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Sunday, 08 November 2009

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    Practice Without Belief, Belief Without Practice

    I'm such a fucking nerd, blogging about this shit.

    We talked about this in CLASS. An academic setting.

    But really...can religion be all practice and no real belief? And belief with no real practice?

    The kid who said that it can argued that people got to church, and pray and stuff without really getting all of that theological shit. But also, people believe in the theological stuff, and rarely go to church.

    I strongly disagree, though the subject in class changed before I could say so.

    Yes, doing the practices without getting all the theology done still gives that person something with meaning. You can do the practices, and I guess the theology might come. But maybe not. I don't think you can just go through the motions like that and really be a part of something.

    Take, for instance, people who voted for Obama because they were Democratic, and so were they. You wouldn't necessarily have to believe in the guy, or in democracy in general to vote for him...yet, one still might vote for him, based on party lines, or even something so dumb as appearance. Yes, there is meaning there....for that person. But what does that mean to the idea of Democracy itself? Or anybody else?

    Religion can't be so self-centered as to be about giving one person some kind of meaning for their life because they need it. I am so biased, but religion to me is a search for answers about life, the world, and what's beyond it. Yeah, I guess that gives me meaning, but its so much outside of myself. Like, I want to know for me. But at the same time, I want to participate in this higher power stuff because I know its so far beyond me.


    Thoughts?

Monday, 02 November 2009

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    But We Are So We Keep Pressing On

    So, perhaps a real update.

    I felt shitty for most of last week and the weekend for absolutely no reason besides that I over-think, have a habit of destroying my own self-esteem, and also have a tendency to have depressed thoughts.

    I know full well that I am too strong of a person to have to fuck with shit like that. But, as usual, I got to work on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, which always helps to be a distraction.

    Knowledge Nugget: Nothing is worse than having one bad thought and a whole lot of time.

    CS Lewis once said something to the effect of, "I once went to bed with a toothache, and here I sit in my bed thinking about my toothache". Or something. I need to do stuff when I feel like that. Because the thoughts themselves aren't really logical, and all I do is bring me down after that. It's silly.

    I got a very good night's sleep last night, and woke up this morning very energized. It was nice.

    If I can somehow magically test out of Spanish 101 and get right into 102 next semester, I will be very happy with my schedule.

    Aaaand to cap the week off...Big D on Friday!!!



Saturday, 31 October 2009

Thursday, 29 October 2009