It does not change people's hearts, it just uses fear to keep them in line which in turn drives their prejudices underground where they fester and grow until it explodes in a backlash.
Hmm, how is that any different from telling people to be good or they will go to hell? I mean, even if you candy-coat that spending most of your time talking about love, the prospect of everlasting painful punishment adds a degree of coersion.
There is no compassion, only chains.
In an ideal world, we could appeal to people's reason, common sense, and decency. Some people just don't understand compassion, and this is something i struggle with. I don't know how to get through to them, so if they can't be reached by appealing to their sense of compassion, i'll settle for encouraging them to fear the law.
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Date: 2006-04-11 08:34 pm (UTC)Hmm, how is that any different from telling people to be good or they will go to hell? I mean, even if you candy-coat that spending most of your time talking about love, the prospect of everlasting painful punishment adds a degree of coersion.
There is no compassion, only chains.
In an ideal world, we could appeal to people's reason, common sense, and decency. Some people just don't understand compassion, and this is something i struggle with. I don't know how to get through to them, so if they can't be reached by appealing to their sense of compassion, i'll settle for encouraging them to fear the law.