We had a long discussion at work today. It was about values. The talk went to people saying things like end times and values being the same for ages and now changing incredibly fast the last few years and all that. I’m not delusional, but still I’m always a little uncomfortable after such talks.
So…does anybody have arguments for me against this? Or arguments that calm my fears?
Please no comments that increase the creepy feelings!
(On second account I’m not sure if this topic is allowed, because it might change into a religious topic, which isnt acceptable here… mods?!)
Values aren’t really changing, people are just divided right now for a lot of reasons. I can’t talk about it without breaking forum rules though I think. Long story short there’s a civil rights movement still going on for the LGBT community and that’s part of the reason you hear “oh our values are changing so much these days” from old people.
Lol it’s kinda political and religious talk but if you don’t want an answer geared in that direction, I would form your own decisions don’t let people on such emotional topics totally run wild their opinions in your head. I usually consider anyone’s rational opinion but if they start acting irrational they lose a lot of credit in my mind.
Thanks you guys. I don’t intend to steer it into a religious or political direction. But this subject of course is easily touching on that. Sorry for that, i posted a bit impulsively.
What kind of caught me off guard, was that a few people that I see as highly rational, intellectual, down to earth people were making these arguments. I normally avoid such topics because it triggers scary thoughts, but now I couldn’t walk out.
I think the fight over certain subjects might indeed arouse such feelings in people. They werent specifically talking about LGBT rights btw.
Yeah I still think the whole end times fad was triggered by the meter rolling over from 1999 to 2000. That really freaked people out, we had Y2K and the whole 2012 scare, bunch of nonsense over numerics. We just happened to start measuring 2000 years ago, if we had started 500 years before that it’d be 2519 and nobody would be talking about endtimes anymore IMO.
I personally think we’re good until like 2500 at least.
Hey guys, thanks for the responses, but on second account I don’t think it is a good subject for this forum and for me. I kind of hoped to keep it non-triggering by specifically asking for that. But I just did a bit of reflection and think this topic is better closed.
I think you guys are right and people have been talking about end times for ages. Literally. And even if there are end times of whatever kind coming, religious or environmental or whatever, nobody really benefits if I sit here behind my pc having creepy thoughts about that.