on shame or guilt ...
I was taken by the concept of guilt the other day; one reads it in many places with views in favour and views against it. One hears the now common comment that guilt is that tool that religious people have used for centuries to keep others under their feet and oppression ; I have also heard guilt is parents favourite tool to keep kids obedient. It made me wonder if there is a consensus on this topic amongst different world views and walks of life. I recall being told that there should be no room for such horrible feeling as guilt; it made me question, if it exists why is it there and what is its usefulness if there is one? as otherwise nature or evolution should have got rid of it long ago if it wasn't useful, as most things that do not exist this day. Let us first define it and find its source then we can see its benefit or not, after all it has survived centuries of human life therefore it is one of those survival of the fittest characteristics I assume. Let's start b