about 25 ill say. im my opinion the human race is one of the most stupid animals. the only reason why we are so tech advanced is because of our imagination and not our intellect.
Faith In Humanity
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This makes so much sense... My "faith" in humanity has just risen to about 80%Demented Teddy said:
Thanks for that.
It depends entirely on what you spend your time doing. No, really. I don't watch the news, I don't listen to the radio other than music, and I immerse myself in only the best movies, books, video games and TV that I can gather. I avoid internet forums. Most importantly, I read sci-fi, which always posits the possibility that we can reach the stars and beyond.
There will always be a few kitten-drowners in the lot (BTW, kitties are immortal and can't die or feel pain and I will kill you if you lie and say otherwise), but I know that our works will be more important than our personal failings, and that we can literally do anything as a race given enough time. If I didn't have the imagination to see something like that on the horizon and could only see my neighbours and the criminals of the country, then it might be different.
Hovering at 85% for faith in humanity.
There will always be a few kitten-drowners in the lot (BTW, kitties are immortal and can't die or feel pain and I will kill you if you lie and say otherwise), but I know that our works will be more important than our personal failings, and that we can literally do anything as a race given enough time. If I didn't have the imagination to see something like that on the horizon and could only see my neighbours and the criminals of the country, then it might be different.
Hovering at 85% for faith in humanity.
This is what happens when a pessimist (myself) and a positive person have a conversation. But your not a happy-go-stupid person, your giving good reasons. Still humans can do some fucked up things when we put our minds to it. But we can also do some great things as well.Demented Teddy said:
There is rarely a day that goes by that I don't see, hear, or read something that reminds me why I love my fellow man:
-More and more denominations of different faiths are increasingly acknowledging, accepting, and embracing LGBT people.
-Dictators have shown that they can be level-headed, reasonable, practical, and merciful.
-Religious leaders are learning how to get along.
-People are starting to learn how to apply morality and virtue to secularism, independent of religion.
-Governments are steadily starting to recognize the importance of peace and disarmament.
-Everyday people give each other aid, encouragement, love, and a shoulder to cry on all the time.
Misanthropes just don't know how to act towards their fellow man and are thus disappointed when they don't conform to their preconceptions about what they should be. I rejoice in mankind; if we've made it this far, there's truly nothing we can't do!
-More and more denominations of different faiths are increasingly acknowledging, accepting, and embracing LGBT people.
-Dictators have shown that they can be level-headed, reasonable, practical, and merciful.
-Religious leaders are learning how to get along.
-People are starting to learn how to apply morality and virtue to secularism, independent of religion.
-Governments are steadily starting to recognize the importance of peace and disarmament.
-Everyday people give each other aid, encouragement, love, and a shoulder to cry on all the time.
Misanthropes just don't know how to act towards their fellow man and are thus disappointed when they don't conform to their preconceptions about what they should be. I rejoice in mankind; if we've made it this far, there's truly nothing we can't do!
My overall faith in humanity on a 0-100 scale?
100.
We aren't always pretty, we aren't always nice but we are the most glorious thing to ever be. We aren't perfect but nor should we be, all the horrible thinghs we've ever done add to our splendor just as much as all the positive things. Humans are the best and we just keep getting better.
100.
We aren't always pretty, we aren't always nice but we are the most glorious thing to ever be. We aren't perfect but nor should we be, all the horrible thinghs we've ever done add to our splendor just as much as all the positive things. Humans are the best and we just keep getting better.
I'm not sure about my faith in humanity, but I find it interesting that people who say they lose it are referencing places like America or what have you. America (where I live) has some pretty stupid things happen in it, but you know what? There's still no genocide, stoning of women, etc. Then there are places where that stuff is a daily occurrence but no one really pays attention because it happened/started happening 5 years ago.
I wonder if we took in humanity globally where people's faith would reside. I'm guessing it would lower a bit... or a lot.
In any case, we're still here, so we must be doing something right.
I wonder if we took in humanity globally where people's faith would reside. I'm guessing it would lower a bit... or a lot.
In any case, we're still here, so we must be doing something right.
It may be better to examine humanity by its lowest rungs. Think about it this way, you build a skyscraper and the bottom is faulty. That skyscraper isn't going stay up if its lowest part can't keep it up/support it. The positives of humanity cant stay up forever if our worst parts are greater than our good. If we can change/get rid of stupid people, then maybe I can have some hope for humanity, otherwise its pointless.the Dept of Science said:
Really, it would be a very nice thing if this is how religious discussion went. Ah well.Skullkid4187 said:
OT: Humanity does some twatty things, but there's usually billions of people doing non-twatty things, right at the same time. Really, what makes me lose hope for humanity amounts to these three professions.
Lawyer, journalist/media tycoon, and not so much politicians, but yeah, they'll get lumped in too (I mean, who the hell wants to govern in Australia when they could be having a bit more fun? And I'm also looking at you, Michael Gove, you arse).
I'm not fond of CEOs much either (seems I've listed the anything-for-money brigade here), but nicer guys like Warren Buffet do exist.
I'll give it a reasonable 50.
Religous nuts and PETA along with a few others that just make me shake my head.
There are two religous nuts that comes into my work, I work in a bookstore. The one man likes to put them cruddy pocket guides of why your going to hell in front of books. Like manga, smut books, almost all the horror novels, and any book that has a swear word on the cover ( good bye humor books). The other nut likes to talk to everyone in our store about why our religon is wrong. She's just crazy, but people will listen and agree with her.
Right now I'm 50/50.
There are two religous nuts that comes into my work, I work in a bookstore. The one man likes to put them cruddy pocket guides of why your going to hell in front of books. Like manga, smut books, almost all the horror novels, and any book that has a swear word on the cover ( good bye humor books). The other nut likes to talk to everyone in our store about why our religon is wrong. She's just crazy, but people will listen and agree with her.
Right now I'm 50/50.
I have faith in humanity. I have faith that there will be alot of fucktards, douches, bigots, and psychopaths/sociopaths. I have faith that there will be great people who will improve the average human's life, who will sacrifice themselves so that others may live, who will combat ignorace in all it's forms, and who will strive to make the world a better place. And above all I have faith that humanity will survive. When nuclear fires arupt worldwide, when the dead rise to comsume us, when a super-plague sweeps the globe, when an asteriod makes impact with the Earth, when another race desides we should no longer exist, and when the machines deside they have had enough; humanity will rise from the mud and the ash to reclaim its right for survival. Of this I have no doubt.
I believe humanity will continue as always; unwilling, selfish, but ultimately with good in its heart; onward to whatever this universe holds. And maybe beyond. Whether humanity will be a force of creation or destruction (I don't believe in objective good and evil) remains to be seen. But I'm sure eventually we'll leave our mark. 50/100
I believe humanity will continue as always; unwilling, selfish, but ultimately with good in its heart; onward to whatever this universe holds. And maybe beyond. Whether humanity will be a force of creation or destruction (I don't believe in objective good and evil) remains to be seen. But I'm sure eventually we'll leave our mark. 50/100
Let me see... to the "lose all my faith in humanity" thing, was probably when I wear about a man that brutally violated, tortured and killed his wife and sons at the SAME TIME(*****)!, or when that mass murderer admitted that we killed hundreds of is pets to pratice. Ghandi is one of the only human beings that makes me believe in Humanity and I would say 14 in the "hope meter".
Really? I think its more like the movie example I gave. The building analogy makes it sound like the intelligent and great are directly dependant on the stupid people, perhaps they are for food and things like that, but I don't think thats quite what you mean. If suddenly a wormhole opened and 10 million more stupid people appeared on the earth, do you think that would somehow prevent a great musician from writing a great song, or a great writer from writing a great novel?Immortallix said:
Like I said, saying you're losing faith in humanity because someone is being a massive prick at the moment is like saying you are saying you are losing your faith in music because BrokenCYDE exist. So what? Their music isn't good but you don't need to listen to them, so why spend your time complaining when you could be spending that time listening to all the great music around at the moment?
Anyway, the evidence of thousands of years of humanity suggestst this is not the case. There is no higher percentage of idiots than there was at any other point in history. Perhaps some of these idiots have a larger soap box to stand on than before, but I think just as many great albums, books and movies came out this decade as in any other.
The ordinary people are jerks, assholes and bags of walking shit, so if someone ask you "Why the world is a mess?", there´s you´re answer