Are promises our predictions for the future so by breaking them we alter the course of universe, or are they just concepts created by society and have no important meaning?
2007-08-31 17:15:51 · 18 answers · asked by Lol L 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Right and wrong are irrelevant.
The issue is the type of relationships that you set in motion with people. Despite your good or bad intention about the promise, you teach someone to mistrust you. The more you violate those promises and over time you eventually will have destroyed all trust in a relationship.
Building trust is easier than trying to regain trust.
Choose your promises with care.
2007-08-31 20:01:25 · answer #1 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A promise IS the concept that creates society.
And as such, it is arguably the single most important concept regarding the quality of your life.
Sooner or later almost every one has to break a promise, but it is NOT something to take lightly. It is NOT OK.
Marriage is a man's promise to support his wife & children. Purely a concept created by society. How do you feel about the men who break that one?
Your bank has promised to keep your money safe.
The police have promised to protect you.
The gas station has promised to pump gas and not water into your tank.
And these are the polite examples. The world gets ugly in a big hurry, when you toss out promises.
2007-09-01 01:02:06 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is okay to break a promise in my opinion because thery are not he predictions for the future but they are just a way of getting something that you really want. Promises are concepts created by society yes but sometimes they do have meanings. The promise could be something big and if you break it, that could created problems for people. Ask yourself, do I have to do this? Think about the consequences that will happen if you break it. If they look good to you then you can break it but if it looks like its gonna be ugly then head for cover.
2007-09-01 01:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by aRChIE! :] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A promise is an oath you vow to keep within the best of your ability. As for altering the course of the universe...yes...but it's so small it's basically no. The reason why it's yes is the butterfly effect (short story, not the movie).
It's just that every action effects things, a promise doesn't hold any more value than anything else though. I believe it has strong personal meaning though and it's a olive branch of trust between two people. Saying I promise is like saying, give me a chance to prove my trust. If you break it, they'll trust your worth less and if you keep it, they'll trust your worth more.
2007-09-01 00:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by seidler_sureshot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm still a believer in good old situational ethics. A promise that was relevant at one point in time may not be relevant at another point. A promise is your projection into the future of what you hope it will be. Only life has a way of going sideways from your hopes, dreams and predictions. Maybe a promise is your way of trying to control the scary unknown.
2007-09-01 00:24:08 · answer #5 · answered by Rainbow Connection 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that something like the promise is something that is something that should be taken into consideration of the circmustance. I'm not saying that it's right to break a promise but sometimes it's better to break a promise.
Aside from that they perhaps don't hold much weight on the entire universe.
2007-09-01 00:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
promises are merely words used by us to communicate what we plan to do. when you break a promise, it is no different than saying you will do something, then not doing it, or vice versa. when you are unpredictable, it tends to interrupt people's pattern-making process, so they choose not to follow your judgment as much. It isn't like breaking a promise is going to bring an asteroid crashing into the earth. promises aren't links between you and the universe. promises are just words spoken to ensure our fellow humans of something.
promises are concepts created by society, but they do have meaning to humans. for some reason, your human brain tends to value statements declared as "promises" more than other statements. of course, just because someone says "I promise" doesn't make it any more likely to happen. what will happen, will still happen, and promising won't change it.
2007-09-01 00:50:49 · answer #7 · answered by Fundamenta- list Militant Atheist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have way too high opinion of yourself and us. If anything I do will alter the course of the universe it will be so miniscule and gradual no one will notice.
I don't see what promises have to do with any of what you added.
Sure, it is OK to break a promise, especially if you didn't mean it when you made it.
2007-09-01 01:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i never actually saw promises as what you've laid out in the first part of your question and i think its a somewhat intelligent observation on your part. I think that promises are kept if God wills them to be kept and if they are broken when God has willed them to be kept, then the end still remains as his will, he just uses another means to reach that end. That is if the promise is broken it doesnt alter the course of the universe if God doesnt want it to be altered, he just uses another way to compensate that broken promise.
2007-09-01 01:51:31 · answer #9 · answered by Hamma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Weather Channel" forecasters are always predicting the weather and they are wrong 70 percent of the time... so....
Odd concept but not so odd: your / our predictions set the course of the universe to the boundaries of the predictions. We are the created and the creators of all. You know those space vehicles that are traveling way out ino space... nothing is out there unitl those responsible for the crafts think what is out or not out there. Besides, I told my God my plans once and my God began gently laughing.
RICHARD
2007-09-01 00:26:10 · answer #10 · answered by Richard15 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋