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I completely agree with you! :)

Silvanis, I have immense RESPECT for you! I agree with you on everything except for one thing: the commandments first appeared among the Jews, and Jesus added to them (by the way, the Pharisees didn't like him for that). The commandments appeared when Moses brought two tablets to his people. This happened... somewhere around three thousand years before our era... or two... I don't remember exactly, please forgive me. Buddhism originated much later.

It doesn't matter who was first; what matters is that the ideas are completely different and incomparable, like weight and length. There's no need to look for a common denominator; the world thrives on diversity.

I know, but I am a Christian myself, and for me, it's a matter of principle.

Nowizard, me too :) Although, I have some reservations... But in terms of goals, I am an Orthodox Christian :) And I agree with you about Buddhism and commandments. Christ didn't abolish them - that's not what I meant! - He supplemented them; but, by the way, they didn't dislike him only for that - remember that he declared himself the Son of God. Although, perhaps the Sadducees disliked him for being the Son of God, but I'm clearly not knowledgeable enough to dispute your claim about the Pharisees.
But at the same time, I agree with AlexeyPank'o - there should be diversity, there should be a choice. Otherwise, what's the point of living? And why would God want just puppets?

Nowizard, me too :)

I understood that from your first post :)

I agree with AlexeyPank - there should be diversity, there should be a choice. Otherwise, what's the point of living? And what's the point of God having just puppets?

Read my posts about paradise ;)

This implies that good is when everyone is doing well. Again, no propaganda, but try to imagine a world exactly like the one we live in. The same people, each with their own views and interests... except for one thing: all people live according to the 11 commandments. Ah... dreams... :)

My dreams don't fit into 11 commandments! ;)

Well, as a psychologist, I can say that for all of us—almost all of us—our dreams don't fit within the 10 commandments; but that is only because we have some serious unresolved motivational conflicts, various complexes, and so on. If a person is doing well, they are calm, happy, self-confident, love themselves, other people, and their work, and they don't worry about tomorrow, but live for today (and the most interesting thing is that this state is much easier to achieve than usually thought); and they don't break the 10 commandments not because they fear God or something else, but simply because they don't want to and feel no need for it. In essence, the 10 commandments are the most basic norms of behavior in society.
It sounds very idealistic, especially regarding the ideal state of a person, but in my opinion, that's how it is.

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Oh, I apologize to everyone! I kept writing "10 commandments" everywhere, but there actually are 11 of them!

"Living for today" is mainly practiced by alcoholics because they don't have time to think about where to get a bottle tomorrow if they don't have one today. And they are happy about it, and everything is fine with them??? No, "living for today" is not the solution. IMHO.

You always give only one example, and it’s always the worst one, in my opinion. Here’s another: a man stood up for a girl against bullies, even though they threatened to come back and beat him up. He simply didn’t think about the fact that tomorrow five of them might come after him with baseball bats; the main thing is that he did a good deed and helped a defenseless girl.

Sylv said that people who live for the moment are doing well, but I don't think this guy will be doing well when five people come after him. :)
Although I would stand up for him too, that's just my nature.

You took the expression "to live well" too literally. A truly virtuous person doesn't care what happens to them; they are already happy from the mere awareness that they are helping (or have helped) another.

You are utopians, and I am a realist. We won't understand each other. But I'm glad that there are still people who believe in a better future.

I wouldn't tell all this if I hadn't witnessed such acts myself. I even got caught myself once. :):rolleyes:

What if the concept of paradise is completely different? What if there are people who wouldn't like the atmosphere of universal happiness? And in general, paradise on Earth is unnecessary. Because the road to the stars lies through thorns, and if you remove the thorns, the stars will simply become unattainable. Let everything on Earth proceed as it should. But we have the power to change the world.