I don't blog a lot, because like the Dunkers that Benjamin Franklin mentions in his autobiography, as I've been learning, and growing up, especially these past two years, I don't like to say absolutely what I believe in or don't believe in, because people change, circumstances change, and my mind changes..a lot.
BUT. There are thusfar several things I believe in for certain, and many things I've drawn conclusions about, from looking at just about everything in a Christian point of view vs. a secular point of view.<--that's a huge point I'll get into later.
This is a total outpouring of things I've been thinking about and things that have been brewing inside of me the past couple of years I'll be making several paragraphs to at least TRY to make this look shorter, so you'll be more inclined to actually read all of it. If you are going to, please read all of it, not just bits and pieces. If you don't have time right now, make time, plzkthx. ^_^
Have you ever really stopped and thought about life, in general? Not necessarily ideals, people, places, things, colors, or anything specific, just..life. There are six billion human beings on this little planet Earth. Politics, religion, and race aside, there are 6,000,000,000 of us here, all in it together. It seems big to us. Our state seems big, North America seems huge, the western hemisphere is gigantic, and the world is enormous. The enormous earth is only a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the Universe that the God of Nature created.
And as spectacular as the galaxy is, my main point of this note isn't about that, but something even more fascinating - IDEALS. Ideals are the things you believe in. There's never been a bigger can of worms than ideas. What do you believe in? Why do you believe that? What does believing in that get you? I'm not sure how to write down what I want to say next, so I'll tell you a little story, about me. This doesn't just apply to me at all, though. I'm just using myself as an example to get my main points across.
My Early Life
I have grown up in a Southern Baptist Republican Conservative home, and I live in an area referred to as the Buckle of the Bible Belt, and so naturally, I was tagged as a Republican Conservative Southern Baptist Christian. As a kid, I didn't know anything, so yeah, why not? That's what was right to me. I was essentially taught that Liberals were bad, stupid, evil people who would only hurt America. I was essentially taught that non-Christians just didn't know God, and they were wrong, and bad, and if they really thought about it, and wanted to be good, then they would eventually turn around and be Christians. Being a young child when this God-forsaken Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003 didn't help anything, either. At that time, The Middle East = America-hating, terrorist, bad, evil Muslim people. As I grew, and slowly began to actually THINK FOR MYSELF, I started hearing the opposite sides to every argument I've ever heard. I started hearing the reasoning of liberals, atheists, Muslims, etc.. I heard them attack us, like I grew up hearing them be attacked. This was just within the last 3 years, too. o_o So, I've started thinking, "So...why are we right, and they wrong?" To start, you need to open your mind and look at an issue from all sides, and look at the pros and cons, only then will you be able to make a logical decision. It's impossible to hear the truth from the media. Even "Fair, un-biased" Fox News is obviously Conservative, so they're going to have a Conservative bias, whether they make a point of it or not. I'm not saying Fox News is bad. What I'm saying is, how do we find out the truth? "Truth" - the true or actual state of a matter. NOT "what a certain person tells you about something." People are unreasonable, erratic creatures. The only way to find out the truth is to find out the FACTS. And FACTS speak for themselves. Facts don't side with a certain political party or religious denomination. In short, don't believe something just because you've grown up, the only way to be absolutely certain in what you believe is to doubt it, and question it. Then, if you're able to prove your doubts wrong, and only then, you can certainly believe it, and know it's true, regardless of what people tell you.
Our Founding
This brings me to my idols, the Founding Fathers. They were incredibly smart men - products of the Age of Enlightenment. They recognized our natural rights - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, what most people don't know is that our Founding Fathers said things such as:
"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of [Islam]; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any [Islamic] nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries." - John Adams, Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli.
"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors." – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823
"I have performed this operation for my own use, by cutting verse by verse out of the printed book, and arranging the matter which is evidently his (Jesus's), and which is as easily distinguishable as diamonds in a dunghill (the rest of Scripture). The result is an octavo of forty-six pages, of pure and unsophisticated doctrines." - Thomas Jefferson, on his Jefferson Bible. Did you catch that? Thomas Jefferson just called the Bible a dunghill, a hill of crap, and rejected the divinity of Christ. I remember I asked my teacher once about this in class, and he told me that the reason Jefferson did this was to show that even without miracles, Jesus was still uh..what's the word...not 'divine', but along those lines. That's just one example of how important it is that you CHECK THE FACTS, and DON'T JUST GO BY WHAT SOMEONE TELLS YOU.
"I would not dare to so dishonor my Creator God by attaching His name to that book (the Bible)." - Thomas Paine.
"America is not and must not ever be considered to be the land of a particular form of religion and to do so is a horribly ill-conceived notion. I have no problem with personal happiness, comfort, identity or rock-bound belief in one's own PERSONAL religion. But it is absolutely 100 percent dead wrong when one tries to impose one's personal beliefs upon others. - James Madison
"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies." - Benjamin Franklin
That is just a few quotes of the Fathers' disparaging remarks about Christianity. This had me in a tizzy months ago. However, I've concluded several things from this: 1.) Thomas Jefferson doesn't speak for Paine, Franklin, Madison, or Adams. 2.) Thomas Paine doesn't speak for God. And I like Paine. I did a report on him for American History. However, his Deism and attitude led to him turning into a rebellious lunatic in France, and thrown in jail. He was saved by James Monroe, and later in 1802 brought to America by the invitation of President Jefferson. He showed up just in time for The Second Great Awakening, when he wrote The Age of Reason, which was full of anti-Christian propaganda, and he died 7 years later, an un-liked drunk. 3. ) None of these men speak for the other 52 delegates (Paine doesn't count, he was a foreigner) to the Second Continental Congress, the wise committee that established our nation.
Sorry, that was a huge rabbit trail. My original point was that the Founding Fathers were incredibly smart, free-thinking men. George Washington was a fervent believer in God, whom he called Providence. This reminds me of the Greeks. The ancient Greeks had such a fear of God, (though I think at that point in time, it was probably straight-up fear, not the Christian meaning of it,) that they wouldn't even say His name, "God." Neither did Washington, and I don't really like to, either, partly because of the Greek attitude, and partly because the very term "God" gets terribly misused, over-used, and abused. Washington recognized the Hand of Providence in the War for Independence, and the establishment of our nation. He also strongly believed in UNITY - all of us sticking together, being civil, trying to get along, etc. With this idea, Washington warned us in his farewell address, one of the greatest speeches ever, about several things. He warned us not to have political parties which he called "warring factions,", saying said this would lead to division and turmoil that would be bad for the country. He also told us that we should seek harmonious relations with all nations, but avoid "entangling alliances," basically deals with strings attached. Our foreign relations has sucked, and gotten us into war and debt. And about his faith, what's that you say? Yes, I know he was a Freemason. So what? Does that mean that he didn't love God? Absolutely not. We took logic class, people - you can't say that because he was a Freemason, he didn't believe in God. I forget which fallacy that is, but it is one. By the way, Franklin has a bad rap for being such a free-thinker, but if you look at his quotes toward the end of his life about Christianity, he explicitly states that it is the right thing to believe. He was a practical thinker who denied Deism if not simply because he saw that those who reject Christianity lead wicked lives - no values or ideals. During the founding of America, the Constitutional Congress couldn't see eye-to-eye on anything. The arguing was insane, but Franklin stepped up and said, "All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?" He then led them in prayer, and from then on, every meeting began with a prayer.
Our Government
I know I'm writing a lot about the Fathers, but it is absolutely extremely essential to understand our founding, and specifically the Declaration of Independence, which explicitly explains the reasons for our separation from England, and the ideals that we are FOUNDED ON. "We hold these TRUTHS to be SELF-EVIDENT, that all men are CREATED equal. That they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain, unalienable RIGHTS. That among these RIGHTS is LIFE, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of HAPPINESS. That to SECURE these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the CONSENT of the GOVERNED. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT..." When Jefferson wrote the Declaration, "pursuit of happiness" originally was "pursuit of property..." Now, in the 17th century, there was a philosopher named John Locke, who the Fathers were greatly influenced by. Locke defined 'property' not just as land, but as your life, your body, your works, your ideas, and more. All this is your property, and these are endowed to us by God. I actually just now added "and Government" to the title of the note, because this is another point I want to make. The purpose of government is to protect us, and to uphold our rights - all of these rights, as listed above. Unlike people think nowadays, it is not supposed to be our mommy and daddy, or clean up after our messes (i.e. welfare, abortion, bail-outs, stimulus packages, tariffs, etc.) Most of these problems have been brought on by the very simple fact that there are simply too many people on earth. There is massive over-population, not to mention the millions of illegal immigrants stealing property and draining our economy.
The bail-out is a crutch. The government shouldn't be sticking its nose into business in the first place. Our government is full of idiots, who make idiotic things happen that we all pay for. And speaking of paying, my generation, my kids' generation, and my grandkids' generation is going to be paying off the debt of this bail-out. How's that sound, guys? You know what's really bad about this? We put those idiots into office. We vote them in. We put people in that hurt us. How smart does that make us? America is straying further and further away from our founding ideals, and from God, and society just gets worse and worse.
Life, and Christianity
Let's get away from politics now, shall we? *Wipes off hands* Now I'm going to get back to life and living in general - An agonizing, arduous struggle. This part is really the main part of the whole note, the thing I've been thinking about/struggling with the most, every dang day.
Here we go. As we grow, and begin thinking for ourselves, and hearing both sides of an argument, hearing things we've been shielded from or just haven't bothered to hear, what are we supposed to believe? How do we know how to judge what we should and should not believe? What is the standard on which we base what we believe or not? It's hard to answer these questions, because people want different things, and what you believe is many times based on what you WANT to believe, which is based on what you want out of life. Not only that, but what about people who don't grow up in America? This blog for the most part only applies to us, but this issue on ideals applies to everyone, and many people grow up not hearing Scripture. We have to look at this in a whole other viewpoint. Now, as I said, you shouldn't accept Christianity just because you grew up with it anyway, but what about these people who don't hear about it until they're adults? What about those who don't hear about until they're old and set in their non-Christian ways? These people, as many have, can have a change of heart, and accept Christ, but that depends on them. But what about those who simply never hear the Gospel? What the heck happens to them? And don't give me Romans 1:20. It doesn't make sense to say that every single person that lives knows that there is God, and they have no excuse for not accepting Christ. There have been people that literally have lived their entire lives and died without ever even hearing about the Bible, or the Gospel. So what about them? And take this note, for example. Is this only applicable to Western culture? Are personal beliefs all subject to where you live? Based on government, society, and culture of the times? And do we just accept what we've been fed our whole lives? NO. DO NOT DO THAT. People who do that end up abandoning everything they've been taught, rejecting church, rejecting the Bible, rejecting home-grown values, because it was basically forced on them. That's why it is important for EVERYONE, as early as possible, to THINK. FOR. YOURSELF. Open your mind. Think freely. Consider different view points. Get facts. Seek the truth. Be your own person. Now it's easy for me to say "Be your own person" in a country where you CAN be your own person, but what about, ohh I dunno, India, for example? In India, if you're born a waif, you live and die on the sidewalk as a waif. You are what your father is, and if you're in the lower-class, you're just plain S.O.L. So what about these people? Why are they in this situation? They're helpless. Can they fight back? Is it possible for these people to follow our suit and abolish the old, oppressive government, and establish a new, reformed one? Are they being punished by God for not being accepting Christ? Do they even know about Christ? I wish I could answer these questions, but I can't, because I don't know what life is truly like for an Indian person. I don't know what they think or believe. It is a strongly Hindu nation, but who's fault is that? Do they even realize they don't have to accept their family's religion just because? Is this entire idea of thinking for yourself and being your own person exclusive to the West? A thousand questions...
My personal beliefs are what I have arrived at from all of my different experiences, observation, reflection, and living. And I'm not saying that because I'm so positive about them, you're wrong if you disagree. I have certain goals, and a certain mission and purpose from God, and a unique personality and character which are all different from everyone else. All this combined leads me to my beliefs and values, which don't necessarily apply to anyone else. This doesn't make me more right or smarter than anyone else, and this doesn't make anyone who disagrees with me wrong for doing so. What it does mean is that you can't tell me "That's wrong," or "You're stupid." What you can tell me is "That doesn't apply to me." And that's perfectly fine.
Now look at what I just said. What that paragraph is basically saying, if you don't read it carefully, is what's right and what's wrong to believe is relative to each person. And that's wrong, because truth is not relative, so let me clarify. Right and wrong are not relative, but VALUES ARE. What you do and how you do it - your mission and purpose, determine your values. Example: My fellow classmates. I disagree with several of my fellow classmates on several issues. For one reason because we have completely different goals in life, and another because we have had different upbringings, and thus have generally different personalities, character, and mannerisms. And for a big reason, because of our upbringings, we belong to different denominations. I don't like the very idea of denominations. It's incredibly ridiculous. How do we expect people to join Christianity when we break apart into factions and argue with each other? That's a pretty picture, isn't it? It all started yeeaaarss back, too. There were Baptists, Calvinists, Quakers, Dunkers, Methodists, and more. Why couldn't these groups sit down with each other and discuss their differences? Even if they didn't see eye-to-eye on everything, why would they feel the need to split, and divide? Division only leads to further division. Now there's entire denominations that just sound like names of a church. "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints," "First Assembly of God," "Church of Christ," not to mention there are still those listed above, including 3 or 4 different TYPES of Baptists, and endlessly more. Something Mahatma Gandhi said really sticks with me: "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." That hurts. I take that personally. We are responsible for that.
Speaking of Values...
Every time I think of values, the scene from Secondhand Lions where Hub (Robert Duvall) tells Walter (Haley Joel Osment) a tidbit of his "What it Takes to be a Man" speech: "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good. That honor, courage and virtue mean everything. That power and money, money and power mean nothing. That good always triumphs over evil. And I want you to remember this: that love, true love never dies. you remember that, boy...A man should believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in." Though I don't agree with all of that, it's generally a nice thought.
Like I said, truth is not relative, and just to be clear here, yes, the Bible is truth. Again, I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just telling you to not blindly accept it. I don't, either. A few months ago, I hardly accepted much of it at all. That was because there were specific verses I disagreed with, and you either accept all of the Bible or none of it. That was until I realized that to understand a verse, you must read the surrounding verses, and not only that, but figure out what the words themselves actually mean. You have to remember that the Bible was not written in our language. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and the New in Greek. That was translated to Middle English, to Modern English. Not to mention the plethora of translations just in the past century, and even the past decade. But despite this, remember that the Bible is God's Word, and God is not out to hurt us or make us miserable.
I went off topic a little, back to values. I pretty much covered it I think, but just to be crystal, let's define it. "Value" - the ideals, customs, institutions, etc., of a society toward which the people of the group have an affective regard. These values may be positive, as cleanliness, freedom, or education, or negative, as cruelty, crime, or blasphemy.
That definition makes the relativity factor a lot clearer. Anyway. I figured I'd use myself as an example of what I'm trying to say because..I honestly can't figure out how to intelligibly get it out otherwise.
I pretty much explained my philosophy in a MySpace blog titled "Battlefield Philosophy" 'bout a year and a half ago, and it's still pretty much accurate, but that was Sophomore year, and that's when I was a jerk, just beginning to do all this "thinking" business.
What I believe
Here we go:
Unlike Hub, I believe people are basically idiots. Not necessarily unintelligent, but just generally idiots by nature - awkward, selfish, unreasonable creatures. I'm not saying I hate people - not at all. I just recognize our nature, and am endlessly annoyed by it. It's part of the System, which I'll explain later.
We only have this short, un-fulfilling life here on Earth once, and I believe we should make the absolute most out of it. We should aim high, dream, hope - don't be afraid to be an idealist. Believe in yourself, and work hard, and you can do anything. Only fools are satisfied. Never settle or compromise your dreams. Do great things. Don't be afraid, don't be weak, fight for what you believe in.
Things shouldn't be sugar-coated or politically correct. Like in my first point, I didn't say "People at times show less intelligence then they ought should." Nope, forget that. Be honest and straight-forward.
Fundamentalist Christians make me sick. These are the "Christians" that make us all look like retards. Example: there was this show on A&E about a girl who goes to a fundamentalist Christian dance camp. I wanted to strangle someone watching this. First of all, the girl, around 10 years old, was talking about her dancing and she was like, "Sometimes I get carried away and I start dancing in the flesh, and I need to stop doing that. I need to only dance in the Spirit." what does that even men? This girl is using the gift God gave her, of dancing. There is no "dancing in the flesh" or "dancing in the spirit." That doesn't even make sense. This little girl is feeling guilty for no reason. At the camp, the speaker was talking about the purpose of the camp, their mission, etc., and out of nowhere, she goes, "And let me tell you something about HARRY POTTER! Wizards are enemies of God! You do not make heroes out of enemies of God!" And more. I wanted to punch her in the teeth. WHO CARES? I'm a Christian, and I like Harry Potter. My bother, who is 10 times the Christian I am, likes Harry Potter. Friends of mine, Christians, like Harry Potter. Books and movies about a wizard have NO affect on our relationship with God. It's just fantasy, and there's nothing wrong with fantasy. I wish magic WAS real. This world is boring, it SHOULD have magic, and trolls, and knights, and dragons. Living a little more RPG-like wouldn't be bad at all. Later, at night, a bunch of little kids, like 8-11, are messing around with flashlights just joking and messing around, and one of the camp counselors busts in and makes them stop, saying like, "Guys, y'all need to stop. This may seem fun, but Christ told us to only focus on those things which are good and pure, so you should do that. Now good night." He leaves. The kids just have these looks on their faces like "WTF, man?" I still want to punch that guy in the face. I hope I can meet him one day. Don't be a fundamentalist, please. Fundamentalists are dumber than any Atheist. Listen to secular music, watch secular movies, watch secular shows, play secular games, have secular friends - don't shelter yourself from the world. Choose life, and LIVE.
I think old age is the worst thing in the world. It completely robs you of your body. It takes away your health, body, and ability. The wost thing is, there's absolutely nothing we can do to stop it. But considering all the technology we already have, and the technology being worked on to come, fighting aging will be easier and more effective. Especially based on this story: "A man cut off his finger tip while working on a model plane. His brother, a medical research scientist, sent him a vial containing powdered pig bladder and told him to sprinkle on the severed finger tip. It grew back -- "flesh, blood, vessels and nail" -- in four weeks." Link: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/24/pig-bladder-powder-r.html
Life is a battlefield. Excuse me while I be a dork for a second here. The Metal Gear series of video games literally changed my life, got me thinking, helped me develop my philosophy. You can't deny that life sucks sometimes, stuff happens, - life is a struggle. These games, mainly the main character Solid Snake, are full of wisdom and different views on life. Whether or not you agree with anything or everything, they really get you thinking. Themes of these games include war, society, culture, human nature, battle/struggle in general, politics, and love. My favorite quote of all 5 games would have to be what a soldier, Gray Fox, says right before he dies, giving his life to save to save Snake; "We're not tools of the government, or anyone else." Also, despite how ridiculously grizzly and violent they are, they Saw series of movies presents an interesting idea - your will to live, and how you spend your life. The things the people in those movies have to do to get out of Jigsaw's traps are awful, but it shows that they do want to live. We should not waste our lives, they're too short to waste - live life to the fullest
About that quote above. Fox was specifically talking about soldiers, but it applies to everyone. We are nobody's tool, nobody's doormat. We are people, with God-given rights and abilities. We all have a purpose, a mission, but the System beats us down. Here's where I'll explain what the "System" is. The System is essentially everything bad and uncomfortable about life. Our awkwardness, our illogicality, our unreasonableness, our greed, our selfishness; these our the core problems which result in things like norms. "Norm" - A standard, model, pattern. The patterns are the System.
Norm: With comedy, we aren't allowed to tell it like it is; we have to be politically correct, we have to consider everyone's feelings, we have to be careful not to offend anyone.
Norm: With love, or just generally relating to the opposite sex, we can't be like, "Hi, I want to get to know you. I don't want to compete against other guys/girls in our social circle. I want to actually spend time with you on-on-one and get to know you, without either one of us being worried what the other thinks." WHY IS THAT IMPOSSIBLE? High school, which I'm currently in, is a big part of it. I hate high school, so much drama, limitations, useless junk. Why can't people realize there's far more to life than high school, or even college? It means nothing. There's me and you, that's it. Why can't we actually get to meaningfully know each other?
Norm: In society, there are countless norms and standards. If you don't wear Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, or
People need to grow up, wake up, think for themselves, and be their own person.
Last but absolutely not least, I strongly, strongly believe in true love. I used to think that everyone had a soulmate, and if they died a confirmed bachelor/bachelorette, then they missed out. That isn't true. To have a soulmate, you have to want a soulmate. Providence knows you better than you know yourself, and if you truly desire a companion, then He will not let you down. Stop putting yourself in charge of this and leave it to Him. He will provide for you someone better than you could ever possibly pick on your own. Modern "boyfriend/girlfriend" casual-dating relationships are ridiculous, and do nothing but cause confusion, heartache, misery, and bitterness. What does it even mean to call someone a girlfriend/boyfriend? You've taken a friend, tagged them as "girlfriend/boyfriend," and put expectations and obligations on this person. It is nothing more than an awkward test marriage that fails, you 'break up,' and the friendship is now gone, and you are both scarred. Believe me, I want nothing more than my true love, but to leave it up to my own ability would be the worst thing I could do. A friend of mine told me that the Bible doesn't support this kind of relationship with a person. He told me that there is no such thing as "soulmate," and all it is is figuring different, relative levels of compatibility and making the bet choice. I believed him until I talked with my brother about this, and he told me about Song of Solomon. My friend obviously hasn't read this book. And you have to remember, GOD created that relationship - Adam and Eve, hellur? Before corruption, Adam and Eve were companions, made for each other, tailored to each other by God, the perfect standard, the perfect relationship, and this is how things are supposed to be. I'm not condemning bachelors/bachelorettes; of you choose to be alone, that's fine, my point is that God doesn't want us to be alone - we simply aren't built for it.
Like I said, we all have a purpose. I believe the purpose Providence gave me is all this. To get people to wake up, think for themselves, look at the grand scheme of things, and realize life is far more than what's in the moment, ESPECIALLY when you're in school. Specifically, I truly want people to remember our founding. The Federalist Papers, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the wise men who wrote them. It's hard to say whether or not America was ever literally supposed to be a Christian nation, considering our own Founders' dislike of religion. But the point is, America was founded on Christian values, which are undeniable, and that's just PART of Christianity. Why WOULDN'T we be founded on what is good, and right, and true? Christianity is good for us, obviously. God didn't give us arbitrary laws and rules because he felt like it, but because doing the opposite does nothing but hurt us, so why would we not base our nation on the Wisdom of Christianity?
Well. That's about it. This is incredibly long, but I really hope you read it. And you don't HAVE to comment either, thought I would really, truly appreciate it. This is just about everything I think, believe, and wonder about. I really do hope it helps, in any way it can. Thank you for reading, really. ^_^
- WatchHawk
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