Imperfect implies not quite right, so...?

Question

If humans are imperfect, then why is it so hard for all you humans to admit that you do wrong, for example; are greedy, abuse children, hurt each other, kill others (directly and indirectly), etc.?

Answer 1

No one ever said humans were perfect. "I'm just human" is a saying meaning, hey I make mistakes. If its just the fact that other people not wanting to admit they are wrong, well that's because they would have to admit someone else is right. Most of the time we know if we are wrong. Its just that if someone else who we think has less intelligence than us ( usually everyone ) is right when we are not, then we get upset and defensive and don't want to admit it. Just human stubbornness plain and simple. Just another flaw that comes from the condition of being human.

Answer 2

Your assuming that imperfection is associated with right and wrong.

God is perfect. Before god created the universe (if there is a god) he would not have had any rules. But ever since he created the universe he put rules in place to stop anarchy. Your saying that If god doesn't obey these rules then he is he imperfect. If we don't obey the rules are we imperfect. However god is, was and always will be perfect.

Are rules guidelines for perfection?....I don't think so. Ethics and morals have nothing to do with perfection.

Answer 3

Out of concern about what other people think of them.

There is also some mistakes that are far worse than others. Most people don't killing others, or abusing children. A large number of people are greedy and hurt other people. There are times that I've been greedy, and there are times that I've hurt other people, and I wish that I was better than I am.

Answer 4

We don't admit anything because we are imperfect!

Answer 5

Fear of repercussions, and of being judged makes us hide the truth or deny it to ourselves and to others.

And this habit takes root in the childhood.

In homes where parents are respectful towards their kids, the moment a child does something wrong he or she immediately comes to the parent to reveals it, it is in a child's intrinsic nature, but when a child knows that if he does so, he would be beaten or punished he withdraws and keeps silent, and slow moves away from the parent fearing his or her wrath. Or simply fear that they would not be loved any more, and judged by them, but within they start judging themselves, knowing their parents would, and soon drift more into indulging in senseless acts of violence and reprimandable acts as they no longer have their personal sense of judgement, or morality or simply right of wrong.

Fear can never keep kids away from no doing wrong thing only a sense of personal responsibility and self respect does, usually kids with violent parents either physically or verbally end being violent and abusive themselves which means they end doing what they would never wanted to if they had their hearts in the right place, when a child feels unloved he turns reckless and destructive as somehow he thinks he is bad boy and gives himself the permission to behave so, because his parents once labeled him so, as he is sure that they don’t love him any way so what's the use.

It is loss of both parents as well as the child, as no one learns to correct themselves, kids continue their bad behaviours only hide it more and more and parents remain clueless and live under a false pride that their kids are saints, perhaps we want our kids to be perfect that is why it is so hard to accept their humanity. Same is true with our parents; we wanted our parents to be perfect like God so we find it so hard to accept their imperfections and their humanity, so when we start accepting our own humanity we start respecting others humanity as well, and as always the change begins with us.

But the truth is that Universe never judges us for it loves a saint and a murder equally, ever wondered how? Because it has no sense of right or wrong, of good or evil, or lightness or darkness it sees everything as part of itself, just as it loves all its children equally, without any judgement.

Human love still has miles to go in that direction to become unconditional, we judge too much and too soon, so we find it so difficult to love as a child does, simply and without fear or judgement, because we judgement comes fear of being hurt, and with fear in our heart love is difficult to cultivate, so our first step has to be to become fearless, and love will happen automatically, as it is our human nature to love.

Mother Teresa once said, "IF you judge people, you would have no time to love them", and she was right there, if get so caught up in our own sense of right or wrong and righteousness that we forget to be true to ourselves and love all that we are, as it is scared and divine, once we go beyond our notion of duality, of right vs. wrong, of just vs. unjust, and of good vs. evil, we understand God truly, as He is truly beyond it all.

Answer 6

EGO

E-asing

G-od

O-ut

We get distracted forgeting to employ the saint within us all.

Answer 7

I admit we do wrong. Dont you?

Answer 8

EGO...