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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: j g cordes who wrote (16463)1/23/1998 11:38:00 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (3) of 108807
 
(I've GOT to stop pausing to read this and get out of here!!!)
You make no mention of the religious aspect of morality. A huge majority of people in this country consider themselves to be believers in a higher power and accept a fairly consistent set of behavioral "laws"; do you not think this will be a most difficult structure to "renogotiate" and change?
Jealousy, hate, possessiveness--are very different from social customs. DO you really believe these are negotiable? These arise from our basic human nature--along with sexual needs and desire. How we deal with them in healthy, non-destructive ways is the issue.
"Wondrous feelings"-certainly-but these feelings do not exist in a vaccuum to be indulged at whim; they involve responsibilities and yes-personal moral decisions, because they have such potential to hurt and destroy. What makes us human (and occasionally admirable) is our ability to consider these abstracts. I'm not at all opposed to renegotiation---we do it all the time-but it's a slow, cautious process. Clinton's behavior is hardly an example of the ideal way to address these questions.
More than a year ago here at Feelings, these questions were raised and addressed in some provocative posts--Christine, do you remember when?
I found them fascinating reading and I think you might also. They touched on the stages of life, monogamy, life expectancy changes, social mores, the outdating of traditional marriage.
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