Ahhhh yes Time, that greatest of all comodities. I wonder how long that has been the case?
On 9 Feb, 12:53, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 Feb, 17:27, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > who is one man to judge the contribution another makes to community? > > One could say that spending time pointing the finger and telling > > others what they are doing wrong is time taken away from helping the > > starving of the world....of course, saying so would not be taking the > > entire experience of that man into account. Which is of course, > > judging others is always self defeating. > > It's hard to live life without making SOME judgements (or 'judgement > calls'). In our universe, there is no time spent wasted on anything, > as all events are necessary to the whole. Our view of 'wasted time' > would be another misperception based on our limited context and lack > of omniscience. As for your last statement, I agree by saying, 'How > you treat others IS how you treat yourself'. > > > > > On Feb 8, 12:20 pm, 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 -- 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.
