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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
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If we thought that brexit have divided us, the pandemic have divided the world even more.
I heard something good and I just want to share it as I thought that it was nicely put.
They talked about if a "human button existed" where if one would find it and press it, somehow then we would come back to some kind of "humanity" to remember again how it was  |
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But what do we reset to, ignoring the fiction that religion likes to portray the basic needs of us as a species are pretty simple then there are the not so favourable traits..
Not sure there ever was some nirvana which some hanker for.. |
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"Personally think divides are hyped up and yes there are certainly people who fall into divided camps but, on the whole people are kind and help each other...we just don't see this in the news."
there's alot more nice people in the world than we think |
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"If we thought that brexit have divided us, the pandemic have divided the world even more.
I heard something good and I just want to share it as I thought that it was nicely put.
They talked about if a "human button existed" where if one would find it and press it, somehow then we would come back to some kind of "humanity" to remember again how it was "
We could all do with a little sleep in The Doll House. |
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Always been the way sadly to some degree or other just highlighted more with the 24 hour news cycle plus the whole social media and then throw in religion but every single day thousand if not millions do simple acts of kindness !! because that's what unites us more than anything we might get labelled with is our shared humanity or rather it should xx  |
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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago
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"Get rid of all religions and it might stand a chance 
Dye everybody blue or green at birth would also help."
No because that will create a blue tribe and a green tribe who will start to dislike each other!
There are good and bad people in the world but what is apparent is that extreme views are increasing due to carious reasons and it is a shame people cannot find more ways to make compromises and get more balance. |
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"Get rid of all religions and it might stand a chance
Dye everybody blue or green at birth would also help."
I don't ever recall religion teaching people to be hostile to the 'other'.
Sadly humanity or nature tends to be the driving force behind most conflict.
They have and I want.
They are different and therefore pose a threat.
These things are ingrained through millions of years of evolution. The only difference is back in our monkey days you got a whack off the big silver back and that kept most of the monkeys in line.
With higher brain functions that gave other monkeys a way out or around the natural pecking order, with a stick, sword, bullet.
So all those base instincts of fear of the unknown and competition for resources have more deadly consequences.
The big shock is that we have not all seen each other off sooner. If you look at meerkats they have a phenomenonally high rate of murder.
So differences will always be found as that is something we do internally and some have less of an internal voice (logic, reason, conscience, God) so those base instincts become more prominent. |
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"Get rid of all religions and it might stand a chance
Dye everybody blue or green at birth would also help.
No because that will create a blue tribe and a green tribe who will start to dislike each other!
There are good and bad people in the world but what is apparent is that extreme views are increasing due to carious reasons and it is a shame people cannot find more ways to make compromises and get more balance."
Sorry - I meant everybody blue or everybody green, or everybody some other colour. Although I suppose then people would get shitty about the particular shade. “Ain’t no Panatone 4163 C (tm) in the Union Jack” |
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I suggest people read the book 'Freedom. The End of the Human condition' by Jeremy Griffith.
It's endorsed by some pretty big names like Stephen Hawking as being the book to save the world. I'm 2 chapters in and already has me hooked. Happy reading.  |
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