All I have to say is wow. I received my final tonight and stared at the page, I think my jaw dropped. I was not expecting the questions that were on it. I thought it was going to be more about the facts of the movie and not the philosophical side of it. I was the second to last to finish and I am really not happy with it whatsoever. I felt like my sentences were flat and did not explain what I was thinking. The Professor had given me an article from Time Magazine “How To Fix American Schools,” and after reading it, I suddenly was in the mood for creative writing. Perhaps I should have read a philisophical work before my class to “get into the mood.” I don’t know whether to laugh or cry over this idea. Some men have to look at porn to be excited and I have to read philisophical things to get in the mood to write. Nice.
Did anyone see the video on the National Geographic channel the other night regarding the “mysteries of the bible?” Can someone please explain to me why people have ram down their thoughts or ideas down everyone elses throats? Yes, I am Catholic and I have my own set of beliefs (some fall under Catholicism but I also believe in some other things). This does not make me a bad person, it makes me an intelligent person who has the thought process to comprehend fact versus fiction. No, I really do not think the world was created in seven days. I feel that that was done distinctly by the writer(s) to give our human brains the ability to comprehend the massive idea behind it. Can one really fathom a billion? It is much easier to break down that number into a smaller figure. Seven sounds just right. We can see seven days, we understand the time span of seven days…
This, however, does not mean that we are any less intelligent because we can not comprehend the meaning of one billion, or two billion. It is because our brains rely on the here and now, whether we choose to believe it or not. It is ridiculous to assume that all people believe in the same things, just as it is ridiculous to assume that children all learn in the same way. I knew that had to tie in there somewhere (ha!) I do not know where I have gotten this sudden burst of biggotry, it is certainly not becoming. In one aspect, perhaps, I am dissecting myself and growing intellectually or maturing. It is crazy that I am sitting here and questioning not necessarily my existence, but rather life in general.
I do know, however, that the successes of my own lttle goals (A’s) is really turning me into a bitch when it comes time to study. Suddenly a “B” is not good enough. If I had this energy or want in high school, perhaps I would have gotten into a University and already have been done with school. It shames me to admit that I am twenty-five and a freshman in College. On the plus side, my Freshman year is nearly half over and I am considering taking on a class or two over the summer to make sure that I do not loose my focus or drive. I am determined to become well educated and competent. Now, let’s hope that I can apply that attitude on the rest of my life and not just school.
There’s a joke about a man that asks God how long a million years feels to God, to which he replies “a second”. So the man says, “Can I have a billion dollars?” and God says “Just a second.”
Maybe way back when the earth was getting created the seven days wasn’t really seven days. It could have been seven thousand years or seven million years. Time is different.
At least that’s how Richie explained it to me
Claudias last blog post..have you heard this?