Quote Originally Posted by ahabion
Things never actually come out as you'd like to see it eh?

Anyway, going back to what Geoff, d993s, and zima was talkin about... social interactions and behavior are learned, much like you can teach a dog to sit or beg.

But I think what Geoff is trying to point out is that there is so much more to us than just simply what we can grasp with out own hands. Not sure who has kids here, but I have a few... I never taught them to rebel against me and yet they do (maybe like Adam and Eve did??) and I certainly didn't teach them to be emotional and angry (I'm a very calm person for the most part but can get passionate in some things). Though we can observe these things personally for ourselves when kids are at a very young age, these are not learned behaviors... if they're not learned, where'd they come from?
well I never said that humanity was a shallow low life of earth. Just because you dont teach a child how to rebel doesnt mean he didnt pick up traces of such behavior else where.

Remember your mind is molded by your environment and your genetics. Your child is at a stage where his ego is fully beginning to realize. Where the concept of I Am comes into play and your child is beginning to realize his own individuality. Its a natural process and in order for you to cope with his rebellion you must understand why it is happening.


Similarly to what I was saying in the other thread, is that the question of our posthumous existence has not been answered, and to accept a religion, one so static and tyrannous like Christianity, is to accept a notion that you no longer need to search, that the question has been answered.