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Can humility be taught or is it an innate character trait?

Asked by wundayatta (58722points) February 17th, 2009

Fireside said ”The future of religion should be a focus on humility and commonalities to create a robust and productive global society

This made me wonder the question above. I would think that people would say, “of course!” And I don’t know how to measure personality changes like that, so maybe we’ll never know, for sure. Still, I’m not sure that humility comes from life experiences. It seems like it could be an innate trait.

Some people respond to the skill of other people by thinking “there is someone who is much better than I am or will ever be.” Others take it as a challenge. There are people who are competitive who want to be the best, and there are people who are cooperative and put the needs of humanity before their own personal needs, at least, more so than the competitive folks.

By the way, I agree with the sentiment that Fireside put before us, although I think it’s not just the future of religion, but the future of all of us.

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