Website owner: James Miller
Inside the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
See the YouTube video:
INSIDE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST FASHION SLUM ???? (It’s intense!) Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Millions of Bangladeshis work 12 hours a day under terrible conditions of humid heat and no air conditioning for extremely poor wages in the garment industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In some areas the stench from sewers is so intense one is hardly able to bear it. It is a sort of situation that most people in the wealthier parts of the world could hardly imagine. Yet these people working on the sewing machines seem motivated, happy, and enthusiastic. The children seem happy. I wouldn’t be surprised if the people and children in these squalid slums were happier than the most of the people in our affluent West who have all of the ease, amenities and luxury that money can buy. What does all of this mean? With all of his money, modern amenities and education I don’t think modern man is happy. I don’t think he has the recipe for a good society.
What is it that makes for personal happiness? What kind of things produce unhappiness and mental problems? I recently read that 40% of marriages in America end in divorce. That doesn’t sound like an indicator of a happy society to me. In most of the countries of the western world 40% to 70% of children are born illegitimate. I don’t think these are conditions that one can expect to produce well-adjusted, happy people.
Modern man is sick. He has lost his way. All of our homeless living on the street in cities across the country attest to that. Drug addiction. Alcohol addiction. Mental problems. It sounds like sickness to me.
20 Nov 2024
Jesus Christ and His Teachings
Way of enlightenment, wisdom, and understanding
America, a corrupt, depraved, shameless country
On integrity and the lack of it
The test of a person's Christianity is what he is
Ninety five percent of the problems that most people have come from personal foolishness
Liberalism, socialism and the modern welfare state
The desire to harm, a motivation for conduct
On Self-sufficient Country Living, Homesteading
Topically Arranged Proverbs, Precepts, Quotations. Common Sayings. Poor Richard's Almanac.
Theory on the Formation of Character
People are like radio tuners --- they pick out and listen to one wavelength and ignore the rest
Cause of Character Traits --- According to Aristotle
We are what we eat --- living under the discipline of a diet
Avoiding problems and trouble in life
Role of habit in formation of character
Personal attributes of the true Christian
What determines a person's character?
Love of God and love of virtue are closely united
Intellectual disparities among people and the power in good habits
Tools of Satan. Tactics and Tricks used by the Devil.
The Natural Way -- The Unnatural Way
Wisdom, Reason and Virtue are closely related
Knowledge is one thing, wisdom is another
My views on Christianity in America
The most important thing in life is understanding
We are all examples --- for good or for bad
Television --- spiritual poison
The Prime Mover that decides "What We Are"
Where do our outlooks, attitudes and values come from?
Sin is serious business. The punishment for it is real. Hell is real.
Self-imposed discipline and regimentation
Achieving happiness in life --- a matter of the right strategies
Self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline basic to so much in life