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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Distortions .. feelings ... laws..

There is no split line between right and wrong .. good and bad.. variations are due to the difference between knowing  and feeling.
We know Right and Wrong.. We feel Good and Bad.

Is it wrong to send your child to swim ??
be more specific .. where ?? swimming pool ? ocean ? a river infested with crocodiles?

Let's assume that it is swimming pool.  everybody is OK with it, not because there are no accidents in swimming pools, but because they are VERY unlikely to happen .. 
Whom to blame if bad thing happened  .. ?
Would parents feel NO guilt if something happen ? what is the likelihood to think (well it is destiny , or mistake of somebody else) vs. the likelihood that the guilt feeling will remain for the rest of their lives ..

Can anybody rationalize feeling when it is "too personal" ? Even when it isn't ..

Here is another (too personal) feeling:
Till death do us apart: Everyone promise this .. yet it is very unlikely to be true. it is much more likely to be just a lie.. 
Is it wrong to allow this promise (let alone mandating it) in wedding ceremonies? 

Feelings change .. truth doesn't ..However, there is no way to say the following:
Considering our situation, both social and financial, WE FEEL that we can be together, make family, have kids .. and discuss any changes in feelings and situations time to time to see if we continue our relation or break up. 
Yet .. that's the truth ... 

Statistically .. rare accidents happen in swimming pools..
Law (made out of statistics) are OK with swimming pools .. no punishment is issued for allowing kids to go there and having accidents.

Laws are OK with divorce as well.. Laws are OK with "changed feelings" because it is statistically plausible ..

Yet society is NOT OK with whole truth .. societies mandate laws to have traditional part (wedding promise) and obliged to accept the traditional lie.  

Traditions are  made mostly out of feelings (right is what feels good). feelings (good and bad and else) are not always right.
Feelings can distort truth, make alternative reality, a myopic view of the truth. 

KNOWLEDGE change feelings.. Laws.. way of life.. etc...
Homosexuality was wrong (biblically, and thus, bad) for long time .. now it's OK .. what changed ? knowledge changed (corrected) feelings...... and laws.

Nobody can stop feeling .. feelings are facts and will always be there.. does that mean that people should act according to what they feel ....ONLY? 

here are few feelings .. 
Earth is not moving .. the sun does.
Stars are very little compared to the moon.
My child is the smartest and most beautiful. (none of you have good eyes and his/her school sucks).
Alcohol/Drugs make the world better place.  
I am more important than others   (most common feeling).. 

Act according to feelings and watch disasters come out ..
If you cannot laugh at yourself then, call me .. I will ..

PS:
You can play the victim role, blame your feelings, use alcohol and drug to help justify your life failures to yourself and many others..

But ....... good loser still means loser .
Just waking up in the morning is not enough reason to be happy. 

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