Question!
Is there a slow moral decay in society or is it just relative and all societies think their society is in a decline?
Fav. guilty fast food joint?
Do you believe in ghosts?
How many times did you blink whilst reading this post?
1. Moral decay or all relative? I'm tempted to say decay sometimes, but when I think about it, I honestly believe there's a bit of both going on. This might take me a bit to explain, so bear with me.
I'm glad that I meet so many people who want to move away from archaic, seemingly moral beliefs about some things and black-and-white thinking. But on the other hand, I think that it's dangerous to declare that there is no real right and wrong. I think that it can make people avoid taking responsibility. They didn't do wrong; they're just doing what's best 'the them' and taking part in their own personal value system. I was raised in a family that didn't pressure me to religious, but I was urged to remember that nothing we do is in a vacuum. We affect people with our decisions, no matter how careful we are, and no matter what it is. I think that "it's between me and God" or "me and __whoever else" is misleading, because the truth is we never know who we're affecting.
So, if anything is wrong, I'd say that people wrongly believe that much of what they do has consequences that affect only them, and that is bad.
2. Fast food? I love the Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich with a small Frosty. Or better yet Popeye's fried chicken. Really, most of my protein comes from eggs, beans, tuna, and insanely lean turkey, so a good piece of dark meat that's spicy and fried is a little piece of heaven that I treat myself to about once a year or once every 6 months.
3. I actually do, with all my heart. I don't have any proof, but something in me tells me that they're real. I'm a smart person, generally. I can come to rational, logical conclusions. But I can't shake the feeling that there are a lot more strange, supernatural things going on in our world that we really think. I WISH I had proof. But I do believe that there are people out there who have died and, for some reason or other, are living through a "snapshot" of their lives over and over... in other words, I don't believe in ghosts that can communicate with us or come into contact with us, for good or for evil. But I believe in the soul, and I believe it can get lost or "stuck."
4. My eyes are dry. It took me about 5 minutes to reply. If I assume that I blinked about 8 times each minute (which seems close to the correct number), then I could estimate about 40 times.
Thank you, that was fun.
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You are given a "free pass" to have a hitman kill your worst enemy. How would you like it done?
Ok my other answer was no fun since I don't really have enemies. So I'll assume I have an enemy that I actually do want to kill instead! I'd want it to be in their sleep, a surprise, something like an injection. You probably still think that's no fun.