One can be a light in the > darkness, as you will be from what I have seen.
Snicker... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEt01nVJDus dj On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:05 PM, deripsni<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
