Examaning

OK, so in class yesterday, there was much talk about the statement "The unexamined life is a life not worth living." I must say that I think that is an extreme statement. People have a choice as to whether they not to ask themselves the questions we are deliberating about in class. There was the example of Hitler, Did he examine his life? we don't know, even if he did that has nothing to do with his actions. Men aren't fully aware of themselves and no "examining of ones self" is going to make them aware of their wrongs. In Hitlers eyes he was doing something good, he didn't think taking the life of millions of Jews was evil, he thougt he was helping Germany out. No matter what people are going to choose whether or not they want to think about themselves and where they are going. There are going to be those people who ask, "Where did I come from? What purpose am I going to serve? Then there are going to be those who just don't care and choose to live their life not evaluating themselves, it doesn't make them any less of a person if they don't choose to think about these questions. I had more thoughts, but given the time that passed between this moment and class, most of them are lost. If I remember I will definitely blog again.

Two Things....

I found Chapter 1 very intriguing. While reading it, however, I stumbled upon a sentence that just confused me. On pg 6 it states, " God seems almost to be jealous of the fact that humans....should become more like Him in knowing good and evil." God wasn't jealous at all. He just didn't want what eventually happened o happen. He wanted us all to live in a sinless would, without war (like there is now), without killing, (like there is now), and without any type of sin ( like there is now). What just bothered me was the word that was used, "Jealous." God did say that He was a Jealous God, but only in the terms that he is jealous for our love. He wasn't jealous that Adam and Eve would become wiser, he was just worried that His plan for us, his plan for us to love, his plan for us to stay in peace would be interrupted with greater knowledge of good and evil.
Reading through the whole chapter, I must say that I enjoyed everything else, especially the part where a moral person is defined (pg 23). A moral person is a person who does things just because, without looking for any gain or recognition. Morality lies within doing something positive/ helping out because you know its right deep down without any hidden agenda. The best form of morality, in my eyes anyway, is doing things anonymously and not letting anyone know it was you, and making that want for recognition die inside you. Morality is knowing that you are a good person w/o anyone telling you, and there is no need for the satisfaction of ones ego.
~~These are the thoughts that crossed my mind~~

Destiny

In class today, the topic of destiny was one of the first topics we talked about. It did get me thinking back to when I studied existentialism in High School. I had a teacher who said our destiny was to reproduce and then die. I personally think (thinking from a Christian point of view), that God creates us for a purpose. He knows exactly why we are put on this earth, and once we fulfill that purpose we go back to Him.
Looking at it from a non-religious view I still think that we all do have a purpose, but asking the questions why are we here and what is our purpose is getting in the way of us living our destiny. I think life is precious, and every moment of it that we lose is a moment we can never get back. If we sit wondering things like this isn't our lives passing us by? Aren't we losing time that we can never gain back? Once we answer the question who are we? and where did we come from? aren't there just going to be more and more questions causing a never ending cycle of questions? Why not just live??