Where do your values come from?

Answer 1

Most of my values were instilled in me from my parents and from my Christian beliefs and teachings. They come from The Bible. _______________________________________________________________________________ A person makes a choice to engage in activities that are considered good or evil. The choices people make are usually dependant on the psychological conditioning they are exposed to, from the moment of foetal conception, to the point of completion of their social/cultural programming. Children develop their values and social culture from the environment within which they are raised. Your emotional intelligence is shaped by the quality of care and attention you receive from a baby to approximately ten years of age. This social/cultural programming is similar to the programming of a computer's processor with data that is considered to be factual. The computer then compares all incoming data against its programmed intelligence, in order to generate a conclusion. Similarly the human intellect processes incoming data based on the morals/values they have been conditioned with. Some of these morals/values are inherited from genetic sources and the others are learnt from the environment to which the absorptive mind is exposed. If you were born to a family that practiced a particular brand of religion then you have been psychologically programmed by that cultural belief system. There are very few individuals who can honestly separate themselves from their formative psychological conditioning. The set of values with which individuals were nurtured will govern the choices they make in life. There are numerous influences and temptations bombarding the psyche of people today, via the global media (TV) and internet. The minds of children are now governed by the suggestive influence of television programming which promote the use of intoxicating drugs and sexual escapades. The movie industry with all the disgusting sensationalism of gangsters, pirates, murders, rapists and the host of other miscreants have contributed significantly to the development of Criminal Minds. The adults are also influenced by suggestive programmings that promote promiscuity and other forms of deviant behaviors. The social environment within which teenager's associate, impacts upon their choices in life. Smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs is first introduced into a person's life by their parents, friends or relatives. The use if these items are also introduced to the minds of youths through the movie industry. If our society has endorsed these practices as being elegantly acceptable then what do we expect the children to do?