Most of us in the modern world believe that we are in control of our own actions and we have the freewill to determine our future. The ancient Greeks felt differently about this idea. Perhaps you may also feel that there is a destiny awaiting you. Before you make a rash choice, think about the following in relation to the life you live. Some philosophers believe that our actions are shaped by our environment and our DNA. Those philosophers use the term "determinism." Your life is solely determined by those two major factors. Muse about the possibilities of all three: complete freewill, destiny and determinism. Which of those seem more plausible to you and why? Can you think of a situation in which the three could coexist? Do they all exist together or does one idea/belief override others?
Personally, i believe Fate and Freewill coexist. Freewill determines your fate, along with your envirement. For example, Over the summer, i was at this party, at first it was pretty crunk than My buddies and I started getting bad vibes so we decided to leave. When we got to the car we realized we had forgotten someone, then we heard screams, so we ran back to the party to see what was happening, then we found the person we forgot and he was all scratched up and his t shirt was torn, so as we were leaving, we get to my car and i start it up, all of the sudden i look to my left and theres a mob of people running to my car, and my instinct is floor it and get of there, and before i knew it, the mob was trying to brake through my windows (as im moving) and someone ended up under my car i ended up running over him. It was my freewill to leave, it was fate that my buddy pissed off a lot of people, and it was a combination of envirement (ghetto) and DNA which was to freaked out
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Factors that shape your life
The factors that shape your life?
You may have the standard answer "peers and parents," but really, there are SO many possibilities that shape your life, including your own, personal experience, government, school, advertising, etc. What are the other factors (other than peers and parents) that shape your life and how?
Music, Definitely shapes my life in so many ways. For one music can shape my mood depending on what Im listening to. For example, if Im listening to Lil Wayne, I feel like making money, therefor i only listen to him on payday. Another example would be that i listen to rage against the machine when im mad at something and feel like rebellion. I believe my life evolves around music, like music is the earth and im its moon.
Another thing that shapes my life is school, I don't talk to many people, however, I perceive what people do and how they react to certain situations. It can get really interesting too, how immature people can be, also how unreasonable. Some people will fight over anything even if its a compliment, i try not to be like one of those people. Its not peer pressure, peer pressure is their influence on your conscience and mind, this is strictly observation on how i should change so I wont be like certain peoples.
You may have the standard answer "peers and parents," but really, there are SO many possibilities that shape your life, including your own, personal experience, government, school, advertising, etc. What are the other factors (other than peers and parents) that shape your life and how?
Music, Definitely shapes my life in so many ways. For one music can shape my mood depending on what Im listening to. For example, if Im listening to Lil Wayne, I feel like making money, therefor i only listen to him on payday. Another example would be that i listen to rage against the machine when im mad at something and feel like rebellion. I believe my life evolves around music, like music is the earth and im its moon.
Another thing that shapes my life is school, I don't talk to many people, however, I perceive what people do and how they react to certain situations. It can get really interesting too, how immature people can be, also how unreasonable. Some people will fight over anything even if its a compliment, i try not to be like one of those people. Its not peer pressure, peer pressure is their influence on your conscience and mind, this is strictly observation on how i should change so I wont be like certain peoples.
Friday, August 15, 2008
What I Believe in
I believe in peace for of peoples and races. What is stopping this peace from happening is that there is a war going on for your mind. From corporations to politics who fight over you as if you were territory in an endless war. Corporations use advertisements as artillery shells bombing our innocent houses. through this endless war we have had religions created, countries bombed, people assassinated, and over all, human casualties which are all for the possession of your mind. But what if this standing struggle never happened? We would definitely progress much faster, but at what cost? we would loose our individuality, our music, and above all, our mind. There would be no wars or genocides, so its really what you believe in. I believe we can somehow forge a path to peace and progression without casualties. How? I don't know, all I know is that we are fully capable of succeeding.
There are good Samaritans out there, I try to be one, but sometimes it can get hard but I just keep trying. If everyone tried being a good Samaritan, we would be in peace right now as we are nearing WWIII. But because we have those who feel they need to destroy an entire race or ethnicity. We having war today as we speak, and because of these fools, we will always have mothers and fathers losing their children, then whats going to happen to the elderly had been parents, who will pay for their nursing homes. So at what cost will we keep this going? when will we start trying to forge peace with other nations? When will the killings, genocides, and wars stop? Im hoping peace will happen soon, or at least in my lifetime but Im guessing never.
There are good Samaritans out there, I try to be one, but sometimes it can get hard but I just keep trying. If everyone tried being a good Samaritan, we would be in peace right now as we are nearing WWIII. But because we have those who feel they need to destroy an entire race or ethnicity. We having war today as we speak, and because of these fools, we will always have mothers and fathers losing their children, then whats going to happen to the elderly had been parents, who will pay for their nursing homes. So at what cost will we keep this going? when will we start trying to forge peace with other nations? When will the killings, genocides, and wars stop? Im hoping peace will happen soon, or at least in my lifetime but Im guessing never.
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