March 24, 2008
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Featured Question #227: Everybody’s got problems
“If you’re not a part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” True or false?
This statement assumes that there is only one way to deal with a problem, but reality is never as clear cut as this. What problem and what solution? What if you have your own solution to a problem? What if you see a problem and others do not? Extremism is not an adequate way of dealing with a problem. It often contributes to new problems, even as it accomplishes the goal of solving the first one. There is no simple and clear answer to any problem.
So this statement is false. Just because I do not attach myself to The Solution does not mean that I don’t have a solution of my own, or that others do not have their own solutions to The Problem in their life. No two people are exactly alike and so no Solution will fit every problem.
So I may be part of your problem, I am not part of The Problem.
I have my own solutions.
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March 24th
This day is sacred to Prytania or Britannia, the guardian goddess of Great Britain (Albion).
Heimdall, who is ever watchful on behalf of the Aesir, is honored today. He is equated with the ArchAngel Gabriel.
The Phrygian rites of Cybele and Attis begins tonight.
This is Dies Sanguinis, called Bellona’s Day in Rome.
Comments (6)
Down with false dichotomies. Amen.
that’s a really good way to look at that question. i had a similar conversation with a person that i know, and i think i’ll bring this point up to them. have a good one!
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Isn’t this referred to as a false syllogism? If not, there is some name given to it by Rhetoric that refers to an error in logic. But what do I know of THAT? Regardless, I think the problem lies in the article “the,” which suggests this duality that troubles you. I enjoy your point.
Never thought about it like that - but you are so right. i thought i had a solution to a misunderstood problem and i could kick myself. i guess everyone seems to think that because we are out of our comfort zone and have the restlessness going around within us we simply assume that there is something wrong – that there is a problem. i learned, and have consistently experienced, is that every time i thing my life is coming apart that there is really no problem but more like the universe is getting ready to make that shift. that is what the discomfort is about not because things are wrong but things are actually coming/falling into place. god does work in mysterious ways – even though i reckon sometimes She’s a weirdo (lol).
@Gimmiedaloot - I think it’s a fallacy, but what do I know either. My college philosophy teacher just sat through the class, telling us about his cabin by the lake. He mainly graded us on how well we could BS on the tests, not by how well we knew the terms.
@harmony0stars -
Yes, I graduated with a B of BS. Actually, it’s a BFA, which should be called a IDFL, or “In Debt for Life.”