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Yeah, I think the Buddhists call this kind of all-or-nothing thinking "duality", which is something we are supposed to rise above.
However, I do not think JetJockey was rejecting the Bible with ferocity at all. He doesn't appear to believe in God, but he seems to get that he can still learn things from reading the Bible. That's rising above duality in my book
Thank you. I definitely do not believe in god, and though I haven't really learned much from the bible persay (most of the stories are repeats from other cultures), I know that there are good allegorical passages. I immediately don't want to trust someone when they say the have the 'truth' and 'the only way'.
I'd stay away from them, personally. I'd take the inspired word of God over the ramblings of "wise men" any day.
So, with this, you're either saying A) the Bible wasn't written by wise men, or B) you're taking the ramblings of your *particular* wise men as more authoritative than those of another.
as the title says " what should a young person do in order to deepen himself as a human being?"
please answer with your own opinion,,, thanks...
Spend time with people who are less fortunate. People who have nothing and are happy. Also, spend time with old people, dying people. You really learn to appreciate life when you do these things.
Reading about and experiencing other cultures is very big on my list also.
as the title says " what should a young person do in order to deepen himself as a human being?"
please answer with your own opinion,,, thanks...
Put aside religious dogma, throw out the television, and step out into the world.
Take pleasure in the beauty of nature itself -- the rumble of a thunderstorm, the soft sound of rainfall, the wind in the trees.
Stand in a snowfall, and listen to the amazing hush of a world waiting to awaken to a new light. Stand near a river and listen to it flow, and try to comprehend the vast distances that the river's water will travel.
Stand by an ocean, listen to the waves crash on the shore, smell the salt air and feel the wind on your face.
Stand in the night, and watch the stars, and imagine how small we truly are, standing on this tiny blue marble in the middle of the inky galactic darkness.
We are more than just a collection of religions, more than words on the pages of some holy book can show us.
Try telling the rocks of your religion, or the waves, or the wind -- they won't care, they've been here before us and they'll continue after us.
That's what a young person should do to deepen himself as a human being:
as the title says " what should a young person do in order to deepen himself as a human being?"
please answer with your own opinion,,, thanks...
Laugh
...at yourself, at the world, and at life in general.
Have fun
Travel
...live somewhere else in the world (if you can); if not read English newspapers of other countries to see how other cultures look at the world.
Read
Take advantage of everything you're offered.
Camp and spend time in the outdoors.
Learn to be comfortable with being alone.
Question Everything
Be gentle with yourself
Accept others
Get over a broken heart and move on
Be kind
Listen to music, lots of it, all kinds
I'd stay away from them, personally. I'd take the inspired word of God over the ramblings of "wise men" any day.
KD, before you condemn any writings try using the novel idea of educating yourself on what your condemning. I'm not saying that you have to believe them, however, you may, just maybe, come away with a different opinion. There are words of wisdom in all these writings, but you'll never find them unless you look. If the Bible is the only source of your information then so be it, but at lest have the common sense to reply that you've never read them and can't comment on their content.
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