Teaching our children to teach their children etc to fight and have wars I just don't understand it. We're all one species! I don't think the world will end "happily ever after".
yeah, that is very true. things we do effect who we are, and what people view us to be. if a parent does very negative things around his or her child, that child will learn those things or habits. cussing, for example. we have to be continuously conscious of how we effect other people, because it causes a chain reaction and in turn effects other people, probably on 10s of hundreds of levels, it really depends on what it is we are doing exactly, who sees it, how it is perceived and if it is repeated, or how it effects. also i think the rules of karma apply as well in a sense..
Yeah, that's partly true, but people act what they learn. Not every child raised by peace loving people will turn into peace loving people, and not every child raised by peace hating, hate loving people will turn into that, but I'm sure the majority will. I'm not talking about 'brainwashing' the future youth, just introducing them into a world we all would benefit from.
Ever notice though how the stories are never about the living happily ever after part, they're always about the conflict. No good story is told about peace and happiness....not saying those aren't good things, but it takes the dark to make light light and the light to make the dark dark. I'm not stuttering...really! lol
Haha, very true. And I also agree with LauraMay, of course kids and even adults will be influenced by the behaviour and mindsets that surrounds them. It still happens too often that people are brought up with the thoughts that whole other cultures, countries, religions, lifestyles and even races are bad or on the wrong path and only good for avoiding or hating. Some of those haters even think they are hippies. Even the peaceful aren't better then anyone else, some of them seem to think otherwise..
Lol yes that is true! But it would be a huge shame if the world and existence was just so it could be a 'good story'! Life might be boring if it was peaceful and happy, but I think it would be ALOT better. And yeah, grey looks light on black, and grey looks dark on white Good comparison? That is so true, too. Strip away all that, culture, country, religion, lifestlyle, race, and treat everyone the same. If nobody thought they were better than others, and if everyone cared about everyone else, life would be pretty good, in my opinion I'm going to say the classic answer: Bit of both Some people (siblings) are raised exactly the same, exposed to exactly the same things, but one might be more peaceful than the other. And two people raised in very different households will turn out very different. It varies all the time.
I think that psychologists are pretty conclusive that both nature and nurture are vital to development.....which we already new that!! Silly shrinks....
I like it. Never heard that one before. Kind of a cool metaphorical way of saying you're only as good or bad as the person you compare yourself to. Which is why I say we kill all the really good people for making us average people look so bad!:tongue:
Lol yeah exactly. It's kinda sad, I reckon.. That you can be judged by being compared to someone else, rather than being judged on who you actually are... If that makes sense!
Makes sense to me. I think it's best not to judge at all, but practicing that isn't easy. We all have preferences about how things should be. I personally think that people who put pinapple on piza are deranged.
