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Factor -
Lutherans! There ya go! I think it's something in the hot dishes that everyone brings to eat.
posted by
sannhet
on May 15, 2006 at 1:20 PM
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Xeno -
It is interesting to try and understand why some people question, and why others don't. I attribute it to the level of spiritual maturity that one is at.
posted by
sannhet
on May 15, 2006 at 10:48 AM
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Gome -
You're right in that the impressions come during our formative years. But if the beliefs of my folks, my church, my school, my society in general are not the ones that were impressed on me, where did those impressions come from?
posted by
sannhet
on May 15, 2006 at 10:47 AM
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its odd isnt it
beliefs are taught generation after generation
people believe what they are taught
then some question
what makes this so?
some will question while the rest accept.
maybe it wasn't impressed into you -- the beliefs that is -- like it is in others.
an authority figure says that it is so and the young mind believes it.
nobody told me.
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 15, 2006 at 6:34 AM
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Aha!
I was raised Lutheran myself...and never quite got the hang of it.
posted by
FactorFiction
on May 12, 2006 at 6:41 PM
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sannhet - in that case, the question you pose becomes easier to answer
In where do morals and integrity come from? The basis or framework for both are imprinted upon a person during the formative years but each and every individual will develop their own moral and ethical interpretations as they mature. Where immediate family and nurturing environment during the maturation process play the biggest roles, societal attitudes and prevailing mindsets also are part of the equation. What is right is ever evolving, being fine tuned and simply changing with a society's needs. On a different level, each generation has their own concerns and experiences the subsequent growth inherent in dealing with these concerns. There is always a problem with the uniformity of moral and ethical evolution. Entire segments of society sometimes remain behind.
posted by
gomedome
on May 12, 2006 at 4:46 PM
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Gome -
I wanted to go into more detail, but didn't have time. I think it's both. On some levels it is fundamentally different. One example: my belief in the acceptance of all people, no matter the color, sexual orientation, religion, etc. is completely different than the church I grew up in. But there are subtle differences as well. I love my parents dearly, and while my parents are very loving and giving people, they grew up believing that races should stay separate. And while neither of them would deny help to a person, regardless of color, if they came upon injured people in a car accident, they do not go out of their way to associate with those outside of their comfort zone. There are exceptions. Certain individuals have been "accepted" because that particular person of color is seen as "not like the others", if you will. But there is the subtle, underlying current of keeping things separate.
Thanks for stopping by and reading.
posted by
sannhet
on May 12, 2006 at 9:33 AM
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Cee -
I agree that something is happening. It is going to be an interesting decade, I do believe. Thanks for visiting.
posted by
sannhet
on May 12, 2006 at 9:18 AM
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Redwood -
It is a mystery. Thanks for visiting.
posted by
sannhet
on May 12, 2006 at 9:17 AM
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sannhet -- I'm curious of what you mean by "different" . .?
When you say that your moral and ethical beliefs are different. Do you mean fundamentally or dramatically different ...or subtly different in that you are more liberal in your own ethical and moral interpretations than the group you mention?
posted by
gomedome
on May 11, 2006 at 12:40 PM
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Sannhet-
More and more people are asking these questions; I, too, am evolving into a spiritual person, away from the religious one I was raised. As I open up to the universe, I am "aware" of truths that I always suspected and thought were so and through others I am affirmed. I believe time is cranking up the time-space continuum. I hear so many people say their life is becoming a blur. We are getting closer to our creators and I am ready anytime. No fear, only love.
Cee
posted by
LadyCeeMarie
on May 11, 2006 at 12:33 PM
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don't know
sometimes I ask my self the same question. I am 56 years old and still trying to figure out what I want to be when I "grow up". If there is such a thing.
posted by
redwood
on May 11, 2006 at 12:24 PM
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