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From: Jim
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:58
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:58
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Melanie Rocky Ford wrote: > > Whatever happened to common sense and personal responsibility? > > Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the > > parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the > > endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy > > in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really > > believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologist Dr. Carol > > Tavris takes a compelling look into how the brain is wired for > > self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive > > dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create > > fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that > > we are smart, moral, and right � a belief that often keeps us on a > > course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. God asked: "Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?" Adam replied: "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." God asked a simple question only requiring a simple yes or no. man seeking to shift the blame from his own actions pointed at the woman to lay the blame on her as well as blaming God for having provided the woman. "God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." woman also refusing to accept all the responsibility for her own action pointed at the serpent and exclaimed how it was the serpent who had deceived her. thus mankind embarked on "a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong."
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