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Topic: Substance of Character
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rajji
Knowflake Posts: 98
From: Hyderabad, A.P, India.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted February 09, 2011 06:19 AM
  
Billy Graham Quotes
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
when health is lost, something is lost;
when character is lost, all is lost.So what according to U should the essence and substance of the so called CHARACTER be?
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Mblake81
Knowflake Posts: 720
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Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 09, 2011 07:02 AM
This is vague on purpose, You can not give a direct answer to this.The answer is, You. IP: Logged |
EverEvolvingSpirit
Moderator Posts: 132
From: A Place of Pure Love <3
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted February 09, 2011 07:06 AM
Morals, goodness and spirituality I feel define a persons charachter.IP: Logged |
rajji
Knowflake Posts: 98
From: Hyderabad, A.P, India.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted February 09, 2011 07:24 AM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mblake81:"The answer is, You" I PROTEST that! I know you are far more experienced and far more knowledgeable.
So it has to be vice versa! And your answer must be ME!That would sound most appropriate. IP: Logged |
rajji
Knowflake Posts: 98
From: Hyderabad, A.P, India.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted February 09, 2011 07:31 AM
As for me
Hope,Self Discipline,strong heartedness,
firm will,letting go,making the right choices,
would be a few to name.IP: Logged |
Mblake81
Knowflake Posts: 720
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Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 09, 2011 10:56 AM
What I am saying, Is if you want peace you realize what motivate people to get there is different.yes I know more than it seems, and yet I still use a vague saying because the "end" idea is correct. The answer is each person decides for themselves what is correct character, or whatever the issue is. I am just building an order to allow that to have its freedom, while not taking from another persons free will. Vague is there on purpose, Otherwise you are interjecting your will on another person and expecting them to like it. They dont, I know this. That is why I stated it like I did. I understand this concept is tricky to grasp. Nothing that is rewarding to have comes free, effort is always needed, and required. The rules, in essense preserve freedom and the ability to use it. This takes a certain level of intelligence to understand, but to put into practical, practice. Note: You are right about the theory of debate, but understand the nature of a debate is sometimes to "prove" a person right. Ask yourself is the end result something that people benefit from, or just one person? Note: people seem to respond favorably to things that benefit the group, while maximizing the individual. Society is a group, Of individuals. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
Moderator Posts: 6100
From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted February 09, 2011 11:02 AM
Answer to something Higher than yourself. When you screw up,apologize.
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Jesus never put his trust in man cuz he knew what was in man.
You have to be strong enough to be gentle.Peace through strength,ALWAYS
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 5611
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 09, 2011 11:31 AM
"Character is doing what's right--even when there are no rewards for doing so--even when it's detrimental to oneself to do so--or even when no one's looking and no one knows but you."--ME A good show to see character in action in real life is a hidden camera show on ABC every Friday night at 9 pm EST. It's called "What Would You Do?" Character spans all barriers and cannot be predicted by race, sex, age, occupation, or any other demographic. ------------------
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." Harriet Van Horne IP: Logged |
TrueTaurus
Knowflake Posts: 62
From: California
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted February 09, 2011 02:34 PM
I agree with Randall. It's having integrity, honesty, and being rational, cultivating virtues as Aristotle describes in his ethics.IP: Logged |
Mblake81
Knowflake Posts: 720
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Registered: Aug 2010
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posted February 09, 2011 03:59 PM
Aristotle had many great ideas. So many things were branched and built off those ideas.Amazing how one person can change so much by nothing more than intangible ideas. IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 5611
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 09, 2011 05:36 PM
I actually love debate, but only in person. I was quite good at it in college. There's a science to it. One of our rules was that if one loses one's temper, they have pretty much lost the debate. But if not in person (no body language, no voice inflection), it isn't gratifying for me. It's too easy to miscommunicate. I sometimes get embroiled in a clash (I won't call it a debate), so then I try to take a breather and opt out. A good debater can argue either side. I was great at arguing for a side I am totally against. That's fun. But I don't think it should be used to try to prove one side is right or one side is wrong. People think emotionally. You can't change a person's mind. They have to change their own mind by seeing it in a way that they jibe with. The mind doesn't change unless the heart listens.------------------
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 5611
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 11, 2011 04:40 PM
Aristotle rocked.------------------
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