it also means you are respecting your brain because the human brain begins life with no knowledge or beliefs but crafts its beliefs from current knowledge acquired in the present life; it doesn't adopt ancient beliefs based on ancient knowledge; this is the natural process
the wonderful thing about hell is that everyone is welcome because it doesn't discriminate against anyone for any reason whatsoever, so it welcomes good souls, bad souls, smart minds, stupid minds, arrogant souls, humble souls, etc, etc;
It is said the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Therefore, the needs of malnourished children exceed the needs of billionaires. - 3028 billionaires vs 45 million starving children.
Capitalists dream of a world ruled by the endless pursuit of ever more wealth. Humanists dream of a world dedicated to human flourishing; where everyone has clean air, water, food, a cozy bed, tons of love, premium education and health care.
compassionate leaders care about their people beginning at the bottom; heartless leaders don't care about their people, preferring wealth and power because they lack the cognitive sophistication to go beyond counting beans so understand the nutritional value of said beans;
Humane economies use a percentage of profits to help the weakest and poorest people address their misfortunes so they can flourish alongside the richest and strongest. Inhumane economies divert all profits to the richest and strongest, leaving the weak and poor to perish.
societies are complex organisms with many stakeholders and a good democracy pursues complex solutions in which many stakeholders benefit; therefore, good leaders seek win-win solutions so most benefit while lousy leaders seek winner-takes-all because they can't wrap their brains around complexity;
It takes greater intelligence to understand what it is like to be a bat than is necessary to kill a bat, just as it takes greater intelligence to understand what it is like inside another's head than is necessary to assault them physically or verbally.
caring employers pay fair, living wages because they honestly care about the health and wellbeing of their people; callous employers don't care about their workers so they pay the absolute minimum they can get away with; sadistic employers demand workers work for pig slop and a bed in the pig barn;
Compassionate societies want to know what women need so they want children. Callous societies don't care what women need to bear and raise a child. Cruel societies demonize women who don't want children, criminalize mothers who are imperfect and force women impregnated by rapists to give birth.
and I am very much aware that most people associate humane society with animal welfare programs and organizations, though I prefer to use it to include humans, though I must admit I often restrict it to just humans
basic meaning of humane is to show love, compassion and kindness to humans and animals, so my view of a humane society is one of love, compassion and kindness to all living things
The greatest love imaginable loves the people I cherish most dearly as well as the people I absolutely despise. I know not how or why, only that it does. The worst love possible only loves the people I care about – damn the rest to eternal torture and trauma.
compassionate societies care about their people so they ensure everyone has adequate food, water and shelter; cruel societies don't care about people so they work to guarantee the 1% acquire 90% of everything;
The greatest love imaginable loves religious people, irreligious anti-religious people without exception or excuses. The worst love loves only a hundred thousand souls from this sect or that sect, piously condemning billions upon billions of souls to an eternity of horrendous torture.
loving societies care about human wellbeing so they ensure every human has adequate food, water, shelter and clothing; hateful societies care only about the 1% gaining ever more wealth and power so they work to guarantee the 1% acquire 90% of everything;
humane societies care about their people so they ensure everyone has adequate food, water and shelter; inhumane societies don't care about people so they work to guarantee the 1% acquire 90% of everything;
The purest love imaginable loves everyone: plumbers, proctologists, plasterers, philosophers, prison officers and politicians. The worst love conceivable loves only privileged groups: rich, white men and damn the rest.
compassionate societies ensure everyone inside their boundaries gets the best health care humanly possible because compassionate societies genuinely care about human wellbeing; cruel societies relish human suffering so they ensure back alley health care to maximize human suffering;
The finest love imaginable loves everyone: liberals, conservatives, moderates, communists, democrats, monarchists, socialists, capitalists, - 10, 20, 30 billion people and counting. The worst love possible loves only a million like minded souls - condemning everyone else to eternal damnation.
loving societies care about their people so they ensure everyone has adequate food, water and shelter; hateful societies don't care about people so they work to guarantee the 1% acquire 90% of everything;
