What can change the nature of a man?

[DeathMagus]

Gay-gay-gay-gay-gay.

Now that I have that out of the way, on to the real question. What can change the nature of a man (or woman)? Please explain your response.

Some possibilities:

• Love
• Hatred
• Power
• Greed
• Betrayal
• Death
• Regret - 16% (2)
• Age
• Suffering
• Success
• Nothing - 16% (2)

• ONLY a personal relationship with the Heavenly FATHER by way of the LORD JESUS CHRIST through the indwelling of the HOLY SPIRIT - 8% (1)
• Drugs - 8% (1)
• Indoctrination/Brainwashing - 8% (1)
• Injury/Illness - 8% (1)
• Lobotomy - 16% (2)
• Torment - 8% (1)

• Other? - 8% (1)

Thanks,
Deathmagus

 

[Ramona]

Well, before I can answer, what do you mean by "nature?" Physical nature? Mental nature? Emotional nature? Spiritual nature?

Depending on what's meant, my answer could be very different.

 

[DeathMagus]

Well, before I can answer, what do you mean by "nature?" Physical nature? Mental nature? Emotional nature? Spiritual nature?

Depending on what's meant, my answer could be very different.

(Don't think about it too hard - this thread's not really all that serious)

 

[Ramona]

(Don't think about it too hard - this thread's not really all that serious)

Hey! You didn't add all those suggestions until after I posted!

OK, I shall formulate a response and get back.

 

[LittleNipper]

ONLY a personal relationship with the Heavenly FATHER by way of the LORD JESUS CHRIST through the indwelling of the HOLY SPIRIT.

 

[Corey]

Drugs...lots of them.

 

[Sitswithamouse]

I think it can be the combination of all of the above you have mentioned.

I would say primarily regret, that can change a person and want them to be a better person.
Just my humble oppinion

Then again Alcohol can help.

 

[lawtonfogle]

Gay-gay-gay-gay-gay.

Mushroom-mushroom.

Now that I have that out of the way, on to the real question. What can change the nature of a man (or woman)? Please explain your response.

Some possibilities:

• Love
• Hatred
• Power
• Greed
• Betrayal
• Death
• Regret
• Age
• Suffering
• Success
• Nothing

• Other?

Thanks,
Deathmagus

Depends upon what you mean by change. We are all subject to mature over time, but that isn't the same change as a drug addict who gets their life together.

 

[wanderingone]

nothing.

we are what we are, all we can do is try not to let the nature and nurture combine to create something useful, or at least not terribly detrimental.

 

[TheManeki]

Reprogramming a la Clockwork Orange?

 

[Sitswithamouse]

Reprogramming a la Clockwork Orange?

 

[TheManeki]

There could also be a visit to 1984's Room 101.

 

[Sitswithamouse]

There could also be a visit to 1984's Room 101.

Double

 

[jayem]

A very large category of "other"--- illness and injury:

Schizophrenia

Bipolar disease

Stroke

Closed or open head injury

Anoxic brain damage

Temporal lobe epilepsy

Some brain tumors (University of Texas sniper Charles Whitman had a gliobastoma in the hypothalamus)

Many kinds of poisoning, mercury especially

Many kinds of infection

Some endocrine disorders, like Cushing's Syndrome

Many kinds of dementia--Alzheimer's Disease, Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease, etc.

And many, many others...

 

[TheManeki]

Double

Sorry to be a wet blanket. I guess I'm just in a dystopian mood today.

 

[Ramona]

What is Bipolar disease?

 

[jayem]

What is Bipolar disease?

Bipolar disease (or disorder) is what used to be called manic-depressive illness. Probably caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain. When severe, it can lead to suicide in the depressed phase, and highly abnormal, psychotic behavior in the manic phase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

 

[Ramona]

Bipolar disease (or disorder) is what used to be called manic-depressive illness. Probably caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain. When severe, it can lead to suicide in the depressed phase, and highly abnormal, psychotic behavior in the manic phase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

LOL, yeah, I was just being a smart aleck. I happen to have Bipolar Affective Disorder (Type I). I was diagnosed when I was 16, but have never heard it called Bipolar disease. The way you phrased it gave me a giggle.

 

[The Nihilist]

lobotomy. also, it'll work faster than "a personal relationship with the Heavenly FATHER by way of the LORD JESUS CHRIST through the indwelling of the HOLY SPIRIT."

 

[jayem]

LOL, yeah, I was just being a smart aleck. I happen to have Bipolar Affective Disorder (Type I). I was diagnosed when I was 16, but have never heard it called Bipolar disease. The way you phrased it gave me a giggle.

I know. The DSM officially calls it Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar disease is an older term, but it's sometimes still used in translations of the European literature.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...ez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Personally, I like it better. There is still some stigma that mental illnesses are not real, pathophysiologic diseases. So it gets the point across better by calling it a "disease," rather than the more ambiguous term "disorder."