ChrisFL
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Caution: This is a bit like a blog post, it jumps around in thoughts a bit!
I was thinking about this after driving around town seeing a lot of different symbols of pride, from flags of different countries, to sports teams, etc.
I also read a thread recently which talked about those little religious books some people hand out at Halloween. I used to have a few of those when I was a kid. One of them mentioned "pride" as being a sin.
Even at that early age I never believed pride was a sin, or it was way too general a statement to make.
When we say we're proud of something, do we ever ask ourselves why we're proud? Is it because of our own personal accomplishments, or because we're trying to project ourselves toward something we don't do much with?
I could say that Im "proud to be an American" but it wasn't my doing really, I was born here, I didnt have a lot of say in it. I could say Im proud of what I've accomplished in America but that doesn't mean I couldn't have accomplished those things somewhere else. On the other hand, I could also say that Im proud of what Americans have done, but that only refers to others and has nothing really to do with me.
Basically that means I could say Im "proud of someone else's work", but reading that phrase by itself doesn't sound right.
Of course another thing that comes with pride could be the belief that being proud of one thing makes you think less of something else in the process. I suppose that could be considered wrong in some ways.
I mean, it's ok to have Gay Pride in the U.S. but it's not ok to have Straight Pride, not that I really care either way. Whats the difference though? Is having that kind of pride only another way of saying that someone is not ashamed? So that wouldn't be a sin then.
People in general can be proud of their personal accomplishments to help them feel better about themselves, which isn't a bad thing.
Parents can be proud of their children because they have helped to raise them to be what they become in life. That isn't a bad thing either.
These are just some of the many thoughts that go through my head when I think about things.
Comments?
I was thinking about this after driving around town seeing a lot of different symbols of pride, from flags of different countries, to sports teams, etc.
I also read a thread recently which talked about those little religious books some people hand out at Halloween. I used to have a few of those when I was a kid. One of them mentioned "pride" as being a sin.
Even at that early age I never believed pride was a sin, or it was way too general a statement to make.
When we say we're proud of something, do we ever ask ourselves why we're proud? Is it because of our own personal accomplishments, or because we're trying to project ourselves toward something we don't do much with?
I could say that Im "proud to be an American" but it wasn't my doing really, I was born here, I didnt have a lot of say in it. I could say Im proud of what I've accomplished in America but that doesn't mean I couldn't have accomplished those things somewhere else. On the other hand, I could also say that Im proud of what Americans have done, but that only refers to others and has nothing really to do with me.
Basically that means I could say Im "proud of someone else's work", but reading that phrase by itself doesn't sound right.
Of course another thing that comes with pride could be the belief that being proud of one thing makes you think less of something else in the process. I suppose that could be considered wrong in some ways.
I mean, it's ok to have Gay Pride in the U.S. but it's not ok to have Straight Pride, not that I really care either way. Whats the difference though? Is having that kind of pride only another way of saying that someone is not ashamed? So that wouldn't be a sin then.
People in general can be proud of their personal accomplishments to help them feel better about themselves, which isn't a bad thing.
Parents can be proud of their children because they have helped to raise them to be what they become in life. That isn't a bad thing either.
These are just some of the many thoughts that go through my head when I think about things.
Comments?
Great explination B.
