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 Originally Posted by oskar
At best it can't hurt.
Why does it specifically have to be christian ethos? It seems like what you're looking for is a very small part that's only loosely related to christianity
Self-sacrifice in the face of others hurting you is the core of Christianity. That's it's central message, without which the whole thing falls apart. The Bible tells this story through metaphor. The culmination is when Jesus took on the sins of the world and sacrificed himself to save the sinners. That is essentially the same problem my family is facing right now, in my estimation. Some people are mad at others because they feel they have been sinned against. That feeling is causing real problems that could tear the family apart. Christianity solves for this problem when it shows Jesus calling others' sins his own sins and sacrificing himself. The sort of way this idea is meant to manifest in normal human lives is like when you're angry at others sinning against you, if you have any intention to save the relationship, in order to do so you need to get humble.
This problem seems to be entirely unrelated to a higher power - as most things usually are... so why try to bring one into this?
Yeah, it's not related to a higher power per se. It's a human problem through and through. My idea is that an adherence to a higher moral framework is what people can use to solve a problem that the natural function of humans doesn't solve for. What I'm getting at here is how being proud and blaming others is the most natural thing for people to do in this sort of situation, especially once they've started fighting. It might take adherence to a moral framework that can override that natural tendency.
Let's say my cousins were to get chubby. I wouldn't immediately go to: we have a rich history of national socialism in this family, maybe we should remind them of the healthy aryan body image. Why not leave the nazi part and just tell them to go skip a rope.
I lol'd.
How many fucking overweight people there are now? How effective have things like knowledge about diet and exercise been at combating it. Maybe a higher order moral framework could more effectively make a more positive impact.
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