What Causes Fear?

[randip singh]

What causes some people to be so fearfull of others or their ideas?

Low self esteem?

A lack of knowledge?

Inability to challenge others?

What is it?

[kaur_khalistani_lioness]

fear of getting the wrong information or false(not the TRUTH), accepting it and thn finding out how wrong that person was (and the scariest of all >>>ur soul KNEW he/she was wrong... the whole ideas of that person were wrong but u ignored that INNNER VOICE; DECEIVED URSELF)

hope that help?

[randip singh]

fear of getting the wrong information or false(not the TRUTH), accepting it and thn finding out how wrong that person was (and the scariest of all >>>ur soul KNEW he/she was wrong... the whole ideas of that person were wrong but u ignored that INNNER VOICE; DECEIVED URSELF)

hope that help?

Let us accept a person IS Truthful and Fearless.

Let me give you an example.

You challenge someones ideas with facts and truth, and thats person lacks any way of challenging you with facts. That person is fearful of you and therefore seeks to gag you? Silence you?

What kind of fear guides such misfortunates?

[randip singh]

fear of getting the wrong information or false(not the TRUTH), accepting it and thn finding out how wrong that person was (and the scariest of all >>>ur soul KNEW he/she was wrong... the whole ideas of that person were wrong but u ignored that INNNER VOICE; DECEIVED URSELF)

hope that help?

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ~John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. ~Henry Steele Commager

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. ~Tommy Smothers

Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. ~Potter Stewart

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. ~Voltaire, Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1764

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. ~Walt Whitman

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. ~Voltaire

[Mehtab Singh]

What causes some people to be so fearfull of others or their ideas?

Low self esteem?

A lack of knowledge?

Inability to challenge others?

What is it?

Maybe they are just following Gurujee's hukam of "moorkhe naal na lujhiye" and want to avoid creating a scene. It doesn't have to be fear, it could be that they are avoiding a potential "moorakh".

By the way who is "some people" and "others" you are referring to?

[I humbly bow]

sometimes family's are fearful of what other people will say...i.e when my brother stopped eating meat, the dad's first reaction was 'what will people say when we go to parties and things'.

[immortal57]

maybe it is a faer of how STUPID some people have become

[Mehtab Singh]

sometimes family's are fearful of what other people will say...i.e when my brother stopped eating meat, the dad's first reaction was 'what will people say when we go to parties and things'.

People will say "ehna da munda bajjitayriyan bann gya"

[machete]

if u aint close to guru ji u will b sacred , there aint no solution apart from getting close to guru ji.

[Guest peacemaker]

Randip, you're certainly cut from a different cloth, but that's a GOOD thing. I respect your opinions and find your views quite refreshing. I just don't understand why you have to leave. I get tired of hearing the same old boring things here. We need people with new ideas!

DON'T GO RANDIP SINGH!

DON'T GO RANDIP SINGH!

DON'T GO RANDIP SINGH!

DON'T GO RANDIP SINGH!

DON'T GO RANDIP SINGH!