October Coffee Night - Human Relations
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The 8th commandment is “Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” and not “thou shall always tell the truth” (or something that suggest we should always tell the truth). Why is that?
- Honesty without gentleness is nothing but brutality, gentleness without honesty is nothing but sentimentality... do you agree or disagree and how do you find the proper balance? When do you choose to tell your friend the truth at the expense of hurting their feelings? Is lying in order to spare their feelings acceptable? How does one speak the truth in love?
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Do you agree that the line between love and hate is very thin? If so, why do you think it is?
Some people are good at forming relations with others. What do you think affects people’s ability to form relations? Some are loners, or argumentative, or always have conflict while others are extroverted, the life of the party…Is it genetics, environmental, biological (height, weight, physique), other?
What does it mean to take personal responsibility and how do you deal with people who refuse to take responsibility for themselves? How much of a master of your destiny are you by through choices you make? How much does it depend on you and how much does it depend on God/fate/luck?
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In Mathew 5:44 Jesus commands us to love our enemies? In today’s world… who would be considered your enemy and how does one go about loving them?
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Power and history come into play affecting how comfortable or unsettling it feels to speak up. Being adult children of our parents, how does one honor our father and mother as we speak up and stand up for our decisions when our parents disagree with us as to what we think is in our best interests?
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We confuse good relations with approval. One way of expressing strong disapproval of another’s conduct is to terminate the relationship: “After what she did, I will never speak to her again!!” Such “banishment” is common to personal, business, and diplomatic relations. Refusing to deal with someone will rarely solve an immediate problem… what do you think? Is approval essential in a good working relationship or friendship?
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What is the difference between persuasion & coercion, control & power?
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Good morning!! Is there a spoken or unspoken rule in your home or workplace about saying good morning? What is it, do you like it, what do you think it should be? How do you deal with a co-worker that does not wish you good morning or makes an effort to reciprocate conversation when it is made/ offered?
1 comment:
I was a bit disappointed that the first question wasn't picked. I wanted to know what people think of the 8th commandment. It's interesting why it was worded as such. Could it be because that the always telling the truth is also a bad thing? Could it be that truth without consideration and hurting someone, is as bad as lying and hurting someone ? Let me know what you think.
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