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Abstracts To improve relationship in a multicultural society it is important to know the radical of both nurture and nature. Multicultural society is a component of sociocultural concept, biological concept and cultural contact. Values and behaviors are the characteristics of both normative conformity and informational conformity. Each of each has a contribution for changing behavior. Although informational conformity is internalization, normative conformity is confined in conformance due to group pressure. Furthermore, decision is a coping mechanism that gives people alternative options to capable them discern their standard values. These biological concepts are inheritable standards and not invented by people. Briefly, good and bad are judged by a subjectivism while for an objectivism externalism is privilege in viewing moral and nonmoral standards. All these alternatives in a form of different values may cover the purpose of cultural contact and uncover internal dissents. To respects different values and not see them in certain angles we have to improve our relationships. Law is good. It aids us to discern good from bad; however, it is not compatible with our old nature. In other words it is not acquaint with our nature to know how to change us from heart and soul. Another option for which gives us priceless freedom and changes our nature (internal opinion and behavior) is absolute truth. Truth gives us ability to see things from other’s point of view and releases us from pure evil (our certain interests). In general, cultural concepts resurrect when we realize our good potentials for which blossom in our new nature and try to use them to build a good life not only for themselves but also for other people.

Multiculturalism Vs Human Nature To unify in a multicultural society people have to discern their similarities. Multiculturalism produces one kind of generalization and act accordingly based on its nurture; nevertheless, its entity change over time. This happens when an action produces a response to another action. Actions are latent and not observable in themselves, yet they are acted to supply direction to action that are observable (Zimbardo & Leippe, 1991). Multiculturalisms are manipulated by these actions which are referral to cultural values, cultural norms, cultural beliefs and cultural life. They are sourced from both informational social influence and normative social influence. Informational social influence is a person will to acquire knowledge while normative social information is a person will to conform (changing behavior or beliefs). To do better in both environments people’s actions and cognitions (schema) are changed; thus, environmental stimuli or events directly impact behavior and the formation of attitudes. These attitudes or beliefs are changed when an action is influenced by reinforcers (Zimbardo & Leippe, 1991). In addition, people use their objective values and subjective values (inheritable products) as a direction for making decisions. Beliefs are a component of both objective and subjective. It is subjective because it is based on the personal perspective of view while it is objective because it is independent at least partly of an individual’s belief system. In addition, external or visible images such as moral and nonmoral standards are counted as objective value while for subjectivism new standard and old standard are not different or in other words there are no evil or good things; therefore, values are whatever they desire and choose to purpose. Furthermore, people may evaluate the merit of an action base on their moral standards, for example, “The Ten Commandments” are principles relating to ethics give people an idea how they should live. However, people are still common in many ways regardless of their different values. All of us are born with the terminal conditioning called “old nature” and although we want to do the right things, we still do what which is wrong. The flesh or old nature is inborn as Jesus said (John 3:6) “That which is born of the flesh is flesh”. Self perception and thirst to living water are truths which release us from our inheritable flesh. Although freedom is priceless, endorsement and determinism are required to not only stay in freedom but also progress toward it. The law cannot bring freedom, it just reveals how sinful that nature is because old nature delights in breaking the law of God; therefore, we can have a new life (conquering conflicts) by the work of the God spirit within us. Finally, Culture is a shared perspective rather than absolute truth. That means we can see life from certain angle in the respect of cultural perspective (Charon, 1986:199-203). On the other hand, truth has provided by neither natural descent nor human decision. If we suppose human nature molds by the truth, we do not need to be imposed by cultural relativisms because we can readily justify relationship not only between black and whites but also between weak and strong. All our internal dissents will be solved by the truth and we will spontaneously choose bless over curse because humiliation, discrimination, and injustice which were compatible with our old nature are no more impact us. In other words our view will be changed because we perceive all of us irrespective to our ethnicity, richness, poorness, strength and weakness have inherited the same human nature and offered the same salvation to be one in a body.

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