Questions of Problems, Fights, and Teaching

 

“You don't cry when someone pushes you down. You get up. You get up and you fight back. And pretty soon nobody's going to shove you anymore because they'll see it's not worth it.”

-- Morgan Rhodes

What happens when you wait too long to have a medical procedure?

Worst case scenario? Death. 

Is it unfair to allow your parents to pay for your wedding and not allow them to invite any of their church friends?

Ya think?

Is all human knowledge relative? If that's true, what's the truth in life?

Everything is relative.  The real question, though?  Relative to what?  I'm not sure what knowledge being relative to has anything to do with "truth in life", but, I think the "truth in life" is that change is the only real constant in the universe.

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

-- Albert Einstein

Why do people agree to things they know they can't do?

A very probably dangerous need to be seen as useful in the “temporary” eyes of others, depending on how big the blast will be.

What can some people say when they say "infinite patience produces immediate results"?

I would explain, “Unfortunately, the “immediate results” aren’t necessarily what you’re exercising “infinite patience” to attain. But, you go with that. I’ll be in the strip club across the street when you’re done or have had enough of patience.”

Do you know that popular or majority thought does not establish truth?

Truth is established by facts, not a popular majority vote, especially if that vote was rife with fraud. Was does establish the truth is when the lie becomes very painfully apparent. Beware of what is popular, or what the “majority” think they know. You may find the truth has been with you all along, you just couldn’t recognize it for all the bullshit the “majority” kept throwing into the ether.

"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."

-- Giordano Bruno

Are you aware that all your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them?

Yes. And?

How can teachers maximize the strengths of behaviorism when applied to the classroom? How can teachers minimize the weakness of behaviorism?

I give real money if we could just get teachers to teach. Ignore the unions and do what they’re getting paid to do. It’s kind of a concept most seem to keep not understanding. Once they can teach facts, not opinion, and stop spouting political ideology, then maybe they can work on “behaviorism” in the classroom, as long as it doesn’t proliferate some insidious racist indoctrination like Critical Race Theory.

Why should you start a fight if you're gonna lose! Why start a journey that you won't finish! Is the problem humans have that no matter how hard they strive to find something the answer will always be the same?

Such negativity. I’ll always stand up for my ethical principles, especially to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Most freedom-loving people will do this, whether we win or not. Recently the leadership in the United States has forgotten self-respect. We have “tucked tail” and run away, leaving friends and countrymen to fend for themselves or die. This is not what we are about. Our leaders are, temporarily, cowards. We will rectify this, in short order, and go back to do what we should have done in the first place. We usually find what we look for, even if we lose it for a time, and the answer isn’t always the same.

“No one fights dirtier or more brutally than blood; only family knows it’s own weaknesses, the exact placement of the heart. The tragedy is that one can still live with the force of hatred, feel infuriated that once you are born to another, that kinship lasts through life and death, immutable, unchanging, no matter how great the misdeed or betrayal. Blood cannot be denied, and perhaps that’s why we fight tooth and claw, because we cannot—being only human—put asunder what God has joined together.”

-- Whitney Otto

Would you rather be Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates?

Divorced? I’m already there.

What if human beings have 10 minds?

Most of us already have a problem with “multi-tasking” so multiple minds would create the chaos of multiple personalities. I might as well be married again. 

What’s the biggest problem in your life, right now?

My car is in the shop for repairs, which wouldn’t be a problem if the grocery store was within walking distance.

“When you look at things from a different perspective your thinking begins to change but so often we see things as problems because we refuse to change our perspective.”

-- Sope Agbelusi

What is the happiest truth to life?

The happiest truth to life is life itself. The alternative is non-life, and that simply sucks. Better to strive for happiness always. Every morning, thank God for the gift of another day in paradise and another chance to excel in life. It is, after all, why we’re here.

Why do they say destiny can only be delayed but you can't run from it? Is it true?

It’s always good to look at the definition: Destiny: “The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future; the hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future; fate.”

What will happen, will happen, and you really can’t even delay it since the delay is already programmed into the event that will happen. How do you delay or run from something you have little or no knowledge of? Destiny can’t be delayed, nor can you run from it. It is what it is.

Is it important to have someone in your life to poke holes in your reasoning?

Yes! They are the “backboard” you bounce things off of; the second opinion we use to affirm our choices and decisions are sound. Without them, we wander through this life as best we can, hoping we will always do the right thing. A second or third, or fourth opinion is always welcomed.

"He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game."

-- Adolph Rupp

Editor's Note

(Re: disclaimer cum "get out of jail free" card)

Before you go getting your panties in a bunch, it is essential to understand that this is just an opinion site and, as such, can be subjected to scrutiny by anyone with a differing opinion. It doesn't make either opinion any more right or wrong than the other. An opinion, presented in this context, is a way of inciting others to think and, hopefully, to form opinions of their own, if they haven't already done so. This is also why, occasionally, I will present an "opinion" just to stir an emotional pot. Where it may sound like I agree with the statements made, I'm more interested in getting others to consider an alternate viewpoint. 

It is my fervent hope that we keep open and active minds when reading opinions and while engaging in peaceful and constructive discussion, in an arena of mutual respect, concerning those opinions put forth. After over twenty years with military intelligence, I have come to believe engaging each other in this manner and in this arena is the way we will learn tolerance and respect for differing beliefs, cultures, and viewpoints.

We all fall from grace, some more often than others; it is part of being human. God's test for us is what we learn from the experience, and what we do afterward.

Pastor Tony spent 22 years with the United States Air Force Intelligence as a planner, analyst, briefer, instructor, and senior manager. He spent 17 years, following his service career, working with the premier, world-renowned, Institutional Review Board helping to protect the rights of human subjects involved in pharmaceutical research. Ordained 1n 2013 as an "interfaith" minister, he founded the Congregation for Religious Tolerance in response to intolerance shown by Christians toward peaceful Islam. As the weapon for his war on intolerance he chose the pen, and wages his "battle" in the guise of the Congregation's official online blog, The Path, of which he is both author and editor. "The Path" offers a vehicle for commentary and guidance concerning one's own personal, spiritual, path toward peace and the final destination for us all. He currently resides in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he volunteered as a chaplain at the regional medical center.

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