Like you said Lee, skewed or twisted, away from what is basically good. I don't know about mental disease, I think it would be crazy to fake it :-)
peace & Love On May 11, 4:46 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Not strictly true though Tinker, there are some around who's moral > compass we can say is skewed, and these people we must assume are > workign under the normal peramiters of the human brain. I talk of > course of theose people with specific mental health issues. > > It is telling though that we call such things as schizophrenia 'mental > disaese', I mean is it really? How can we tell? > > On 9 May, 13:04, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Saying that you had judged by the ten commandments was referring to > > the strictness that you use to say we are not basically good. > > Gruff, we all make mistakes. Moral codes and especially laws are not > > true measures of good. We all have a 'heart' that does tend to guide > > us toward good. > > > peace & Love > > > On May 8, 3:01 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Not necessarily. The decalogue is god-based and I'm atheist. But > > > apply any set of rules, law and/or moral codes and the same thing > > > applies. We are all guilty of something, somewhere, sometime. > > > > On May 7, 11:22 am, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think you must be using the ten commandments to judge good :-) > > > > > peace & Love > > > > > On May 7, 1:08 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have to disagree with the conclusion that people are mostly good, or > > > > > at least modify it to say that for the most part people behave in a > > > > > manner which allows them to live within the boundaries of society. > > > > > But there's not a one of us who are not guilty of something somewhere > > > > > sometime, and most of us far more than de minimis. We all bend, > > > > > warp, twist and crack the law and our moral codes whatever they may > > > > > be. Let he (or she) who is without wrong cast the first stone. > > > > > > On May 5, 6:20 am, Rosey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > People are mostly good, but what do they matter when we have > > > > > > influential political authorities that are not? Who makes the > > > > > > bigger > > > > > > difference? They lead and conformists willingly follow, regardless > > > > > > of > > > > > > a subconcious knowledge that wrongdoing is involved. > > > > > > > It will often be difficult to find the owner of a traceless $20 > > > > > > bill. > > > > > > However, the attempt to do so is noble in itself. > > > > > > > On May 5, 5:06 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I see things a little differantly Allan, > > > > > > > > People are mostly good and kind, I also belive this,(the obviouse > > > > > > > caveat being racists being good and kind to only their 'own > > > > > > > people'). > > > > > > > But people are easily corruptable also. > > > > > > > > Many people are not by their nature thiefes or untrustworthy, but > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > wonder how many people who find say £20 laying there in the street > > > > > > > would attempt to trace it's rightfull owner or just pocket it? > > > > > > > > On 5 May, 09:15, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Personally I think people are very good and kind , it is built > > > > > > > > into their > > > > > > > > core being and no escaping it,, the real problem comes from the > > > > > > > > few who for > > > > > > > > their own gain what ever the reason turn away from this basic > > > > > > > > goodness and > > > > > > > > create the hardships and problems that are commonly labled as > > > > > > > > evil. > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:56 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Of course if one is looking for a collective mentality…it is > > > > > > > > > already > > > > > > > > > here. If one isn’t aware of it, then yes, one most likely is > > > > > > > > > manifesting some of what you call negative aspects. This is > > > > > > > > > why the > > > > > > > > > only way to this full unity is through full and totally > > > > > > > > > transcendental > > > > > > > > > introspection. Until the psyche is clarified, the confusion, > > > > > > > > > illusion, > > > > > > > > > hatreds, disillusionments etc. will be all that is seen. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > ( > > > > > > > > ) > > > > > > > > I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
