So, I seem to be entirely too nice for my own good. I can't turn people away. Ever. And I sit there and pretend that I agree with them, when all these red flags are going up in my head. I don't speak them because I hate conflict. It's one of my biggest flaws, though you all probably wouldn't know it from this site, since I seem to be really argumentative here.
So this might not get the most views or comments in the world, but I just thought i needed to make a comment about it. So I shall.
There are two major components in identifying the difference between what is ethical and what is not:
1) What do we use to base our ethical standards?
2) How are those standards applied to specific situations faced in daily life?
Here's the thing - I'm not American. I was born in America. I have American citizenship. I'm white and I have very little accent. But despite my appearance, I am definitely not American. I moved to Israel when I was three and spent almost my entire life there. I may seem American, but as far as American society and culture, I'm occasionally clueless.
I'm pretty up to date with current events, and there was a headline that just struck me.
This is not my first time blogging, but it is the first blog that I have dedicated exclusively to actual intellectual content of some kind as opposed to personal thoughts and narratives of my life. There are many issues in contemporary society that I feel strongly about.
I wonder why it is so hard for people to accept the personal freedom one individual has to accept a certain religious, mystical, or agnostic...etc. belief.
Why do we get so touchy, offended, sucked in, emotional, unreasonable...angry, hateful, prejudice, judgmental and all those other words when we have to talk about our religion v. someone else's.
WHY?
