Quote Originally Posted by Hard View Post
In my time here i have preached constantly against ignorance and misunderstanding. I realized recently that in doing so i break my own guidelines. I perpetuate the problem i am trying to solve.

My direction was never clear. I was only able to adress one certain topic at a time, and it ends up sounding preachy, and it is. This is the best i can explain it, and for gods sake understand it. THIS is my final and most important philosophy, and there will be no reason for me to repeat it.

My goal (which i couldnt identify until recently) was to express my discontent with the direction humanity has taken. Because i was only able to hit one topic at a time, i could never tie all of them together. I feel religion affects politics, politics affects religion, and it all creates a formula to how we treat eachother. I feel small evils in each section contribute to an overall misdirection of humanity, which creates problems between different cultures and opinions. My purpose was to correct those small errors. I feel that present Christianity isnt what Jesus stood for. I feel politics have become a sick game rather than a way to solve problems. I KNOW that these are results of historical events, which still affect us today. But what will whining about it do?

It is not my right to assume that, or blame any individual for how they believe. I am not alone in this, because we are all indirectly guilty. We all feel our opinion is more worthy than the person we are arguing with. To reassure ourselves, we point out the flaws of others, such as identifying someone as a brainwashed American or a religious zealout or whatever. None of that stuff matters, but it finds its way into arguments. In the end, its all about winning the battle.

I have discovered that i cannot judge anyone, because i dont know what their life has been like. We all have a piece of the pie, which should come together rather than argue about which piece of the pie is more worthy.

I have found that i am guilty of the problem that plagues humanity, and what makes us so different (strong, individual opinions). So, can you suck it up and admitt that too?
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And now you're making accusations too.
No one is guilty of having opinions. Yes, wisdom is in objectivity. Yes, striving towards objectivity is the wisest way to live. However, no one should ever become completely objective. Being such would mean the loss of one's ego entirely. And either way, given the needs and wants of life, let alone the conditioning and mind frames, I doubt anyone actually could become ultimately objective.

So yes, do not judge anyone but forming an opinion isn't judging unless you openly and aggressively force it upon others.