We are all victims

[Blackhawk]

 

[Gabith]

That's a great thing !

We don't have to worry anymore ! No need to "control" oh yeah it feels GREAT

[Blackhawk]

2 minutes ago, Gabith said:

That's a great thing !

We don't have to worry anymore ! No need to "control" oh yeah it feels GREAT

In that case: that was what was given you.

[Goldzilla]

Not me. I don't understand. 

Better to be apex predator than a victim. 

Any woke human should acknowledge this and take responsibility, otherwise will control you. Just saying. 

Edited August 18, 2021 by Goldzilla

[CultivateLove]

Speak for yourself bro

Don't project your victim mentality onto all of humanity

Edit: Or do, it's your choice, and yours alone, and if you choose to think of yourself and all of humanity as victims, go ahead!

If you want to shoulder off all personal responsibility, you can, it just won't end well for you.

Don't you see the freedom? 

Edited August 18, 2021 by CultivateLove

[Blackhawk]

41 minutes ago, CultivateLove said:

Speak for yourself bro

Don't project your victim mentality onto all of humanity

Edit: Or do, it's your choice, and yours alone, and if you choose to think of yourself and all of humanity as victims, go ahead!

If you want to shoulder off all personal responsibility, you can, it just won't end well for you.

Don't you see the freedom? 

Sigh. This isn't about me having a victim mentality. This is about science being pretty much unanimous about the lack of free will.

No free will is the same thing as being a victim, even if you are happy and don't have a victim mindset etc.

[Shawn Philips]

You're approaching the issue of free will from ego perspective. Bad idea. Everything that is happening to you is imagined by God's mind, and you are God.

[Gabith]

@Blackhawk c'mon don't be so deluded

[CultivateLove]

1 hour ago, Blackhawk said:

Sigh. This isn't about me having a victim mentality.

How can you not expect being viewed as having a victim mentality when you make a thread "We are all victims"? 

1 hour ago, Blackhawk said:

This is about science being pretty much unanimous about the lack of free will.

This is basically the 20'th century version of someone going "The Bible Says" while not even being literate (Or in your case, not being able to think like a decent scientist, while speaking like you're an ambassador of Science or something)

1 hour ago, Blackhawk said:

No free will is the same thing as being a victim, even if you are happy and don't have a victim mindset etc.

Just sounds like victim mentality in denial to me, bro.

[FlyingLotus]

Good video.  Thanks for sharing!

Understanding Determinism helps you channel your efforts into that which you can control, so you’re not blaming yourself for things you truly have no control over.  The shoulda, woulda, couldas in life.  Comparing yourself to others unfairly.  Overlooking the differences between your starting points.  Self forgiveness, forgiving others because they were acting out of their wounds and past programming.  Having empathy for those who didn't have it as good.  That whole "learning to sail your ship instead of trying to control the ocean" stuff.

Stoicism is pretty much the Serenity prayer on steroids:    

God grant me the Serenity

to accept the things I cannot change. 

Courage to change the things I can,

and Wisdom to know the difference.