(August 23, 2021 at 11:28 pm)Ahriman Wrote:Trollololol.(August 23, 2021 at 11:27 pm)Astreja Wrote: Simple: If you're capable of imagining yourself in the place of someone else, and imagining what they're feeling, you can identify with them and avoid doing things that hurt them. This is where things like the Golden Rule actually came from.I can agree with your first statement. The second, not so much.
The reason that we (and many other animals) evolved empathy is simple: There's strength in numbers, and we prefer to associate with those who help us rather than hurt us. Over millions of years, less empathetic animals have a harder time surviving because they have to go it alone.
(August 23, 2021 at 10:59 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: What is the “greater good” of a god? Can you define it without begging the question?Look inside yourself. Search your heart.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.