Think About…
- Human beings are incredibly complex.
- People are less than perfect; most of us are hopelessly flawed.
- The human being has a limitless capacity for self-deception and self-justification.
- There is no true justification for unethical behavior.
- With full knowledge and awareness of the foregoing observations, I acknowledge this:
“I am what I am, and that’s all that I am.”
-Wisdom borrowed from Popeye the Sailor Man
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people.” -Virginia Woolf
Think About…
The paramount importance of rules and behavior as emphasized by most religious organizations is not entirely scriptural.
Character
“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.” – Mark Twain
While everyone makes mistakes and everyone has done bad things, one’s true character is more accurately revealed in the following three ways:
- The way you treat animals
- The way you treat others who are not now, nor have any likely probability of ever being, in a position of power or authority which would enable them to do something for you in return, and,
- The portion of your own limited and precious personal resources which you voluntarily choose to allocate to charitable contributions.
Final Question:
Why is a species which claims to be superior and intelligent continually plagued with such widespread ignorance and confusion?