Reflections on Peace, Philosophy, and Life
A question which pops up a lot is the old nature versus nurture arguments. What do we bring to the picture innately, and what is learnt?
Well, what do we bring with us at birth? Not even our name. When we arrive, we know nothing except feelings, satisfaction or dissatisfaction. That's about it. Of course, we also have a body, about which we learn through our feelings. We don't choose where or when we are born. We know nothing, and all is to be learnt and experienced.
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Ever wonder why people seem to vote for candidates who promise to take us back to a supposedly better past, despite appearing as, well, stupid idiots? The answer often lies in a powerful political strategy used by right-wing parties: blame combined with nostalgic fantasies.
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The definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary of the word “anthropomorphic” is
"1: - described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes anthropomorphic deities
- stories involving anthropomorphic animals
2: ascribing human characteristics to non-human things
- anthropomorphic supernaturalism
-anthropomorphic beliefs about nature"
So why an “Anthropomorphic God”?
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It seems very bizarre to me, that in general, murder is condemned, when perpetrated on individuals, but mass-murder appears to have been accepted and approved, if not celebrated all over the world.
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Wikipedia defines it as "History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of the human past."
I understand that. I understand that it is the study of the past. What I question is the purpose of that study. Simply put, does history help me become a better person? It can do that, I suppose, if I can learn the lessons the past can teach me.
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