Let's Bash the Preacher Some More

[gloryseeker]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

The nightly news, newspapers, and radio tend to have very few stories of the "good" news.....

While in retail, I rarely remembered all the "good" customers.

But I sure remembered the bad custromers. And remembered the horrible pastors (only a couple but their memories stick with me like a bad potato salad).

I totally agree with you, but don't you think it's wrong? We are more negatively focused than we are positively focused.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by gloryseeker

I totally agree with you, but don't you think it's wrong? We are more negatively focused than we are positively focused.

It is the way we're wired, part of our survival instinct. I don't believe there is anything wrong with that, although it doesn't always serve us best.

If you touch a hot stove, you remember not to ever do it again! There is no reason for your brain to remember all the thing you touched that didn't hurt -for one thing it is simply not efficient to do so.

[gloryseeker]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

It is the way we're wired, part of our survival instinct. I don't believe there is anything wrong with that, although it doesn't always serve us best.

If you touch a hot stove, you remember not to ever do it again! There is no reason for your brain to remember all the thing you touched that didn't hurt -for one thing it is simply not efficient to do so.

Interesting point, but is the hard wiring as you call it a result of the fall of man or the design of God.

Depending on how a person would translate that we are created in the image of God you a person could then say that God is negative focused based on your premise.

However, maybe what you are saying (which I don't disagree with) is the "sin consciousness" that the Bible talks about

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by gloryseeker

Interesting point, but is the hard wiring as you call it a result of the fall of man or the design of God.

Depending on how a person would translate that we are created in the image of God you a person could then say that God is negative focused based on your premise.

However, maybe what you are saying (which I don't disagree with) is the "sin consciousness" that the Bible talks about

I believe 100% that it is the design of God, not the fall of man. Did Adam have pain receptors? He would have because he was still capable of injuring himself -even if he had a Wolverine-like ability to heal. Pain is nothing more then your body drawing attention to a part of itself that it thinks is injured.

Likewise we remember pain because it helps with our survival and teaches us NOT to do something that would cause damage, or do it again. How often do we remember NOT being in pain versus being in pain? (And I know for some people who are in constant anguish, they may indeed remember NON-pain moments, but that is a different issue.)