Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy? One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind. I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist. So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark. In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all. The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise. Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct. Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.
I'll always remember the smell of the real Christmas trees we had in our home when I was a kid. If you have similar memories, would you want to deny those same memories to your kids by using an artificial tree?
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"Better to buy a real or artificial Christmas tree?" Neither. Jesus didn't command Christians to remember him with a Christmas tree. That's not anywhere in the Bible. Just because something is tradition doesn't make it adherent to Scripture! In fact, the Bible says to not make ANY image of God nor set up any idols. A "Christmas" tree is an idol and therefore is a sin against God to set one up. Setting up a nativity scene is also a sin because it goes directly against the Commandment regarding making images of God. Jesus said that the only thing to remember him by is through the Passover supper...of which only Jews can celebrate the entire thing. The abbreviated version of it as Communion is (maybe) for the larger Christian community. But that's it. Not Christmas. Not Easter. Not Passover. Just Communion (and maybe not even that). If you disagree with me about these statements, then you need to read your Bible some more because this is a pretty difficult truth. Also, trees belong outside in nature, not indoors and cutting down trees is harmful to the environment (destabilizes the ecology) and mankind was originally tasked by God to take care of our planet so cutting down a tree to set up indoors is also in violation of the original commandment to mankind (aka another sin). Time to ditch the tradition, especially if you claim to follow Christ!
Our family has been using the same artificial tree for the past twenty years.
Easy to set-up. Easy to put down. Best purchase ever.
I'm allergic to most real trees, and an artificial one is best at our house.
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They talk about recycling your real trees but how do you even do that? I'd be willing to do so if that was a viable option
Artificial is better for my health. Allergic reaction and hospitalization is expensive.
I love White Christmas trees
Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy?
One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind.
I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist.
So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark.
In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all.
The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise.
Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct.
Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.
I'll always remember the smell of the real Christmas trees we had in our home when I was a kid. If you have similar memories, would you want to deny those same memories to your kids by using an artificial tree?
You can always use scented candles
@@milhouse14 And they don't even have to be lit. Just put them away in sealed bags and reuse year after year after year.
The concolor fir is the best it smells like clementine oranges
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"Better to buy a real or artificial Christmas tree?" Neither. Jesus didn't command Christians to remember him with a Christmas tree. That's not anywhere in the Bible. Just because something is tradition doesn't make it adherent to Scripture! In fact, the Bible says to not make ANY image of God nor set up any idols. A "Christmas" tree is an idol and therefore is a sin against God to set one up. Setting up a nativity scene is also a sin because it goes directly against the Commandment regarding making images of God. Jesus said that the only thing to remember him by is through the Passover supper...of which only Jews can celebrate the entire thing. The abbreviated version of it as Communion is (maybe) for the larger Christian community. But that's it. Not Christmas. Not Easter. Not Passover. Just Communion (and maybe not even that). If you disagree with me about these statements, then you need to read your Bible some more because this is a pretty difficult truth. Also, trees belong outside in nature, not indoors and cutting down trees is harmful to the environment (destabilizes the ecology) and mankind was originally tasked by God to take care of our planet so cutting down a tree to set up indoors is also in violation of the original commandment to mankind (aka another sin). Time to ditch the tradition, especially if you claim to follow Christ!