The perfectibility premise also has merit, seeing as it is
easier to simply succumb to desires and temptations than it is to “do the right
thing.” If you make a mistake, it’s sometimes easier to lie about it than to
come clean, showing what you did wrong. At times, these mistakes are grave and
horribly erroneous, which makes it even more difficult to admit how you did
err. The perfectibility premise is the underlying belief of religious
institutions.
The mutability premise is also true, which is
evidenced by how easily our accent will change when exposed to a different one
for a period of time. We are definitely influenced by our surroundings, as well
as how those around us act at different times. When we immerse ourselves in
another culture, or even in a world that does not exist, we tend to pick up
different values and beliefs that they hold, and react as they would. Immersive
video games as well as language and religious classes hold the mutability
premise as a key point.
I like your view on the perfectibility premise. I didn’t see it this way, but as I read your post, it makes complete sense. Regardless how much we try to achieve complete goodness through effort and control it is impossible to perfect in it. Like you said we all make mistakes. But then on the other hand, I also think if we strive towards goodness, we will get better at it and even if we make mistakes. If we are honest and admit we made a mistake and move forward from that point we are again on the path towards goodness.
ReplyDeleteGreat point! Your example of how easily our accent changes when we are exposed to a different culture for a period of time rings so true of me. I've traveled quite a bit both within the United States and abroad. Since I was a very young girl, even before traveling, I intentionally would work to mimic different accents on television, in plays, etc. Back then there was not the diversity here in the US that we see now, unless you were further back east. Now that I have traveled abroad, and spent as much as 10 weeks immersed in another culture, within just a short day or two I unconsciously have picked up on their local accent and speak accordingly. I use to attribute this to having study dialect when I was younger; I now realize in these environmental instances, it is more of the mutability premise bearing true than my younger years spent studying dialects for theater.
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