their faith and beliefs about their God figures and yet have low self-worth and low self-esteem anyway.
@josephw saidWell, the cliched rhetorical proviso "in the truest sense" is just a way of trying to pass off your personal opinions about your God figure [and self-worth] as objective. There are plenty of non-believers who have self-worth and there are plenty of believers who don't, bromides notwithstanding.
But only God can cure, in the truest sense, the lack of self worth.
@fmf saidWell then, since you seem to think you have all the answers, why don't you reveal to the world your personal cure for low self worth.
Well, the cliched rhetorical proviso "in the truest sense" is just a way of trying to pass off your personal opinions about your God figure [and self-worth] as objective. There are plenty of non-believers who have self-worth and there are plenty of believers who don't, bromides notwithstanding.
Perhaps you can convince the governments to divert military spending into the program of publishing your cure and change the world.
@fmf saidAs I said, a person's self-worth comes from God.
The thread question is "Where does a person's self-worth come from?" It isn't about any "cure" for anything.
I know the idea that self-worth "comes from God" grates against your idea, so get over it, or generate an argument that refutes it. In the mean time I can do without your bickering snobbish holier-than-thou attitude.