seeds wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 3:46 pm I must admit that I find myself at a loss as to what that "best way" might be when appeals to what seems like common sense simply bounce-off the impenetrable barriers that others have erected around their rigid "mindsets."
I mean, what in the world can you possibly say to these guys...
I like that.
Or perhaps Rupert Sheldrake's hypothesis of "morphic resonance" might be a better candidate to facilitate change, as is described in Scientific American:
However (and I'm just spitballing now), if such things truly existed, then surely the collective telepathy of the vast number of children in hunger and poverty throughout the world would be getting through to those who could end it, yet it still persists.Scientific American wrote: Morphic resonance, Sheldrake says, is "the idea of mysterious telepathy-type interconnections between organisms and of collective memories within species" and accounts for phantom limbs, how dogs know when their owners are coming home, and how people know when someone is staring at them.
Or the collective telepathy of the millions of subjugated and abused Muslim females would be creating a change in their plight, yet it too persists....
...Though come to think of it, maybe their combined telepathic prayers are indeed creating a change by reason of the fact that their uneven societies are constantly fraught with turmoil and destruction...
(which, ironically, is something that is facilitated by yet another existent evil - "Western imperialism and greed" - you're welcome)
...which, hopefully, will eventually lead to a positive transformation away from that dreadfully lopsided [male-centric] religion.
That's an excellent observation, Lacewing, especially the "ebb and flow" part.Lacewing wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 5:07 pm I agree with you, it's hard to know what's best to do sometimes. On this forum, I think the deciding factor is whether I can learn or have fun with it, and if neither... step away. It can ebb and flow with people on this forum, as everything/everyone seems to ebb and flow... and if you can catch the right moment to throw your bucket at them... it might get through.
And in regards to this comment from an earlier post:
Yes.Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:41 am I guess we have to reach a tipping point, where archaic thinking fades away swiftly -- as other modes of thinking have shifted quickly in recent years. There are those who bitterly resist for awhile, but the tide is bigger than perhaps they see, and it brings change on multiple levels.
And I guess the question is will that "tipping point" come by means of a Darwinian-like adaptation of our "mental beaks," so to speak, to the changing social environment created by the exponentially growing tide of new ideas and information?...
...Or...
...Will it come in the form of a worldwide nuclear conflagration that wipes the slate clean?
Unfortunately, we seem to be heading toward option number two, which may indeed be the only way to set humanity on a completely new course.
Thank you, Lacewing. And right back atcha!
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