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Oddly enough... not being 'nice' is not a sin.

In fact, being nice is often at odds with being truthful. Because nice does not want to offend; nice wants to be "pc"; nice wants to tickle ears.

This thread was not an invitation for personal attack.

One might think that we could find something better to do... to contribute TO this forum (that is of course unless you disagree with the purpose of this forum altogether, though why you would be here if that is the case, I do not know)... other than simply finding an excuse to cast a stone.

Where is the attack? I don't see one.

Unless it was a call for sympathy from your fans here, readying yourself for an onslaught of "No, Shelby, we love you, you are nice!" etc.

The reminder is apt, because I suspect the only person who thinks nice means pleasing the ears of others appears to be Shelby. Certainly I, and I think most other people, think that being nice means being friendly, not being deliberately unkind but still telling the truth in a tactful way that wraps up any hard truths extremely kindly, not that many hard truths are called for. Being nice means being true to yourself, and surely Shelby's actual real life friends are not continually receiving abuse and unkind insults?

Who is that addressed to, please?

Hate is the absence of love which perfectly describes your response, Shelby. Children are not born with the absence of love, but quite the opposite. They are born with NOTHING BUT love for whatever they touch. That love starts off in the womb where they develop emotional attachment to not only their environment, but the things within it such as the placenta. Humans are born nice and only through a systematic reconditioning can this be altered (something the destructive heresy of Original Sin accomplished).

Because I know this I remain intellectually honest when I inform my child that he lives with nice people. We set the example and we do a very good job as a matter of fact. However, we also teach our son that nice people sometimes act mean. We also teach him that being mean is a perfect opportunity to prove whether or not you are nice. Nice people act differently than mean people during and after being mean. For example nice people apologize which is what we teach our son to do and lead by example. This helps him understand that being a nice person doesn't require perfection which would be an unreasonable demand. Niceness is a Godly standard which has been laid down in Scripture for us all to follow. We only need look within to find the compassion that was designed into us through the process of evolution.



No, he will grow up confirming the understanding of people taught by his parents whom have more than adequate experience with them. You see, you don't have the travel to far away lands to understand the nature of people, they are all alike in fundamental ways. Those fundamentals are spelled out in Scripture rather eloquently in fact and are in the process of rigorous scientific study. Genesis 1 states that God's creation is good or pleasing to His senses. That means that humans were created MORAL, GOOD and....... NICE! What's beautiful to God are the fruitages of the Spirit.

That's why my child has been able to grasp the concept of niceness at such a young age. Because it's already in him, it just needs to be brought out and maintained. This is done by example and through education.

-Sab

I think in Muslim teachings that babies are born without sin.

It means that humans are, since birth, predisposed to do