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i dont understandwe live in a society that prides itself in acceptance and equality, yet when have we ever, as a society, practiced these ideals?100% Voted for by Crazyhead, Mairi-Alannah, pnktrky, Dirty and Broken.
we preach of our acceptance of others, yet people assume that i am some drug-addled, alcoholic, sex-addict just because i am "goff"...
we blindly condemn people we have never met for what they are, not what they do... i have seen it on this very site...
we talk non-stop about equality and affirmative action, yet when a white boy and a black boy get in a fight the black child is charged with aggrivated assult, while the white boy is given a warning and sent home. and no, i am not talking about a couple years ago, i am talking about a month ago that this happend...
i understand that some people (and by SOME, i mean NEARLY ALL) have their bias's...
what i dont understand is why we turn a blind eye to it all...
why hasn't anyone stood up? why do we stay silent in the presence of injustice?
why are we complaining about how people in hummers drive, when there are starving children on the street next next to them?
we are complaining about how suv's effect the environment, and yet nobody will stand up and put a stop to it?
i dont understand this desensitization to injustice!
i dont understand people can live in america and not realize that our country is dying...
i dont understand how people can blindly march though life, never questioning, never learning, never looking, and still claim to mean something to this planet!
i dont understand people who call themselfs pro-life when they try to condemn a mother and child to death by not allowing the mother to get an abortion that could save at least her life... you are not pro-life; you are anti-CHOICE...
but most of all i dont understand why we just cant bring ourselfs to talk about these things openly?
how can you go through life seeing all of this and not at least SAY something about it?
i just dont understand...
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Stepherz804
October 15, 2007
As for the abortion thing...most people believe all or nothing in that one. Either you can or you cant choice. I myself am a pro lifer but I do understand there are times when an abortion would benefit the health of either person.
Maybe you should stop accusing people of what your doing yourself.
Crazyhead
October 16, 2007
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i am estatic to hear that you stood up for yourselves, but the point remains for those who did not...
"You cant expect everyone to jump up and fix the world when you arent exactly jumping either..to my knowledge. "
not surprising, considering that you know next to nothing about me... the only information you have about me is what i have given, and, these days, how reliable is the internet?
"Maybe you should stop accusing people of what your doing yourself"
when in this post did i claim innocense? no one is innocent from this! not a single person on this planet can claim that they have no bias, not pre-concived notions...
and not one of us can claim that there has not been a time when we set our morals aside for those with power over us...
this is not a blame game, we lack the number of appendages to point the finger at those to blame, and those who do point, as the saying goes, have 3 fingers pointed back at themselves...
we are drones, we are slaves, whe have been coarsed into submission by standardization... this is not a statement rooted in anger, this is horror... i am horrified at the direction the world is going... i am horrified to realize my part in this... and i am horrified that despite my idealism, the most i can do will never be enough...
Stepherz804
October 16, 2007
Crazyhead
October 16, 2007
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closing our eyes to problems is the problem not the solution...
unlike fires, you cannot fight social injustice with itself...
Stepherz804
October 16, 2007
Crazyhead
October 29, 2007
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thats just pompus...
this affects the world, i mentioned america once, and i meant it only as an example of something i experience daily...
to say that this does not effect every living creature on this planet in a morbid understatement...
TeChNoWC
October 17, 2007
"we live in a society that prides itself in acceptance and equality, yet when have we ever, as a society, practiced these ideals?"
It is a bullcrap, loaded concept. You cannot have an all-embracing society. It needs to be prejudice or it will not thrive, or simply be hypocritical as all-embracing is a logical impossibility, seemingly. You cannot embrace non-embrasiveness, yet if you don't you are not all embracing. You are prejudice against prejudice. This is where sense of morality clouds judgement, and becomes a lust for right-doing in itself that blinds someone - and in our society, it drives people beyond no end. They have not learnt to suspend themselves. It becomes a breeding ground for hate.
"we preach of our acceptance of others, yet people assume that i am some drug-addled, alcoholic, sex-addict just because i am "goff"..."
Unfortunately, that happens. I wouldn't assume that, but it is easier not to as I do not know you in person. However, I try at least to let people's actions dictate who they are to me.
"we talk non-stop about equality and affirmative action, yet when a white boy and a black boy get in a fight the black child is charged with aggrivated assult, while the white boy is given a warning and sent home. and no, i am not talking about a couple years ago, i am talking about a month ago that this happend..."
We need to know the circumstances of the event. The media becomes a weapon against society. It tells us, as you just have, about a fight between a white boy and a black boy and leading us to believe the black boy was severely disadvantaged. Could be so, and yes it does happen. But we cannot claim this outright. How do we know what transpired? Maybe you could tell us more; even then, do not be fooled into thinking you are certain, passionate for a cause of which the facts are passed on through word of mouth or some big black print on a grey page.
"what i dont understand is why we turn a blind eye to it all...
why hasn't anyone stood up? why do we stay silent in the presence of injustice?
why are we complaining about how people in hummers drive, when there are starving children on the street next next to them?
we are complaining about how suv's effect the environment, and yet nobody will stand up and put a stop to it?"
Rushing into things with a youthful passion usually only creates problems, and you were wrong in the first place. Let yourself step back and see the big picture. Not everyone deserves to have their fingers chopped off for stealing fruit, so to speak.
"i dont understand this desensitization to injustice!
i dont understand people can live in america and not realize that our country is dying...
i dont understand how people can blindly march though life, never questioning, never learning, never looking, and still claim to mean something to this planet!"
Dying, meaning, blind - smells like nihilism to me. You may soon see the need for something greater, something more defining. You won't find hope in the gathering of fools. Wisdom for such a means doesn't come from people who have seen a limited amount of this world, all with their programmed bias and inclinings.
"i dont understand people who call themselfs pro-life when they try to condemn a mother and child to death by not allowing the mother to get an abortion that could save at least her life... you are not pro-life; you are anti-CHOICE..."
There is no condemnation. I would wish more to see facilitation for mothers so that they don't need to abort, and spare all the heartache in the first place. Empower them.
"but most of all i dont understand why we just cant bring ourselfs to talk about these things openly?
how can you go through life seeing all of this and not at least SAY something about it?
i just dont understand..."
Crazy world, isn't it, Crazyhead?
Crazyhead
October 17, 2007
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my problem (in THIS post) is not inacceptance, inequality, bias, biggotry, abotion or any of my usual problems with society...
my problem is with the hypocricy of it all!!
my problem is that we're all swollowing propagated bullshit that makes no sense and we just accept it...
very few people stand up for what they believe in anymore... and even less keep standing in the face opposition...
as for the black and white child thing, a group of black kids were attacked by racists for sitting under a "white" tree...
it was all over the news, the black panthers got involved (black panthers and the kkk in the same town... sounds like a three-day weekend in the making, dont it?)...
Stepherz804
October 18, 2007
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Who wants to stand up for something and be alone? True that someone has to do it but the way kids were raised while I was growing up...you dont do that. Its all about fitting in. Everyone is so damn worried about what people are going to think it clouds their judgement. No one wants to fight in an army of one where all the preprogrammed robots are waiting to take them down.
I didnt hear about the fight here but then again I dont watch much news. Sounds like an interesting town though.
angel-blood
October 19, 2007
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People Are Complicated
I agree with you on these issues, people complian and don't do anything about it. (I live in England, but things are still the same.)Society is split into groups of people, good and bad, chavs, emos, goths, and then there are complaints about the state of things. I once saw a boy carving 'F*** You' into a tree and complaining to his mate about 'that stupid girl who does grafiti.' It's so stupid.
However society is bringing up it's young people to believe they cannot make a difference, the pain they see is inevitable, so don't try and do anything.
Also the charities that use visual adverts, actually numb the mind against feeling so deeply for images of real pain, abuse and starvation.
Nor do people know how to go about doing thing, they don't know HOW to help, or feel like the help they would offer is insignificant.
Humans are communtiy orientated, and will feel nervous about speaking out in case they get ridiculed or insulted for being an activist, or feeling differenty to other people.
Let's promote the feeling that ANYONE can make a difference, ANYONE'S help is better than none at all.
October 24, 2007
Injustice
The Bible's thoughts are these: Injustice originates with Satan and He is in control of the entire world. We have free will and our parents' choice to live a life free from God (sin) has passed down to us with the punishment of death (not eternal torment). It is up to God to direct our step, not ourselves. He is the standard of love, justice, power, and wisdom. He created these things as He created man in his image. The world is getting worse and worse as it nears it's end. Soon, justice will be restored on God's day of vengeance. Until then, the horrible, hypocritical world you see is prophesied to get worse. People are lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.At least, this is the interpretation of the Bible that I believe in. One may criticize me for believing in a book that is believed to be written by God, yet most men get their information from books clearly written by men.
What exactly do you expect? Will mankind fix itself? Mankind is horribly corrupt. Human government has been established for centuries upon centuries with what result? Open your eyes a little wider and see that God's Kingdom is the only way for justice. You cannot rely on yourself... or anyone else for that matter.
Crazyhead
October 29, 2007
"yes, the world is going to shit... but lets just pray to some intangible being to fix it FOR us..."
there will always be corruption... but it doesn't have to be the dominant part of society... to use a religious quote (i believe some pope said it), "fear not evil men... but good men who do nothing to stop them"
what are you doing to stop them?
October 31, 2007
one could say Jesus did nothing to stop bad men
It is not up to man to fix this world. It is an impossible task. This does not mean that men are to do nothing.Men can follow God's commandments, which include loving God and eachother and going out and making disciples.
That is what I do to stop bad men, which I believe is the most effective thing I could do.
I disagree that my belief in God is a perfect example of your misunderstanding of injustice in this world. God is not ignorant to the injustice of this world. God allowed us to rule over ourselves, to see what a life without Him would be like since we rejected Him, and this is our result. We are terrible at it as injustice, corruption, and bad men are abound. Soon, God will step in and restore His Kingdom.
Kazrith
November 5, 2007
you does not refer to you, but the general public you
soon being completely relative since god is appearently out of the function of the physical time. we have people who predict 4-7 years from now on this site. i, personally think that sitting on your thumbs and yelling at the passerby's that your god is the only salvation is hardly extending the time we have on this earth.is waiting for god to step in and end the world kinda the same thing as commiting suicide? if you get right down to it, you do not have the will to better yourself or the world around you because you believe that this world is over. does that not go against gods wishes?
November 6, 2007
I always try to better myself and the world as God's word commands. If following God's commandments is goodness and righteousness itself, then how could I do anything else? If I could help everyone become a disciple of God then I would. I try very hard. I try to do what Jesus did. Which means going out as often as possible, going to where people are and preaching about God's Kingdom, which is the only true hope for mankind. You may think that is similar to sitting on one's thumbs.
I truly believe that praying for God's Kingdom to come, as it is the only true hope for mankind, is not in a sense committing suicide. Action, in the way of preaching is of course required along with faith. Faith without works is dead. I have a strong desire to be like Jesus in every manner possible. You may not see that as a will to better myself or the world. Jesus said that he is no part of this world. I do not want to be either. God's Kingdom is my hope, but I still have a lot of work to do until then, which is heralding that Kingdom as Jesus did.
If I get right down to it, I thus have a strong desire to better myself and the world through God. Rather, God has the strong desire and I allow Him to use me.
Kazrith
November 6, 2007
there is no sense to preaching to deaf ears
everybody has this notion that we are not already in gods kingdompnktrky
January 25
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Crazyhead
February 21
how do you know what god wants?
how do you know that god doesn't hold religion in the same degree of mallice as i do?
do you really believe that god put us here to tell each other how to believe in him/her/it/them?
and if you do.... how do you justify a god that condems vanity and hypocricy while being a vain hypocrite?
February 22
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My Beliefs Are Based On The Bible
I honestly do not believe you want to understand where I am coming from.In the off chance that you do, I will say this:
I am doing what I think God requires of me, yes. I believe He lets us know a great deal about Him through His Word the Bible. He invites to draw close to Him and He will draw close to us.
Through many years of studying the Bible and through the guidance of His holy spirit, I believe I and others have come to an accurate understanding of the Bible and what God requires of us.
I do believe God plans to destroy all false religion on this Earth and He hates them with a strong passion. However, just as when the Israelites were His chosen people (before they rejected Him) God has an organized way of doing things and He also has an organized people.
Jesus said he came here to minister and he told his followers to go out and make disciples. However, it is not my place to judge, only to try and help spread the good news.
And I do not consider such a viewpoint to be vain or hypocritical.
I sincerely apologize for not leaving bible verses with each of my answers to your questions. If you respond again I'll be sure to show you which scriptures I used for my answers. Otherwise, I don't want to waste your time or my time.
Thanks.
October 27, 2007
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