(October 13, 2010 at 5:56 am)Cerrone Wrote: I propose people evaluate the actions of their behaviour, become aware of the long term negative consequences that is caused by getting short term gains and modify their behaviour and actions so that they aren't causing bad things to happen around them.
What makes you think that the majority of people don't do that? Just because the outcome may be different than what you experience, doesn't mean that people aren't thinking of consequences. I suffer no delusions that all people are aware of the consequences of their actions, but I don't lump massive amounts of people together based on my own limited knowledge.
I should also remind you that every person is different. Their reasoning capabilities, foresight, etc. are all regulated by life experiences, mental capacity, education, etc. Why would you expect everyone to behave the same way and see the same result?
(October 13, 2010 at 5:56 am)Cerrone Wrote: And to become aware of where they are historically in the big picture of humanity, and just how their lives could be so much better if they put some effort into it.
Again, you're assuming that people do not put some effort into their lives. There are too many variables in people's lives and bodies for you to be able to measure everyone with the same yardstick, so to speak.
(October 13, 2010 at 5:56 am)Cerrone Wrote: And yeah that's what I do, and it works great for me- i'm just not impressed with the majority of humanity, that's my only discontentment.
I know that it is human nature to judge other people by our own measure of ourselves, but it doesn't work well. That is why most of us aren't impressed by humanity in general.
I could argue that your discontentment is not fault of ours, but it is your own. You are too concerned with what other people do. You are so concerned in fact, that in your mind, you are giving a job to atheists to do "something" once they have become atheists. You have appointed yourself the foreman of human behavior and are discontented because you seem to have realized that the bulk of people are not followers. They are not going to act a certain way because you want them to. It will never happen. I hate pedophiles, rapists, child murderers, terrorists, etc. That is my concern regarding human behavior. However, I realize that I can't spend my life rallying people to stop them. Why? Because I would waste my life. I may make small changes during my lifetime, but I'm not going to change the fact that shitty people exist. Perhaps you would be happier if you came to a similar conclusion.
