What or where does conscience stem from?
Each human being was born with a conscience, but it remains unused until one is taught that it exists and what it means to have.
The only factors that should factor in is what is taught in school and from parents- should those conflict? Then verification of which is truth would still need to be discerned through the effort of the one seeking the information/knowledge.
There is a difference between a conscience and understanding it, versus what you are comparing it to. The Thunder, as you say, wouldn't have a factor in one's belief, because we know how it is created/happens.
Nature is part of the core of Earth and it's survival. Your parents, are your individual guides, for understanding life.
Mother nature plays no role in your life, except to interrupt it on occasion.
Btw- it doesn't take recollection to figure out things. It takes one to introspectively view things objectively, so as to gain/discern truth about their own individual existence.
Interesting question. To make simple- Your individual conscience is derived from your individual consciousness. If you didn't have your consciousness, then you wouldn't have your conscience, because you wouldn't have free will to make choices or actions, which cause one to try and figure out of if right or wrong.
Just my thoughts on it.
I told you where it stems from...your consciousness. I even told you why I say that.
It is impossible for you to be aware of your conscience, before you can learn what it is? You cannot know something, before you learn it.
Again, nature is irrelevant, because human consciousness is a higher level of awareness.
A child of age 3 is not going to understand "thunder", so it would or could be afraid of it, but as one learns more about reality, they learn that thunder is harmless.
Yes, they are connected.
Okay, this part I will disagree with. Humankind evolved consciousness, it wasn't a granted ability or power from some other source. The human beings mindspace, being two chamber, evolved individual consciousness, so as to adapt to the growing of society.
Again, just my understanding of what you asked.I disagree, but thanks again for your opinion.
I think it is very possible to be aware of your conscience before you learn all of these other earthly "things" you speak about - by textbooks or by whatever other means of so-called "education." But, then again, I may be presenting personal bias since I'm currently at a sublime state of consciousness. This is another reason why I wanted to see other peoples' opinion, which is great...
No - you are not. If you were - you would not be asking the question you just asked.
Take it from me - using a computer does not compute with a sublime state of consciousness.
Conscience. No conscience. Meaningless concept when faced with premature death of your offspring.
Really.
Answer - self preservation.
Have you ever noticed that it is OK to kill some one when they are opposing a gas pipeline, but not so much when they favor the pipeline?
See? How hard is that?No, that is killer instinct, but thanks anyway. I agree about that... LOL!
See, I'd hate to disagree with your lovely answer, but...... okay, I'll just say I was born with a conscience from past awareness; that way, it will still preserve your beautiful answer for everyone else.
I agree, science and religion are both confused forms of madness.
Well, since you put it that way, where did the brain stem from? ...A conscious form of evolution?
I know, just like most people on this particular forum topic knows, there is definitely a difference between conscience and consciousness; that's why I started the thread, to begin with. But, they both interrelate...
Oooo
I hope Cagsil responds to this one, I always enjoy his thinking on these sorts of questions.
As for myself I haven't a clue
I have a conscience but have never pondered its sourceMakes sense to me
Try n survive in the jungle on your own and see how long it takes to be something else's dinner!
Survive in the jungle as a part of a tribe and you might just do OK, even experience happiness and joy. We are a communal animal
Cagsil, that makes sense in a primitive, elementary sense. But, it is very apparent that you might miss the point - due to your blind spot - when it comes to trying to understand mystics from intuitive beings. I can't agree with you, in my light, since that wasn't the case with me and I'm sure, many others. I will say, you will relate to the majority; but then again, I'm not on the same level as the majority - but I still learn from them.
- Brenda Durhamposted 14 years ago
0Aww- I am fairly sure you have an answer that allows you to do whatever you like and still point a finger.
Like wot the biybel sez.
Religionists. Sooo funny.
- Brenda Durhamposted 14 years ago0
That is your belief. It's actually Evolution, as it has been identified.
Consciousness was evolved to. It wasn't given to human beings.
On your first post- Your consciousness is your awareness of life. Should you not have that- then your individual conscience will not have existed, because you will not be able to recognize it.
Your conscience is the rightness and wrongness of what actions we do. It doesn't come into play, until you act. If you are just thinking, then your conscience has no value. When you put those thoughts into an action, then and only then does your conscience determine whether or not it is right or wrong.
This would be a moral trait that comes from being taught the true meaning of Integrity. Integrity is honesty and love combined.
I knew you were a serial killer!
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Ridiculous. You say everything stems from Allah so you don't have to think.
- zampanoposted 14 years ago0
Conscience: “the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.”
So, it is clearly something which is learnt from our surroundings and cultural upbringing, and therefore differs greatly depending upon where you are and where you came from.
For example, if a woman brought up in an indigenous Amazonian tribe were to give you advice on “How To Best Enjoy Your Neighbour”,
You might be shocked to hear her talk of roasting, pot-boiling, grilling, or other ways to cook the person in question, so as to make him as tasty as possible before eating him.
So she’s a cannibal. What’s wrong with that?- zampanoposted 14 years ago0
I thought your "commandments" spoke about "thou shall not kill" or some crap like that. In fact, a lot of religious aficionados are vegetarian, by some crazed belief. There is nothing ethical about surviving in that primitive fashion, in which you speak about.
Prove it; show me my so-called "contradictory writings" when you get a chance...I never realized that "thou shall not kill" was a load of sh@t. Well...!
Kill the babies!!
Down with innocent!!
Kill, KIll, KILL!!
Sometimes the ten commandments does make good sense... No matter whose they are.I can see you have no sense of humor. Nor the clear insight to see that you went a little overboard with your posts about the commandments. I don't care who said "thou Shalt Not KILL!", all I care about is that we don't kill.
Whatever.
Lets have it YOUR way........
Kill the babies!
Kill!!!
I have plenty of humor, trust me.
I'm not being funny right now, since I'm yet to see your point or anyone elses that wants to bring up ancient commandments about control freaks, oops, I meant apes!
Why do you keep speaking about babies?
Do you work at an illegal abortion clinic or something?
This thread gave me an idea for a new Hub, so thanks.
Actually, it was just a matter of my response running so long I decided to turn it into a Hub. (I just posted it if anyone's interested.)Your welcome!
Maybe I'll check it out eventually, but I can pretty well rest assured, by what you said above, it will lack laconic style and will most likely bore me to death due to the lack of terse wording.
Have fun, though...
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