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bad parenting. if we got that bit right everything else would be fine and dandy.
Originally posted by whodeytrying to think of just one thing that is wrong with the world is futile. the matter is more complex than that.
I've always said, everyone has a devil and everyone has a notion of how to achieve salvation from that "evil". We all innately have a sense of right and wrong even though we may distance ourselves from those terms as being relative. Men like Marx thought the issue boiled down to economics. Men like Frued thought that it boiled down to dysfunctional childhood rearing etc.
So what is wrong with the world today in your own words?
Originally posted by whodeyLiving in society is a delicate balance between selfishness which benefits the individual and communal behaviour which benefits the society as a whole.
So what is wrong with the world today in your own words?
Originally posted by wolfgang59Actually, because there are more people on this planet than ever, there are more of these things than ever.
Less war.
Less famine.
Less disease.
Less suffering.
Originally posted by Suziannesorry suzianne, but ive got to disagree with you here. it doesnt sound 'four horsemen'at. things may occur more often due to the massive increase in population. but if they ratio of them happening is getting smaller then society is improving.
Actually, because there are more people on this planet than ever, there are more of these things than ever.
More war.
More famine.
More disease.
More suffering.
Sounds a bit like a certain Four Horsemen, doesn't it?
Originally posted by stellspalfieIn other words, if you're having a good day, then the entire population of earth is having a good day.
sorry suzianne, but ive got to disagree with you here. it doesnt sound 'four horsemen'at. things may occur more often due to the massive increase in population. but if they ratio of them happening is getting smaller then society is improving.
things are better now than they have ever been. the question i always ask, but vary rarely get an answer to, is - what time in history would do you think was better to live in and why?
Originally posted by SuzianneWhat you may mean to say is that things are better now than they've ever been for you.
In other words, if you're having a good day, then the entire population of earth is having a good day.
Tell that to the refugees of Darfur (just to start). Tell that to the rebels in Syria who died by the hundreds after being gassed by Assad. Tell that to the Tibetans who now live under Chinese domination. The world's poor, her homeless, her dead. Te ...[text shortened]... What you may mean to say is that things are better now than they've ever been for you.
Originally posted by LemonJelloJust yet another attempt to get the atheists here to think of someone besides themselves.
[b]What you may mean to say is that things are better now than they've ever been for you.
Stellspalfie does not mean to say that, genius, since he/she is obviously intending to say something about the current social climate relative to other times which include those during which he/she never existed. My guess is stellspalfie probably meant ...[text shortened]... d by your attempts at redescription. Maybe try re-reading it at a different time of the month?[/b]