Holy Mackerel! Only 30 some years ago, and TV audiences could actually FOLLOW a philosophical and religiously controversial discussion like this??? They actually seemed to be understanding the points made....
Have you heard of editing before? The producers edit the video so that the audience looks interested. Fact is most of the audience was rolling their eyes and holding their noses. Don't forget this was before the Kochtopus really got going and sold these silly ideas to the country.
No one is selfless. Everyone is selfish in one way/aspect/belief/etc or another, even if you sacrifice for another selflessly, you're still selfish. Sacrificing for others is not selflessness if you study closely. You sacrifice for others specifically on what ground and for what reason? Do you sacrifice yourself on the grounds of other people's interests/aspects/beliefs/etc or your own? In other words, do you sacrifice yourself because others feel that's the way you need to, or because you yourself feel that's the way you need to? If you do it because of others', that's foolishness. If you do it because of yours, that's selfishness in an extremely subtle way most fail to see. We should instead seek to achieve a win-win outcome for everyone despite selfishness and I believe that's highly attainable.
God. Whoever has limited understand of who/what is God by right have misunderstanding than right understanding, by reason and logic, regardless of outcome or how it deludes the mind. If you don't know, just say you don't know and/or don't care. If you use reason to justify disbelief, that is merely an opposite polarity to using reason to justify its belief, and thus your reason to justify going against God is equally invalid. You are merely setting up a wall (disbelief) just so you don't need to face another wall (belief). Admitting ignorance brings down all walls. Falsehood out of belief is wrong. Falsehood out of disbelief is also wrong. Take the Middle Way, that which is no way. God can be the UFO aliens from the celestial world above us. God can be the entire universe system that embody all matters of the universe. It ultimately depends on your understanding of God. If the understanding starts out wrong, then the rest of the journey would be wrong, regardless of belief or disbelief.
When a person uses way too much brain power for reason and logic beyond her mental capacity (Ayn Rand), her mind starts to go twisted and distorted with tons of self-lies, bias, and hypocrisy, in my opinion.
Holy Mackerel! Only 30 some years ago, and TV audiences could actually FOLLOW a philosophical and religiously controversial discussion like this??? They actually seemed to be understanding the points made....
ReplyDeleteHave you heard of editing before? The producers edit the video so that the audience looks interested. Fact is most of the audience was rolling their eyes and holding their noses. Don't forget this was before the Kochtopus really got going and sold these silly ideas to the country.
Delete"Fact is most of the audience was rolling their eyes and holding their noses."
DeleteHow in the hell do you know this? Good grief Wenzel, why do you let crap like this through?
" I certainly like how she puts the uppity woman in her place too." - from the MensBusinessAsocEduc who posted this video.
ReplyDeleteNo one is selfless. Everyone is selfish in one way/aspect/belief/etc or another, even if you sacrifice for another selflessly, you're still selfish. Sacrificing for others is not selflessness if you study closely. You sacrifice for others specifically on what ground and for what reason? Do you sacrifice yourself on the grounds of other people's interests/aspects/beliefs/etc or your own? In other words, do you sacrifice yourself because others feel that's the way you need to, or because you yourself feel that's the way you need to? If you do it because of others', that's foolishness. If you do it because of yours, that's selfishness in an extremely subtle way most fail to see. We should instead seek to achieve a win-win outcome for everyone despite selfishness and I believe that's highly attainable.
ReplyDeleteGod. Whoever has limited understand of who/what is God by right have misunderstanding than right understanding, by reason and logic, regardless of outcome or how it deludes the mind. If you don't know, just say you don't know and/or don't care. If you use reason to justify disbelief, that is merely an opposite polarity to using reason to justify its belief, and thus your reason to justify going against God is equally invalid. You are merely setting up a wall (disbelief) just so you don't need to face another wall (belief). Admitting ignorance brings down all walls. Falsehood out of belief is wrong. Falsehood out of disbelief is also wrong. Take the Middle Way, that which is no way. God can be the UFO aliens from the celestial world above us. God can be the entire universe system that embody all matters of the universe. It ultimately depends on your understanding of God. If the understanding starts out wrong, then the rest of the journey would be wrong, regardless of belief or disbelief.
ReplyDeleteIt is good for a person to practice selfishness by his own choice by way (or any other way) of being impolite and judgmental of Ayn Rand. :)
ReplyDeleteWhen a person uses way too much brain power for reason and logic beyond her mental capacity (Ayn Rand), her mind starts to go twisted and distorted with tons of self-lies, bias, and hypocrisy, in my opinion.
ReplyDeletegood to see Rand still has the capacity to send progressives wailing and gnashing their teeth.
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