We're the only animals that go through a teenage phase. Primitive societies are more violent than organised ones, even taking wars into account. We could rid the world of poverty in a couple of years - we don't bother but like to think our ourselves as moral. We educate people in an area of life the majority is no good at.
On Feb 5, 12:37 pm, andrew vecsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear participants of this discussion. I have to admit that much of the > things you discuss in this discussion are over my head. What I think I got > from the discussion so far is that as far as "knowledge" is concerned, or a > lack of it, or a distortion of it shows more negative aspects than positive >d rid the world of poverty ones. The other thing I got from the discussion is >that politics has turned > out more bad than good - thanks to greed. What about religion? Why is our > concept of god so negative? Why have we pictured our gods as cruel and > jealous and perverse? What about nature? Why does it seem perverse in the > fact that the more we want something, the more it evades us? Why does time > seem to slow down when we would rather it went by quickly? Why does time > speed up when we want to relish a moment and wish time to slow down?. Why > do many children show signs of cruelty to animals? Why is our history > filled with unbelievable violence, especially to our fellow humans? Why > does power corrupt? and greed prevail? Why is it that so many harmfull > habits are addictive? Why is man so perverse? > > > > > > > > On Monday, January 28, 2013 12:11:39 PM UTC+1, andrew vecsey wrote: > > > Why do so many of us remember negative feelings easier than positive ones. > > Pain over pleasure. Bad news over good news. Why does "bad" overshadow > > "good", immorality over morality, despair over hope, pessimism over > > optimism. Why does hate appear to be more powerful than love? Why is greed > > louder than generosity. Why is destruction of war so much faster than the > > building power of peace. Why can one little lie destroy a lifetime of > > trust. Why are lies more influential than truth. It all seems so one sided. > > Why is that? -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
