On 9 Feb, 08:31, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > But Pat, during the years a man is busy perusing through parts of > books looking for relevancy many people could starve to death. The > man's years might be better spent cultivating land for harvest and > tending to livestock to feed the hungry. >
Every man has his destiny. I have mine and you have yours. If Jesus couldn't solve world hunger, why do you think I could? Bill Gates, perhaps, has that ability. I run on about 10 GBP per day. I can barely feed myself. I'd fare much better at that if I didn't have to pay 25% of my net to my ex for child support, but I will not forsake my children. That leaves me with very little money to help others. If I write the book and it gets published and sells well, THEN I might be in a position to help more people in a wider sense. And, if I can, I will. But, I can't finish the book until all the research is done. I'm still working towards an 'end of 2012' date for publication. First things first, you know. ;-) > On Feb 8, 11:20 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 8 Feb, 17:15, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Or perhaps people spending time and energy on irrelevant texts about > > > tribal godlings rather than helping the starving people around them? > > > Well, yes. I've always said that if all we did was prostrate > > ourselves to God, we would be about as useful as rocks. But that > > isn't all we do. A balance is required. Plus, there's the time it > > takes to see which parts of which books are, truly, irrelevant and > > which are vitally relevant. That could keep a man busy for years. > > Trust me. ;-) > > > > On Feb 8, 5:49 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 3 Feb, 04:44, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > A starving man steals a purse, knocking the woman to the ground and > > > > > breaking her leg. Evil? Might he have not stolen a purse without > > > > > physical action? Couldn't his frustration be the cause of unnecessary > > > > > violence? and is frustration then evil? > > > > > As soon as I read the second word, the problem was revealed. The > > > > society that allowed the person to become starving is the truest evil > > > > in your example. All the rest could have been avoided by a society > > > > that cared. Perhaps, then, societal carelessness is the greatest evil > > > > we face in today's world. > > > > > > On Feb 2, 4:13 pm, MajorOz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 6:26 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > What is the greatest evil? > > > > > > > > I wanted to use the word sin, but I want to get away from any > > > > > > > religiousness in this one. > > > > > > > > So what is the greatest evil, and why? > > > > > > > For me, there is only one evil: unnecessarily harming someone. I > > > > > > view > > > > > > all OTHER so-called evils simply as disturbance of someone's > > > > > > prejudice. > > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > > oz, newbie- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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.
