Do you think that in general this emotion is good or bad for humanity?
2007-09-11 03:08:38 · 9 answers · asked by G's Random Thoughts 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If emotion was not good for humanity, we would not have it. Emotion is something that evolved in humans because it aided survival. Compassion for the tribe, enmity for those who attack it, ambition, and so on are all survival traits.
2007-09-11 03:11:16 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Others can make us feel guilty when we don't measure up to their standards. But that's not good guilt. True guilt is the prick of conscience, when we've gone or are going against the grain of what is true to our nature and true and good for that moment. It's a perturbation of the light of concsiousness that guides us. The pain of guilt calls for correction through remorse (that's good), but some people don't want to admit that they are wrong and need to run into some escape (that's bad).
2007-09-11 03:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Devil said it best in the movie, The Devil's Advocate:
Guilt is a load of bricks.
There is only ONE moral rule in life: Treat others the way you would want to be treated. That's it! Do whatever else you want as long as Rule #1 is taken care of. If so, there would be no need for guilt. And, you would have a good time living doing the all the things you "feel guilty" for doing now.
2007-09-11 03:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Guilt is caused by sin. It is supposed to make us aware of our sins. People try to get rid of guilt through other means and miss the cure for guilt. Our guilt is taken away when we get forgiveness from God for our sins. Guilt is proof that we know deep down inside that we have violated God's Law and Jesus Christ is the key to our forgiveness.
2007-09-11 03:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it can be a good thing. its a way of knowing what the right thing to do is from the wrong thing . usually you feel guilty when you say or do the wrong thing ie eat heaps of junk food, so guilt helps us understand what we should have done, hopefully we learn from this and become better for it.
2007-09-11 03:12:05 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ MISS YELLOW DIAMOND★☺♀ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose guilt has its practical value of "guilting" us into telling the truth, but it can be manipulated easily by other people. I try to guard myself from allowing people to guilt me into conforming to their ways of thinking.
2007-09-11 03:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This emotion is good, because it saves us by going on and doing some further mistakes...
2007-09-11 03:13:11 · answer #7 · answered by Beraterin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is inscribed in every human heart the consequences of wrong
2007-09-11 03:22:07 · answer #8 · answered by Gods child 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because u are brain washed by the bible/priest/TV ect.
2007-09-13 05:00:07 · answer #9 · answered by ww 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋