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It often is, I am looking for exclusions to such a generalization. Apathy and fear are interesting to consider.
We are conditioned to behave the way we do. I am saying that some people are able to watch someone die without helping them. I don't know why you think you couldn't be conditioned to do the same, do you?
I'm pretty sure you can desensitize just about anyone. Getting someone to enjoy hurting another might be more of a challenge.
I'm pretty sure you can desensitize just about anyone. Getting someone to enjoy hurting another might be more of a challenge.
Sure you can, but the conditioning would work better on some than others. When someone is trained for the special forces etc.., they take psychological tests to determine whether they would be a good match and would absorb training/conditioning.
Desensitization is a normal process as far as I am aware. Otherwise we would end up being constantly traumatized and we would not be able to handle it.
There is hurting someone without remorse or guilt, and there is the enjoyment of hurting someone. The latter usually happens for people with a mental illness of some sort and/or personality disorder.
So is just not caring something to consider. That's not hate though.It often is, I am looking for exclusions to such a generalization. Apathy and fear are interesting to consider.
Agreed. Because of the incredible amount of pain and suffering in the world I think we would all go totally bonkers if we did not protect ourselves in some fashion. Desensitization is part of the protection process we all go through as protection.Desensitization is a normal process as far as I am aware.
Can you explain to me what you think such a person is saved from in the afterlife?
Is that due to the existing condition of the candidate? I am looking to understand whether the causes of this condition is somewhat genetic, or if it is entirely social. I know it is impossible to prove, but my interest is in understanding whether all humans are created equal.Sure you can, but the conditioning would work better on some than others. When someone is trained for the special forces etc.., they take psychological tests to determine whether they would be a good match and would absorb training/conditioning.
Not caring is the symptom. I am looking for an understanding of what motivates that decision.So is just not caring something to consider. That's not hate though.
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I'm curious, what put you on the Hate track?So I am wondering if the lack of care for someone is always due to hate.
What is the problem with being self-centred in the world to come? Those who are self-centred in this world do not necessarily think it is a bad thing.They are saved from being self-centered in this world and the world to come.
They are saved from having spent their life in pursuit of that which perisheth, instead they partook of the heavenly treasures of self sacrifice, love, service to their fellow creatures of God and to what is Noble, Right and True.
For such souls, they have indeed overcome and sacrificed self for meaning and purpose, that is for God.
I'm curious, what put you on the Hate track?
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As we have established, bhstme was not saying that he would not care for these people, he was saying that he didn't like these people so he could not come to love them. It was a misunderstanding caused by an unfamiliar figure of speech.http://www.christianforums.com/t7821401-18/#post65646370 said:These people are not your enemies, you are their enemy because you hate them!The word enemy is also a bit much, but there are people we will come across we don't care much for in life and simply will not love.
I don't see "not caring" as a decision. I see it more as a state of mind. How a person got to that state? I'd guess that something within that person's life was such that the compassion and empathy part of them became buried and tucked away really deep.Not caring is the symptom. I am looking for an understanding of what motivates that decision.
You could be right about that in some situations, but not caring does require a decision. It requires the decision to look the other way.I don't see "not caring" as a decision. I see it more as a state of mind. How a person got to that state? I'd guess that something within that person's life was such that the compassion and empathy part of them became buried and tucked away really deep.
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I see that action of no action the decision. And that's based on level of caring.You could be right about that in some situations, but not caring does require a decision. It requires the decision to look the other way.
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