kindof how when your a child you can't fly, but you try to imagine what it is like for the birds; however regardless of how much you attempt to imagine flight you can't understand it as a bird because you can't fly... even as
an adult humans fail to truly understand what it is like to fly like a bird because we can't fly, so how can «god» understand death and create a creature that does die if he can't die?
Not exact matches
Schleiermacher extols childhood as a «pure revelation of the divine from which no conversion is necessary,» but he realized that «nature had also implanted the inclinations and proclivities that could lead to
human destruction» and, therefore, never
failed to emphasize the duty of
adults to nurture children.
Except this: 1) we know our kids need to be challenged at the right pace and experience
failing — just like yours, 2) we know they need healthy social experiences (and guidance) to grow into healthy
adults — just like yours, 3) we know being «gifted» is absolutely no guarantee in life for anything despite what everyone else seems to think otherwise, 4) we know being «gifted» can sometimes actually be a pretty heavy thing, and 5) we keep believing in the power of the
human spirit.
«Brain Drain,» aka «
Human Capital Flight» refers to the exodus of educated, professional
adults from locations that
fail to provide them with the means of achieving success and fulfillment.
Some people, for some reason,
fail to make whatever synaptic handshakes are prerequisite to the development of anything we'd recognise as an
adult human conscience.
Interestingly, nonhuman primates subjected to early abuse and deprivation also are more likely to engage in violent relationships with their peers as
adults.134 as in
humans, males tend to be hyperaggressive, and females
fail to protect themselves and their offspring against danger.