The post was not uplifting, I agree, but we had better get used to the malodorous surroundings that we often find ourselves in. Recognizing ones environment for what it is, does not necessarily make one symbolic or typical of that environment. One can be a light in the darkness, as you will be from what I have seen.
On Jul 27, 7:13 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > Another depressing post, but I see your points and I don't have > arguments against them at the moment. At least at the end you offer > the "do what you can" answer. We can do better. > > On Jul 27, 3:53 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "We" have never had the "ability to reconcile in the world" because > > "we" are not in control. We elect government officials who seem to > > have their morals automatically extracated within months of attaining > > their position of "control". The peaceful citizens of the world would > > probably attempt to do things differently, but at what cost? If one > > goes about "treating your enemy as your brother" or whatever the Bible > > admonishes, we would most likely be run over by a hoard of abusing > > thugs who wants what we consider ours, and no amount of niceties will > > convince them otherwise. > > > If good ever overcomes evil (maybe by slipping a love drug into > > communal water supplies), the world would soon be over populated, and > > the cycle of death would reinvent itself. This may be a pessimistic > > outlook, but to me its just the way it is and there seems to be > > nothing much we can do to change it. I'd like to think that I am doing > > my small share of spreading love and acceptance, but these words often > > fall of deaf ears, drummed out by the incroachment of modern day > > stress. > > > On Jul 26, 6:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Are we losing the ability to reconcile in the world? Have we slipped > > > so far from the understanding of brotherhood, of forgiveness that we > > > have simply become a world of hatred and revenge. We are literally > > > mortified by the specter of terrorism that is plaguing the world. The > > > mindset of terrorism is anchored in the inability to allow forgiveness > > > to override anger and instead caters to hatred, anger and violence > > > towards those deemed the wrongdoers without regard for the harm > > > imposed upon the innocent bystanders. > > > Aside from that our culture seems entrenched in the business of > > > revenge, we rather employ legal means to inflict suffering upon those > > > who we think have done us wrong before we would sit down directly and > > > discuss the problems. Politics seems to be leaning more toward > > > instilling anger and fears among us which leads to a polarization of > > > society while most media seem devoted to divisive and anger driven > > > reporting with a general attitude of who is to blame. > > > Can we ever stop sending messages attached to missiles, bombs and > > > bullets? Our attempts to establish peaceful means of resolution have > > > failed miserably because there is never a general consensus on any > > > issue. We sanction and punish to no end in order to force change but > > > to no avail. People are at war in every quadrant of the planet while > > > new agitations are festering in the background waiting to emerge as > > > full scale skirmishes.- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
