tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post8253737754916495228..comments2024-03-29T05:22:26.118-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: School Shootings and random thoughtsDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-76344281954034335882018-02-26T14:30:55.922-05:002018-02-26T14:30:55.922-05:00I always thought one of the most important lessons...I always thought one of the most important lessons for our age from the works of Tolkien comes here:<br /><br />"You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!!"David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-24011211546988236022018-02-26T13:58:36.956-05:002018-02-26T13:58:36.956-05:00Humility is a big part of it. If you read the sho...Humility is a big part of it. If you read the short chapter in the book, it's also about not falling prey to raging nihilism (life is pain & humiliation & that's not fair, ergo life has no meaning, and the injustice of it all makes one rage against the world, so why not shoot up a school like Harris & Klebold?) by having something to believe in that helps you put the pain of existence in perspective. Humility in this sense is recognizing that the world may not love you, but that doesn't mean that when bad things happen it's because the world hates you; bad things happen to everyone.Ernst Schreibernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-49923944443566147522018-02-25T15:47:41.784-05:002018-02-25T15:47:41.784-05:00When he says that I think humility. It's wort...When he says that I think humility. It's worth noting that with the eradication of the Christian faith from society has gone certain Christian distinctives, such as humility and forgiveness. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-90480303949911769792018-02-25T15:16:50.985-05:002018-02-25T15:16:50.985-05:00I think Jordan Peterson's 6th Rule (Set your h...I think Jordan Peterson's 6th Rule (Set your house in order before you criticize the world) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whTWariJ2fw" rel="nofollow">covers it</a> pretty well.Ernst Schreibernoreply@blogger.com