Well perhaps it could just be that people have got a lot to learn in live...and a lot of them never grow up in terms of maturity of attitude, mentality, etc?
And I don't believe anyone ever fully grows up and is fully mature... cos if they are...at what point do you go from being 'immature' to being 'mature'?
I think people mature and learn as they live through life...the longer you live HOPEFULLY the more you mature....and since no one lives forever no one gets fully and entirely mature - people always die before they've learnt everything and are '100%' mature.
And as I said, if there are totally mature people around - at what point did they, and others like them, go from 'immature' to 'mature'?
I think some people are more mature from others...and we have a lot to learn and no ones perfect...but I don't think anyone is 100% mature (or immature for that matter), it's all a matter of degree and it's a vast spectrum I think... - kind of subjective..who has enough maturity to declare who is and isn't mature and it be totally objective? And certainly who has enough maturity to declare themselves or others totally mature (or immature).
Hope you get my point and it's not a digression..I think perhaps the original sin idea might come from the fact that people aren't perfect, no one is, and we've all got a lot to learn, no one is fully mature - but I think the original idea has got perverted into some godly bollocks about being punished (as in eternal punishment for example) before you've actually done anything wrong.
I think, just as a suggestion, 'original sin' may be a perversion of this...like guilt or shame or wallowing in self pity a bit - like the human race is beating itself up for all the shit its done in the past in order to try and correct its mistakes...and ends up perverting the whole idea that we are basically not perfect...
I dunno, just a suggestion. I'm not sure exactly else why original sin would be created if it's not indeed about guilt; and humans trying not to make mistakes so blaming themselves and using this stupid idea of original sin to enforce or protect themselves? I dunno.
Thoughts? In case I've said at least SOMETHING interesting or brought something interesting up there? Any value in it?
EvF
And I don't believe anyone ever fully grows up and is fully mature... cos if they are...at what point do you go from being 'immature' to being 'mature'?
I think people mature and learn as they live through life...the longer you live HOPEFULLY the more you mature....and since no one lives forever no one gets fully and entirely mature - people always die before they've learnt everything and are '100%' mature.
And as I said, if there are totally mature people around - at what point did they, and others like them, go from 'immature' to 'mature'?
I think some people are more mature from others...and we have a lot to learn and no ones perfect...but I don't think anyone is 100% mature (or immature for that matter), it's all a matter of degree and it's a vast spectrum I think... - kind of subjective..who has enough maturity to declare who is and isn't mature and it be totally objective? And certainly who has enough maturity to declare themselves or others totally mature (or immature).
Hope you get my point and it's not a digression..I think perhaps the original sin idea might come from the fact that people aren't perfect, no one is, and we've all got a lot to learn, no one is fully mature - but I think the original idea has got perverted into some godly bollocks about being punished (as in eternal punishment for example) before you've actually done anything wrong.
I think, just as a suggestion, 'original sin' may be a perversion of this...like guilt or shame or wallowing in self pity a bit - like the human race is beating itself up for all the shit its done in the past in order to try and correct its mistakes...and ends up perverting the whole idea that we are basically not perfect...
I dunno, just a suggestion. I'm not sure exactly else why original sin would be created if it's not indeed about guilt; and humans trying not to make mistakes so blaming themselves and using this stupid idea of original sin to enforce or protect themselves? I dunno.
Thoughts? In case I've said at least SOMETHING interesting or brought something interesting up there? Any value in it?
EvF
