Comments on: What is character? (Gladwell) http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/07/15/what-is-character-gladwell/ A web site by Joshua Sowin that addresses culture, books, technology, ecology, religion, and other topics. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:17:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Josh Sowin http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/07/15/what-is-character-gladwell/comment-page-1/#comment-44334 Josh Sowin Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:28:10 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/07/15/what-is-character-gladwell/#comment-44334 I'm not so sure it is the opposite of what the Bible teaches. It is true that a good tree bears good fruit, but part of what makes the tree good is a proper environment of sunlight, water, favorable ecosystem, etc. So character seems to be built upon environment in some way. Things like this are never as simple as we think they are. Anyway, the studies Gladwell cites to back up this conclusion are fascinating -- in fact, the main one uses seminary students to prove his point. I would recommend taking a look at it, just because it is so darn interesting and thought-provoking. Thanks for reading! Josh I’m not so sure it is the opposite of what the Bible teaches. It is true that a good tree bears good fruit, but part of what makes the tree good is a proper environment of sunlight, water, favorable ecosystem, etc. So character seems to be built upon environment in some way. Things like this are never as simple as we think they are.

Anyway, the studies Gladwell cites to back up this conclusion are fascinating — in fact, the main one uses seminary students to prove his point. I would recommend taking a look at it, just because it is so darn interesting and thought-provoking.

Thanks for reading!

Josh

]]> By: holmegm http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/07/15/what-is-character-gladwell/comment-page-1/#comment-44333 holmegm Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:14:52 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/07/15/what-is-character-gladwell/#comment-44333 This, of course, is the opposite of what the Bible teaches. From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. A good tree bears good fruit, a bad tree bears bad fruit. This, of course, is the opposite of what the Bible teaches. From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. A good tree bears good fruit, a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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