RE: Can too much respect be bad?
November 15, 2019 at 5:01 pm
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2019 at 5:02 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(November 15, 2019 at 4:49 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(November 15, 2019 at 11:58 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Do you think that there is such a thing as too much respect and/ or is it a bad thing to respect someone too much?
To me it seems that it is a bad thing and the best example are religious leaders or clergy. It seems that religious people respect them too much that they get away with taking their money, living in huge mansions and castles while saying that they are humble and even having sex with their kids.
So it seems it's not good to respect someone too much, to the point that you don't ever question that person, never look at that person critically.
Or maybe something else is going on?
We respect ourselves too much.
Of course I agree with the slogan "think for yourself." But some people actually believe what they think!
History shows we are very likely to be wrong.
But we are of course more likely to be right if we concoct some imaginary absolute divine authority and then attribute our own thoughts to that authority.