03-19-2014, 12:00 AM
Littlepaw wrote:I am not any more inclined to trust a text just because it is reportedly ancient. Which texts are you referring to?
I do not feel you are looking at the subject of gossip in the right light. Actions speak louder than words and gossip is just words!Can you illustrate how the subject of gossip is not been seen in the right light here?
I agree that actions speak louder than words even in the face of slander, yet our words are an act of intent. In the case of gossip, words are intent to subdue and disable another persons will by co-opting the agreement of others to bolster the effect of what really amounts to cowardice. Gossip would at the very least be a misplacement of energy and the worst, black magic.
I was with a group of colleagues, one of which started gossiping about another colleague who was not present. I found there to be some truth in what was been said, the rest was character assassination. Despite the pressure I felt from the unkind words I also knew that the words found no anchorage in me. I was surprised to observe that the words though pressuring me, had no power of persuasion over me. This time gossip did not grow in me.
I do not feel you are looking at the subject of gossip in the right light. Actions speak louder than words and gossip is just words!Can you illustrate how the subject of gossip is not been seen in the right light here?
I agree that actions speak louder than words even in the face of slander, yet our words are an act of intent. In the case of gossip, words are intent to subdue and disable another persons will by co-opting the agreement of others to bolster the effect of what really amounts to cowardice. Gossip would at the very least be a misplacement of energy and the worst, black magic.
I was with a group of colleagues, one of which started gossiping about another colleague who was not present. I found there to be some truth in what was been said, the rest was character assassination. Despite the pressure I felt from the unkind words I also knew that the words found no anchorage in me. I was surprised to observe that the words though pressuring me, had no power of persuasion over me. This time gossip did not grow in me.