Wise Words

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by renamed34360, Aug 16, 2018.

  1. "A thousand bawdy, or even blasphemous, jokes do not help towards a man's damnation so much as his discovery that almost anything he wants to do can be done, not only without the disapproval but with the admiration of his fellows, if only it can get itself treated as a Joke."

    -C. S. Lewis
     
    #1 renamed34360, Aug 16, 2018
  2. Is this a joke? :lol: no man can define who you are. Only god and yourself can define you :)
     
    #2 Santana, Aug 16, 2018
  3. Society also defines us. Duh.
     
    #3 renamed34360, Aug 16, 2018
  4. That’s their judgment or opinions :)
     
    #4 Santana, Aug 16, 2018
  5. And those judgments and/or opinions can affect how you view/interact/behave/or think (about) yourself/others and the things around you :)
     
    #5 -_lII2Ill-LANI-III2llI-__-, Aug 16, 2018
  6. This libertarianish "man is an island" idea is childish. We are defined by our societies, natural and constructed, as well as by other things.

    However, my idea for this thread was to warn us (myself included) of the dangers of taking jokes too far sometimes.
     
    #6 renamed34360, Aug 16, 2018
  7. Idk I’m pretty sure the people you’re closest to, if they know you well enough, can easily define you ?
     
    #7 Quantum, Aug 16, 2018
  8. What’s “god”?
     
    #8 Balron, Aug 16, 2018
  9. The human mind is influenced by anything very easily, that’s how cults start.
     
    #9 Anonymous, Aug 16, 2018
  10. We define who we are and the society judge us ?
     
    #10 TheCatLady, Aug 16, 2018
  11. You should post something like this and not things like #karama
     
    #11 WrenHonjo, Aug 20, 2018
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