Whenever I lose faith in humanity, I remember Mr. Rogers. It instantly restores every bit for a brief few minutes knowing that such a kind person was indeed human.
To anyone who has 'lost their faith in humanity'
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The sudden disappearance of all organized religion. That would make me completely happy forever, but since that will never happen, this website will usually do the trick.
Lost it, found it again. Cheated on by someone I trusted, then loyal girl came back into my life (long story), so it's all good.
But then again, nobody gets outta here alive, so in the end, we're all screwed.
But then again, nobody gets outta here alive, so in the end, we're all screwed.
To restore my faith in humanity the culture would need to switch from rampant capitalism to improvement of life and understanding. Not necessarily a hippie utopia, but more respectful for altruism and individual benevolence.
"The modern people don't remember that there once was such thing as culture, instead of this money making machine."
"The modern people don't remember that there once was such thing as culture, instead of this money making machine."
I think that if people were inherently good, nobody would have to justify anything. Justification is a means to make things we do seem good. So why, if we are inherently good would we need to do something like justify our actions or thoughts?Hyper-space said:
OT: Never really had much "faith" to begin with. Moments of empathy and sympathy, not necessarily experienced firsthand, restore my "faith" every once in a while.
Well somebody's a philosopher.PaulH said:
A completely correct one no less, for as much as we've accomplished everything you've mentioned above, we still tend to fall prey to attentional bias. One bad example and it can completely blind people to all the good that goes on, or even more bizarrely, make it all count for nothing in that person's eyes.