What do you believe? And Why?

I'll poke my nose in this thread again.:cool:

Politics: I am more of a an independent. I could agree with some ideas on the right and some ideas on the left. However these days, I've been taking alot of liberal stances on certian issues.

Morals: I believe in taking responsibility for one's actions. I believe in thinking before doing something. I believe in what's right and wrong. Even though certian cultures may have a very different idea of what's right and wrong.


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Tsuyoiko said:
I didn't mention something else that I believe that is important to me. I only believe in what can be proven (just for you Revenant). So I might speculate about the possibility of things that aren't proven, but I won't subscribe to them until they are. And by proven I mean proven by scientific method or logical reasoning.
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That is the same for me, with an emphasis on logical/philosophical reasoning over science (because science is more limited, and sometimes requires experiments that cannot be physically done, but can easily disproved by logics or epistemology).
 
I believe that nonviolent resistance is the best way to bring about lasting social and political change. Violence usually leads to more violence.

I believe that if you do not indulge in chocolate once in a while (unless of course you are alergic, then you might try white chocolate because it contains no cocoa solids at all) you will go insane.

Anyone who would harm a child or a pet is unworthy of freedom.

The ads on television are often better than the programs.

Science will eventually find God's fingerprints all over his creation.

Communism failed, but we should do an autopsy and discover if there is anything to be learned. Perhaps there are lessons that could make our lives and institutions better.

I believe simplicity is generally better than complexity...brevity better than length, breadth better than depth, and all generalities have exceptions.

It is better to make a loud mistake than to play your part perfectly but quietly.

Whatever worth doing is worth doing well.

ADD and ADHD, as well as mild OCD can be detrimental and annoying problems with long term consequences, but one should learn to use them to their advantage if saddled with such pathologies.
 
sabro said:
I believe that if you do not indulge in chocolate once in a while (unless of course you are alergic, then you might try white chocolate because it contains no cocoa solids at all) you will go insane.
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Not just insane, gun happy, ax choppingly, knife stabbingly psychotic


The ads on television are often better than the programs.
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Universal law. Now recognised with the law of gravity and thermodynamics
 
How about energy- Chi or Ki or the Force or whatever you want to call it.

I believe that it is a valid description of something natural, but I am puzzled at why it cannot be measured.

Duct Tape can fix anything. (It also has a dark side and a light side and holds the universe together.) I also heard that when it was invented in 1942 for the army, it was called Duck Tape-- which is what most people call it anyway. It doesn't work well on ducting anyway.
 
sabro said:
How about energy- Chi or Ki or the Force or whatever you want to call it.

I believe that it is a valid description of something natural, but I am puzzled at why it cannot be measured.
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That is because it is an organic force and its effects can only be seen or observed clearly on organic matter...
 
We can save the planet by riding motorcycles. If we all switched to bikes, tons of emissions would be removed from our air. The impact on our global environment would be decreased. And riding would be safer- because there would be a bunch of us out there...

And my wife would finally have to relent and let me buy the Harley- It's not for me dear, I'm saving a planet!

Could we make a chi-meter out of wood? Wood is organic?
 
I believe that we should treat people better than they deserve, and the pet you love is not more important than the brother you hate.

"Excellence can be achieved if you... risk more than others think is safe, love more than others think is wise, dream more than others think is practical, and expect more than others think is possible."

"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down."
~Ray Bradbury
 
Ooookay!

Here I go ... (...just bin dippin' my toes in the water by readin' all the other posts...!):-

Religion:

None! Quite adamant about that. But not evengelical. If any of you guys have a 'God' - my hat's off to you. You have my greatest respect. That's your affair (I had one with flying saucers, once .... for a while ... !).

I will never try to convert you. I don't have the right Just don't try to convert me. That's all.

Politics:

Left wing.

Was an International Socialist (Vanessa Redgrave's Mob) when younger ... but(Like Vanessa) I developed. I was also ostracised (within the party) somewhat for being a 'Trotskyist' - but that's another story!
Currently ... I think I have more integrity than most living and practising politicians. As do most people on this forum.

Sabro said:
Communism failed, but we should do an autopsy and discover if there is anything to be learned. Perhaps there are lessons that could make our lives and institutions better.
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Good point. But which form of "Communism"? would it be Leninism? Marxism? Maoism? Trotskyism? Stalinism? International Socialism? 'Castroism'?
(- sorry! Had to throw it in.)

Morals/Ethics:

My basic concept on life is: "If it hurts or harms someone who has done nothing to me - I won't do it. If, inadvertantly, I do hurt or harm someone that way ... then I will do my best to make recompense."

Conversely:

If somebody hurts or harms me or one of my family or a friend ... once ... then ... accidents can happen.
If somebody hurts or harms me or one of my family or a friend ... more than once(or in an obviously contrived manner) ... then ..... Let's just say, I'm part Irish! (For non-English speakers - this means that all hell can break loose! Not necessarily immediately - but most assuredly to effect - eventually!)

I do not have two heads or horns, or a tail, or hooves - but I do have a dark side, I admit!

?W????

(P.S. I also have one weakness: an arrogance as good as the next man's! If you don't have it - you can't survive!)
 
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John F Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald from the book depository building using a cheap bolt action rifle. He fired three shots, two of which struck the President and Governor Connely (the "magic bullet") and killed him.

Was there a conspiracy? Perhaps, but I have not seen proof of another gunman.

I believe that it is perfectly okay for adults with healthy livers and psyches to go out after work and have a beer. Two if they are not driving. More on occasion- when again, they are not driving. Warm Sake may be substituted for beer, or possibly Scotch... just not Zima's, wine coolers, or that pink fruity stuff. (My liver sucks, so I will just have Iced Tea.)
 
I believe I need a vacation. (I just got back from one, but it didn't stick.)

Teaching is fun and rewarding. Administration is neither.
 
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