Thankfully the story didn't stop there. In his book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt set out to answer this question by assembling decades of his and others' pain-staking research. By grounding our knowledge of morality in the evolutionary history of mankind, he ultimately sets out a new theory of morality, one that is intuitively, intellectually, and empirically robust. Today on the Truth Perspective we'll discuss his arguments and the evidence he presents while placing them in their historical context.
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our founders would go to the pub intentionally to discuss politics and religion. the reason for this should be very clear to all mature adults. if one finds it impossible to discuss these subjects and remain civil in the atmosphere of a pub. then it becomes clear that one is not talking with a civilized gentleman.
those who cannot or have not, tried to define what they believe in will become barbarous in a heartbeat under these conditions.
and that is what one needs to know about them.
when I forced myself to define what I believe in. I discovered that I am a Deist. (concerning religion) Politically I am a Constitutional Conservative. (i do not trust the government and want them to leave us alone) socially I am very liberal.
and now it is your turn to take your best shot at this subject matter.
if one has no defined principals.. then one will make decisions based on emotion.
our country already has socialism.. how much is too much?
if you base your system of government on individual liberty . (our founders took this approach) this will negate the concept of "identity politics".
if I have conceived this subject matter incorrectly...
please show me where.
Shalom
You don't have too far to look to see the amount of evilous chaos perpetrated by those who fall under the general description 'All heart, no brain'.
Well, depending on how neurotic one is, and everybody seems a bit neurotic when a sacred cow enters ones garden, my garden gets wrecked... dam cows.
For example, the modern trend towards atheism is positive in the sense that dark control structures embedded into religious activities which have been corrupted have been eroded. However, it is very negative in the sense that it has caused people to not consider the nature of existence, whether a deity or creative force exists, and what its properties are. I would gently posit that this is the most important aspect of existence - this is arguably the purpose of existence. So, while started as a movement to erode archaic power systems embedded in religion, it has also suppressed metaphysical discovery, which again and as above aids in keeping souls from choosing an orientation. Put more colloquially, it keeps people down, keeps them from knowing their true nature, and puts the brakes on discovery of the universe. It keeps them more deeply embedded in the illusion - living in "the West" as in the tradition of the Cube of Space.