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Two of my old high school teachers, a married couple, who I knew very well for various reasons. They are two of the smartest people I know. If I was going on Who Wants to be a Millionaire they would be right at the top of my lifeline list. Now before you speak up on it, they are both science teachers, one physics, the other biology, geology, and enviromental. However, they are both very well versed in a lot of things, all subjects.
Now in my reform temple, in reality a very small percentage of teh congragation goes to weekly services. Turnout is generally low. However, they must go nearly 50% of the time. They have taught religious school, one of their fathers (a distiguished doctor) taught my father (i think heh). If you ask them how we came to be theyll say evolution, you ask how the universe came to be they can thoughouly explain the big bang theory, and probably several others as well. However they are religious. I have never actually talked to them about this, but I know that they take the religion for it's spiritual value, someplace even to organize ones thoughts etc. In all honesty, i don't know why, but they do. This is one example, I know of others. But it is possible for the two, science and religion, to co-exsist.
But you see you generalise future generations on the basis of individual examples.
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"You say that culture and society teaches us morals and should along with our parents. Well first of all the culture that currently "sells" isn't exactly one of high morals, but ignoring that. Lets assume that pure faith based religion moves on, and religions are becoming mroe and more libral. Eventually you get to the point that very few people are going to church etc. Parents are attempting to teach their children morals. Here are the problems with that, just like many parents aren't very good @ teaching their kids normal school topics for the ever changing world (so we send kids to schools, along with time issues), it is very difficult for parents to teach their kids all their moral values. Plus hearing these values only from parents doesn't make teh ethics very strong in children, especially when many are rebelling from those parents"
I'm not sure i get your "culture that "sells" isn't exactly one of high morals" statement, you're saying that western society is generally immoral?
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Failed a test:
Internalize - I'm stupid, I didn't study hard enough, I should work harder. (Often even when the person studied a lot)
Externalize - The teacher graded too hard. They didn't say that woudl be on it. It was too hard. I was unlucky.
Now you won't be too surprised to know that when people internalize things too often, namely bad things, they become depressed and it is much more difficult or impposible, to lead a successful life
Hmm you mean that blaming something that you are actually responsible for on someone else is a good thing? Sounds odd but if thats what the stats say....... I can only speak for myself but I usually "internalise" in so far as I look to see why i've done badly and then attempt to remedy the situation.