What do you think about this statement?
2007-03-20 06:15:09 · 6 answers · asked by george p 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
very true. But then again, who says everybody is created with equal significance? Ask a klu klux klan member, a Nazi or even a womanizer - they'll have quite different stories about what kind of people are of much significance if any at all. You believe that everyone is equally significant (as do I) and you should. But that's subject to change from person to person. Unless there is a God that says "It doesn't matter what anybody believes- I say everybody IS born of equal significance" - He's God who could argue with that? That's what I believe.
2007-03-20 06:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree.... I hate it when somebody like Oprah says "if I can do it so can you" Ya, if I had the same opportunities as you did. What if she never had that first invite to do a walk through a news station, what if she never was asked if she wanted to do an internship? Some people have influential families or mentors or, or, or. It isn't the same for all. Some people work hard all their lives and live good lives and still die in obscurity and poor.... what makes the difference between that person and Donald Trump? There will always be that person who says that's just an excuse for not making it, and they say that because they think they have made it happen all by themselves and made their own opportunities. That's called "feeling all self important" and not giving credit to those that have helped them along the way and not being thankful for the help.... anyway, the answer to your question, yes you are right... a little chatty aren't I ?
2007-03-20 06:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by She Said 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can not know the answer to your question because the consequences of each life have yet to play themselves out over the vast stretches of time. Certainly in the short run not all lives are equally significant and certainly not all people have the same opportunities. One of the concerns of the West is the goal of making an uncaring universe a little fairer and more just among other things.
And as a famous writer (Goethe) once said "The progress of mankind (western) is like a drunken beggar on horseback.)
2007-03-20 06:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by eagleperch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true.
Every human being has equal worth and dignity, but equality stops there.
Different opportunities come to us all. However, life is still about 10% what happens to us and 90% attitude. That is to say no matter how you start out you can achieve greatness. And greatness is not measured in terms of money, status or accomplishments.
Anyone, with God's help, can acheive greatness of soul. That is an opportunity that everyone is afforded.
2007-03-20 08:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, because a person can be born in a very difficult situation: indigence, family with poor schooling or in a culture which does not give the person any chance to grow. Therefore this person can be willing, but if she has no support she will never be able to reach the results and have the opportunities another person born in the opposite situation can easily have.
2007-03-20 06:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by remy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regarding what Ryan S. wrote -I have to disagree.
While it is true that the Nazi, for example, might not view the Jew as significant, isn't the Jew still significant to the Nazi in that he gives the Nazi an identity?
So in that respect, by shaping your life around something you view as so insignificant, you are in fact giving it great significance.
A person or her life doesn't have to be valued to be significant.
2007-03-20 07:11:48 · answer #6 · answered by march_hare_in_june 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋