Wednesday, July 23, 2003
To Begin:
You have been shown what is good:
To act with justice,
to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with God. Micah 6:8
This then is the beginning of the conundrum. How come, if what is good is to live doing kindness and fairness and justice, we get so confused and bogged down in the day to day evil our world is sick with.
Personally, I believe the root of much of this (without getting into the metaphysics of why) deals with the following:
1) the need to be right, even if it causes pain and grief.
2) the perception of the world as a zero-sum game, and thus I have to take from you to be sure I have enough.
3) the conclusion that my right to do the thing I want is more important than the fact that it has consequences beyond my boundaries, and might have a bad impact on you.
Some of what I will post are people who have transcended at least part of this and show us better ways to approach life. Heros for upright life. A way, perhaps out of the conundrum.
You have been shown what is good:
To act with justice,
to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with God. Micah 6:8
This then is the beginning of the conundrum. How come, if what is good is to live doing kindness and fairness and justice, we get so confused and bogged down in the day to day evil our world is sick with.
Personally, I believe the root of much of this (without getting into the metaphysics of why) deals with the following:
1) the need to be right, even if it causes pain and grief.
2) the perception of the world as a zero-sum game, and thus I have to take from you to be sure I have enough.
3) the conclusion that my right to do the thing I want is more important than the fact that it has consequences beyond my boundaries, and might have a bad impact on you.
Some of what I will post are people who have transcended at least part of this and show us better ways to approach life. Heros for upright life. A way, perhaps out of the conundrum.
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