Jutta Zangl
I'm a passionate teacher of English and Maths.
Location Germany
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- I would feel flattered that he or she trusts me with such an issue and would listen patiently and respectfully.
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- I would encourage him to see a doctor and to search the net for people who have experienced psychoses. There are some encouraging reports of people who manage well with the voices. I would also... -
Thank you!
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Bible study and prayer have helped me a lot too. And humour!
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Jutta Zangl replied to Imomum M
I wonder what makes mental health disorders so crippling: the disorder itself or rather the reaction of society? Or maybe the fear of not understanding what is going on in our mind.
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Absolutely!
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To me Paul sounds much like ASD that went unnoticed or maybe just a loud cry for help because at home his mother was overstrained / not doing the right things. The reaction to Paul shouldn't be: "Stop it, be quiet and fit in!" but rather: "Yes, we can see your problem, it's really difficult. Let's tackle it together."
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These young people are caught in a vicious circle. The more antisocial behaviour they show, the more they are rejected. The more they are rejected, the more aggressive they get and the more antisocial behaviour they show...
I once had an interesting lesson with 12-year-olds on the topic "bullies and friends": First I elicited sentences they might say to... -
My daughter challenged us for several years. Finally she was caught shoplifting. The policeman told me not to worry, the drop-back rate was close to zero. However, I engaged a family counsellor. When she had gone my daughter told me: "Mum, don't listen to that woman! You are doing it perfectly right.", which was the end of our quarrels.
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It might also be a desperate attempt to seek attention and to make their voice heard. And a protest against the given hierarchies where the young people stand at the very bottom.
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I think it's quite a natural learning process that you try out different behaviours and see what will happen.
At school I always loved those cheeky students who had the courage to break rules. It is good to reflect on rules from time to time if they still make sense and if they have to be followed at all times. Then you can sensitize the young people what... -
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"Anti-social behaviour" is often the consequence of feeling excluded by society. It's more a reaction than an action. So who is to blame? We should stop that distinction between the "good guys" and the "bad guys" and try to find fair solutions.
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You can't tell if it's anonymous. They can track anything you type in the internet.
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I think the risk depends much more on your personal values and those of the few best friends around you than on what you think the majority does.
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Where can we find the estimated numbers for the other three questions?
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Nothing new. I'd like to learn more about the parents' role, however.
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@JanDeurwaarder That's an interesting read. Thank you for the link.
One part of that secret is our intuition of what is right and what is wrong. Our unconcscious mind permanently checks if what we encounter in life fits in with our true (secret) nature. If it doesn't, those who are sensitive may easily develop what is considered a "mental illness". It would... -
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Some of these are rubbish. Divorces are not a cause but rather a consequence of ADHD. Those children are extremely challenging and parents might easily end up blaming each other.
Also seeing 'not being taught discipline at home' as a cause is very offensive to the parents. It is almost impossible to teach a kid with ADHD discipline, that's a consequence of... -
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I have also found stress in the mother's pregnancy.
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I scored 23 but I have never felt impaired in any way. I only noticed that I think diffrently to most of my colleagues.
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Many of the ADHD symptoms may also be symptoms of an over-average intelligence, the kids are just desperate that they can't show it. Once they get that chance they will do perfectly.
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These kids seem so absolutely natural. What a torture school must mean for them! Why do we expect them to sit still and listen anyway? There are more suitable forms of learning!
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Different perception
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I've had a few autists in my classes and noticed that they were oversensitive to unsocial behaviour of their classmates. They mirrored and even amplified that behaviour and then got in trouble for it. The classmates enjoyed that and bullied the autists.
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I have a certain suspision that we use different body language depending on whether we feel superior, inferior or on eye-level with the person we talk to. This adds important information to what we say. People with autism have an inherent sense of dignity and assume that we all meet at eye-level and that what we say is true and honest (which in many cases it...
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When at around 15 I started to become nervous before tests, I started to pray and trust in God that the results would be good enough. This always gave me the necessary calmness. I failed one important exam but could repeat it and then passed.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Vibha Gangal
How do you feel when you keep it yourself in a straight position? Can you play around with it and try out different positions - maybe when you are alone and sure that no one can suddenly push you or something.
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Did he bite you?
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At least they would have a good reason.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Lynn Kies
Once when I was waiting at the dentist I was reading a marvellous book about Gandhi and I thought how much more he had had to endure than what I was going through at the dentist! Then I imagined I was lying on a beautiful beach and that anything happening in my mouth had nothing to do with me but was only the dentist's business. That worked quite well.
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Also the widening gap between the rich and the poor adds to the pressure to perform well.
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I pray until my mood changes - thanking for all the positive things there have been.
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exclusion, humiliation, degradation
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@JanDeurwaarder It's still hard to put it into words. Maybe "all the information of the universe", like René Décartes imagined the world could be described in an enormous equation of oszillations.
I believe that we all carry that secret in us, but we can't access it, as only very little can be perceived with our senses. The more important it is to validate... -
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Quiz: Is Emma depressed?
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Why can't we manage to show our children and young people unconditional love? It's not them the problem, it's us.
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Jutta Zangl replied to May Thiri Kyaw Win
Girls are also more sensitive.
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I can't get rid of the impression that those considered mentally ill are really the healthy ones - those who are very sensitive to problems around them, and with an inherent sense of dignity. When this is not respected they sense it.
When my eldest son was a child, he showed autistic features and was diagnosed with ADD. I realized that he only showed weird... -
As a very logically thinking person (I studied maths) I see a basic mistake when humanists say there is no god: They take a certain concept of god and then find a contradiction and conclude that god doesn't exist. But this only shows they had the wrong concept. I took a different approach: I assumed there is something people call a "god" and then explored what...
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I regret that humanists fight so hard against religious groups instead of seeing the shared interests and fighting for the common good together.
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Jutta Zangl replied to pamela watters
Evolution requires complexity, it's the only way our brains are challenged to develop. I am quite optimistic that one day we will stop our black-and-white-thinking and see all the beautiful colours.
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In Germany there ALWAYS has to be a civil wedding. The church wedding is on top for those who wish to have it.
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@MichaelMoseley I am glad that it is now a public topic and those atrocities will stop.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Mitch D.
@MitchD. One researcher is Dr. Lucadou, he is a doctor of physics and of psychology, his videos are in German, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSmUNHAddZI. In one experiment for instance they showed people pictures - either pleasant or horrible. The brain reacts differently to these types of pictures. And they found out that the brain reacted some...
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@ClaireN The problem is, when he reveals himself today and you tell it to someone, they put you into the mental hospital straight away and put you on medication.
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Probably most of us and most of the time unconsciously. We are brought up to think in hierarchies and everybody is struggling to avoid a low position.
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Saying bad things (lat. maledicere = to curse) about someone can cause a lot of harm, whereas saying good things (lat benedicere = to bless) does a lot of good. I am shocked how some people talk about others and even more shocked how others believe them. Research has shown that lies spread a lot faster than the truth. But rather than restrict free speech we...
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I can imagine there was a time when the fear of hell prevented some crimes and gave the "good" people some comfort that justice would come. So it wasn't a completely bad thing to start with. But then it was misused by some to increase their power. Nobody has the right to threaten anybody with hell because that means you are judging over others.
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The harm principle sounds good but can hardly be realized. How does the state want to know when somebody is going to harm someone? That's just speculation. They can only react when it's too late.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Hilary Neilson
The decision should be to the woman alone, but I see the responsibility in all those around the woman who should make her feel she wants the child.
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Everybody has his own personal beliefs, set of values and moral ideas. I like to call these his personal religion, even if they lack some of the elements that have long been linked to the idea of religion. In this way I validate each person's faith, making clear I'm not trying to proselytise although I consider myself a Chistian.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Mitch D.
There is nothing "supernatural", only things that are beyond our understanding. Humans have only just begun to find out about the laws of nature. For example that your thoughts really infuence what is going to happen (there have been lots of serious scientific experiments). Therefore prayer has a huge impact - however, as soon as you try to use it for a...
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Jutta Zangl replied to Michael Harmon
It's never "religion" that commits a crime but always humans! Some adhere to a particular religion, others don't. Following your argumentation you'd have to shut down humanity.
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Children ask all sorts of questions and parents have the duty to be honest in their answers. Children will feel very soon when answers are inconsistent and then seek their answers elsewhere.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Manuel Matilla
@ManuelMatilla I am also completely against indoctrination. But what about inspiration? I have met a few very inspiring people (religious and non-religious).
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Jutta Zangl replied to Michael Moseley
There have always been those who fight for power, those who fight for the good, and the majority who simply follow the crowd. Without the competition of these powers our brains would never have developed the way they have. The struggle will continue (and has to continue) as long as we think in hierarchies. I am convinced that one day humans will learn to...
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I like the claim that each person should have the maximum possible freedom of thought and religion. In that sense not only states but even religious communities should be secular. What you believe depends very much on the experience you have made. So no one can tell you what to believe. But by listening to each other and validating each other's belief we can...
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Jutta Zangl replied to Mitch D.
It amuses me how everybody imagines Adam and Eve were humans like we are. After all humans are just a particular species of animals. As I read the creation story with a scientific background, I see Adam and Eve as the first animals who had a distiction between male and female. (When they ate the forbidden fruit, that was the first carnivore.) Yes, surely we...
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Jutta Zangl replied to Jutta Zangl
I consider paedophilia one of those behaviours we all agree is unacceptable. But every behaviour has its origins. Something must have gone terribly awry if someone abuses children. Some basic need hadn't been met at an earlier time. And that's what we have to fight: The subtle beginnings.
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So why do we make people struggle?
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I have no idea what to tick. According to my personal feeling and the aspects in the previous step I would mark 10. However, after a phase of extreme bullying at work I was pensioned because of "serious mental health problems" and doctors have complained that I don't even show insight into my illness.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Janet Paton
@richardbrunson Aren't humanists in this course proselytizing too? When you come across a good idea you will naturally want to spread it.
To me like in any other group also in a religious group you should never simply do what you are told but always take responsibility and reflect whether it's the right thing to do. Any leader is only human and may make... -
Jutta Zangl replied to mark taylor
However some people just get too nasty things thrown at them, it's no surprise if they can't cope.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Eric Martindale
@HilaryNeilson My three kids have also left the church, which is absolutely ok with me. I am convinced that in our heart we all share the same belief, we simply use different symbols or a different language. And whoever is inhumane to anybody is besmearing his religion.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Eric Martindale
@MitchD. Everybody has the opportunity to decide for themselves!
I became interested in what the Bible (especially the Gospel) really says when I was about 15 as I heard so much criticism of the Church. I critically tried out every idea and sought what it meant for me, and I'm glad I did it. It can be such an amazing guide to a happy and fulfilled life! I... -
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I think human rights are good, because they give us something official to refer to when they are violated. Now it's our job to keep our eyes open if they are applied and to cry out when they are not.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Janet Paton
I think it is essential to be respectful and not hostile to religions. Then the child when growing up will realize that there are similar sets of moral values and can make a free choice.
Only very few sects frighten their members in case they want to leave. They think they are better then others, which is absolutely unchristian. There is little point in... -
Jutta Zangl replied to Bradley Jones
Be careful with your expectations, there is something like preemptive obedience. Only when you believe something can happen you make it possible to happen.
I am pretty sure that one day we will get there. Cultures are mixing more and more, individualization is at a maximum, each individual is actually a culture of their own. One day these individuals will... -
I also find it ridiculous to suggest a 1% contribution to charities. Many rich people could easily dispense of 50% or more of their income whereas the very poor desperately need every single penny.
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@MariaA You sound arrogant and very prejudiced against religious people when you claim that only humanists are empathetic, democratic etc and religious people are not. I know many Chistians and Muslims who are wonderful, intelligent people and extremely open-minded.
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Although some progress has been made the gap between the rich and the poor is constantly widening. The way our commercial system works is highly immoral and no one seems to care. We just take it for granted.
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@PaulFeatherstone You wrote "I just might be prosecuted for dangerous driving and being over the alcohol limit." so I assumed that was the situation.
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If people in Africa were allowed to cultivate land and paid a fair price for their products they wouldn't need our donations. But some goods would turn more expensive for us.
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@PaulFeatherstone You made the wrong moral choice the moment you got into your car after the party. It's absolutely irresponsible to drink and drive. You could have avoided the accident altogether.
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@DagmarEmmaWood They still had money and were grouped in one way or another. It had to go wrong.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Julie Kay
When you work in a hospital, school etc. and you are too good, your colleagues will be jealous and try to stop you as much as they can.
As a consequence you might fall into a depression and for a certain period of time have nothing to offer to your family, community and the world.
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Babies are instinctively compassionate and share what they have. Selfishness is a learned behaviour. Humans are intelligent and curious, so they will try out what happens if... And some found out that there are certain advantages in what we call immoral behaviour. Whenever this got out of hand a prophet had to appear to guide the people back to the right track...
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I can't get rid of the impression that the possibility to choose death to end suffering, reduces our endeavour and creativity to seek other solutions to reduce suffering.
I remember a case where a man suffering bipolar disorder in a depressed phase decided to die in Switzerland, and so he did. With the right medication he could have lived on happily. -
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I feel love and admiration for all animals. I am convinced that insects perceive much more then we do. I am amazed at how quickly some can fly and orient themselves in a three-dimensional space. Who are we to look down on them?
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I love the golden rule, however we live in hierarchies where it can get you in trouble quite easily. I applied it to my boss - soon I was dismissed.
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"For example, if everyone chose to lie whenever it suited them..."
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Jutta Zangl replied to Marie Fitzpatrick
Instead of tolerating or even promoting abortion our society should be more welcoming and helpful to young mothers and children so that no woman needs to see abortion as the only way. Every woman who has aborted a child will reach a moment in her life when it gives her a pain.
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My son recently had to pass a red traffic light in order to let an ambulance get by. So I believe that with every rule we might find ourselves at some point in a situation where we ought to break it.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Judith Shopley
So many people long for happiness without even knowing how it feels or where to find it.
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Jutta Zangl replied to andrew boschen
We have learned a lot from the mistakes that were made in history and we will learn from mistakes to come so that eventually there will be a set of values left we can all agree upon (e. g. the human rights)
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Jutta Zangl replied to Anne Patterson
I am quite positive that one day that utopian society will exist. It's the next logical step in evolution that we remain human and rational in the face of danger instead of dropping back on our reptilian brain. Then we will be able to solve problems in a way that is good for everybody. We need the confidence that the natural resources are enough for everybody....
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Even "divine commands" are relative and leave a lot of room for interpretation. For me Jesus is a model for how to interpret those commands in a morally acceptable way. He healed on a Sabbath or he wouldn't let them stone the woman.
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I like the Voltaire quote. In fact, humans did invent religion, just as they invented mathematics. Numbers don't really exist, but they are extremely helpful. And even though some people hate maths they wouldn't deny its usefulness. Some religious concepts are also extremely useful.
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What is good and bad very often depends on the standpoint - like day and night.
What is good in one moment may be bad in another and vice versa. We may have the best intentions and still cause much pain. To me it is essential not to judge over others, to discuss matters openmindedly and to be always forgiving. -
Jutta Zangl replied to andrew boschen
The issue now is to see us all as one big group and to find rules that are acceptable to everybody so that nobody feels pushed to leave the group. Then we can become truely human: get rid of authorities and meet each other at eye-level.
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I wish we could abolish money altogether. We could all continue to do our jobs for free and in return get housing, food and whatever we need also for free. Money is the real God of our time everybody worships.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Janna L
Everybody learns, but maybe not what we would wish them to learn.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Helen Martin
Rules are there to serve people and not the other way round. It is essential for our health to have a day of rest from time to time. Jesus and his disciples repeatedly broke the Sabbath rule. Every rule has its limits. Love is always the priority.
The example you quote is from the old testament, from a culture more than 2000 years ago - who are we to judge... -
Jutta Zangl replied to Helen Martin
@MichaelHarmon Don't confuse Christian values, i.e. the ten commandments and Jesus' teaching, with what some people have misused religion for.
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My motto is: Shit happens. Pick it up and keep it until it turns into fertilizer.
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Be your true self.
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Jutta Zangl replied to Diane H
I don't think thieves or murderers feel happiness. They might feel relief from some unbearable condition that led them to such a behaviour. Who knows what injustice they have suffered in their lives that to them justifies their actions.
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To me, all human behaviour is acceptable, but not all behaviour is desirable. Everybody has the right to make mistakes and if he knows that his mistakes are forgiven it makes it easier for him to admit them and to change his behaviour.
Don't get me wrong - of course we all agree that some behaviours are unacceptable. But the essential question is: what can...
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Jutta Zangl replied to Peter Crayford
Why should we all be like minded? Let's embrace diversity.
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I have come to deeply dislike the term tolerance. According to its Latin origin it means the "capacity to endure hardship and pain". We may be tolerant while we feel well, but as soon as we get stressed and close to our limits, we suddenly can't bear certain behaviours of others and we might become aggressive.
I'd like to call for validation instead. No...