tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993667717649592385.post4630819196022428652..comments2023-03-25T10:05:24.675-04:00Comments on Life: Living with Stuttering: There is no such thing as normalAgantxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805771160166634707noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993667717649592385.post-19009939471134580852010-01-07T17:33:06.411-05:002010-01-07T17:33:06.411-05:00Interesting conversation hear. I agree with Steve....Interesting conversation hear. I agree with Steve. Evolution is a dangerous teaching if it is taught as truth. It is not the same as saying "stars are dangerous" because it is not a statement of obvious truth but a rather a doctrine of beliefs. It seeks to erase G-d. Why? Because truth must be tested and proven and since G-d cannot be tested nor proven by simple scientific means, then He must not exist. Stupid logic. If G-d is truly above humans than of course He is above our logic and therefore cannot be tested by our simple science. If that were possible, He would be no G-d at all. <br />Perhaps the danger is not explicitly clear but it is there. Teach children that they have no creator, and then try to teach them to live with purpose, to be human, to have morals to know right from wrong. On what ground? Who makes one thing right and another wrong? Why does that person have authority? And if we are mere monkeys, what then is the point of anything? <br />Ah.. this is a long discussion. I will end it here, but there is much more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993667717649592385.post-19239432638495900882009-10-13T01:49:35.682-04:002009-10-13T01:49:35.682-04:00I'd also like to say that I disagree with Stev...I'd also like to say that I disagree with Steve who said "evolution is dangerous". That, to me, is as illogical as saying "the stars are dangerous". <br /><br />Evolution has no agenda; no more than gravity, or electromagnetism, or the orbits of the electrons. Evolution simply <i>is</i>, and has always been. <br /><br />And as far as "being a small god; do what you want", clearly Steve is unfamiliar with the writings of Darwin. We are merely semi-evolved chimps, banging on keyboards. I am no more a god than a pelican or a single-celled amoeba.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250234404788970922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993667717649592385.post-478495182839547702009-10-13T01:46:05.751-04:002009-10-13T01:46:05.751-04:00I have to agree with "Funk". Normal exis...I have to agree with "Funk". Normal exists, at least within some form of standard deviation, with outliers and a standard bell curve distribution. <br /><br />But as far as the author's larger point: I agree 100%. So long as you aren't hurting anyone, to thine own self be true.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250234404788970922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993667717649592385.post-46301694838349242492009-10-11T03:42:36.192-04:002009-10-11T03:42:36.192-04:00What your examples show is that the societal defin...What your examples show is that the <i>societal</i> definition of "normal" is different from culture to culture and changes over time. That isn't the same thing as proving there is no such thing as "normal"; there is certainly no <i>absolute</i> normal, but changing or differing standards doesn't mean they don't exist. <br /><br />Being out of the norm isn't necessarily a bad thing. How about being smarter than normal, or faster, or better-looking? Nothing wrong with any of those. How about being blind or handicapped? All that says about the person is they have to try harder than most.<br /><br />At one time in the not-too-distant past, it wasn't normal to bathe. Today, normality is quite the opposite, and it's not in error to say someone that goes for months without washing or changing clothes doesn't behave normally. <br /><br />Given that the popular concept of what's "normal" is too often myopic and closed-minded, there are still behaviors that are deviant enough to unquestionably lie outside any reasonable definition of normality. You certainly have a valid point about not being judgemental about people that are different from your experience of "normality" (believe me, I'm far from what most people consider normal in many ways). However, I will happily say (for example) a serial rapist and murderer is abnormal, without worrying if it's normal for <i>him</i> or if society is in error for considering it unacceptable.WeWantTheFunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267610555372498263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993667717649592385.post-13871271208691358322009-10-10T23:53:46.476-04:002009-10-10T23:53:46.476-04:00I'm happy that you left a comment. I hope you...I'm happy that you left a comment. I hope you liked this post and will return for more once in a while.<br /><br />I agree that evolution can be dangerous. But there are other things that are dangerous as well. Because of them the western world is not perfect and has many faults. I hope things will get better with time even though deep down I'm afraid they will only continue to get worse.Agantxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805771160166634707noreply@blogger.com