quote:Originally posted by Chuckling Duck:
I can’t wait to use that one on my own kids. Heh.
Yes, but not for questions about God, or anything so grand. Tell them this when they ask why the sky is blue, what it is that's being served for dinner, & what the government does with your tax money.
quote: Saveloy
All-Loving SMatthewStolte, can you give us an example of what you're
talking about. I think I'm with you, but not sure.
One thing that springs to mind - are there no situations that you've found
yourself in, or ideas that you have had to deal with, that required the use of ideas and concepts that couldn't possibly have occurred to you as a nipper? Or are you talking about a basic 'hardcore' set of ideas and beliefs
covering everything?
I'm talking about the basis for my thoughts. I guess that's the hardcore set of ideas, but only because it's so hard to shake.
Many of my ideas, I think, are probably too sophisticated for my younger self to understand, or at least to have conceived. But I doubt that he would disagree with much I hold to be true today.
Some examples:
Political philosophy is almost identical.
Opinion about the existence of God and its implications.
Cringing whenever "natural" is used to justify actions.
Certainty that most people misunderstand the problems of hypocrisy.
Heavy emphasis on the fact that morals apply ONLY to YOU---not to the people around you.
De-emphasis on "rights." "Rights" are a shorthand derivative and can become easily confused for a basis.
De-emphasis on "fairness." I hate the concept. |