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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Reflection
Looking back and reflecting on the quest I've undertaken, focusing heavily on the little personal interactions and interviews I had with religious scholars, it dawned on me and was vindicated of my self-arrived belief the most are quick to point out to hat's beneficial and friendly about their faiths and would never give an impartial analysis of their faith.
One giveaway of my assumption was the conspicuous discomfort seen on his face when the conversation switches into the negatives of faiths, his faith in this particular case.
whenever such a 180 occurs, they begin to slide away and twist answers to try and avoid answering such a question. But it was so salient and fully exposed that he and I had had to bring an end to the questioning because we realized that it wasn't worth exchanging untruths and continuing to feel uncomfortable.
After ending it on a not-so good note, he and I had had an off-the-record exchange about the situation which I won't indulge deeply into, but he acknowledged the discrepancies of some material in the text in terms modern beliefs and, of course, of universally-held common sense.
And added that we shouldn't be always focusing on the negatives of faiths that was meant, as I happen to share, for peoples of antiquity.
One giveaway of my assumption was the conspicuous discomfort seen on his face when the conversation switches into the negatives of faiths, his faith in this particular case.
whenever such a 180 occurs, they begin to slide away and twist answers to try and avoid answering such a question. But it was so salient and fully exposed that he and I had had to bring an end to the questioning because we realized that it wasn't worth exchanging untruths and continuing to feel uncomfortable.
After ending it on a not-so good note, he and I had had an off-the-record exchange about the situation which I won't indulge deeply into, but he acknowledged the discrepancies of some material in the text in terms modern beliefs and, of course, of universally-held common sense.
And added that we shouldn't be always focusing on the negatives of faiths that was meant, as I happen to share, for peoples of antiquity.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Other Side
I think I am a realist and as such I don't think worshipped faiths are not healthy for the Human civilization and development. Although I am uneasy about certain aspects of World religions, I, in all honestly believe that the good side of any faith heavily outweigh that of the bad side.So in this post, I'll be concentrating on exactly those aspects to faiths.
Without the concept of religion, I don't know how human development could have taken off. I think the concept of religion was formulated and developed to serve as law and order and as, I've come to believe , may have been the precursor to the eventual development of what we would today term "politics".
The commandments, constituent of the oldest of the world's three major faiths, all address social behaviors and as such is no different than today's common laws legislated by world governments.
I'm not privy to the other faiths, but the fear of God also serves as a tool of societal control. As a result, followers are coerced, or maybe "tend to" would be less controversial a word, to do the "right thing".
Such fear of eventual and apocalyptic doom make world faiths susceptible to political hijackings. Today's problems posed by Bin laden is obviously a case in point in modern times. But you could also look back into history and highlight the Crusades as such a qualifying political hijacking of religion, which in many ways still exists and persists in the form resistances and oppressions in Palestine.
I am totally unbiased and impartial when I say I don't know how the Jews of the world can claim Palestine to be their deserved and God-granted home when it means satisfying at the expense of entire populations of people.
Palestine isn't the solution for relieving Jews from their plight in their own countries. The blacks of America didn't claim an African country to be theirs to escape their troubles at home. Why should the Jews of Russia and Europe be different?
Without the concept of religion, I don't know how human development could have taken off. I think the concept of religion was formulated and developed to serve as law and order and as, I've come to believe , may have been the precursor to the eventual development of what we would today term "politics".
The commandments, constituent of the oldest of the world's three major faiths, all address social behaviors and as such is no different than today's common laws legislated by world governments.
I'm not privy to the other faiths, but the fear of God also serves as a tool of societal control. As a result, followers are coerced, or maybe "tend to" would be less controversial a word, to do the "right thing".
Such fear of eventual and apocalyptic doom make world faiths susceptible to political hijackings. Today's problems posed by Bin laden is obviously a case in point in modern times. But you could also look back into history and highlight the Crusades as such a qualifying political hijacking of religion, which in many ways still exists and persists in the form resistances and oppressions in Palestine.
I am totally unbiased and impartial when I say I don't know how the Jews of the world can claim Palestine to be their deserved and God-granted home when it means satisfying at the expense of entire populations of people.
Palestine isn't the solution for relieving Jews from their plight in their own countries. The blacks of America didn't claim an African country to be theirs to escape their troubles at home. Why should the Jews of Russia and Europe be different?
Now on my final thoughts i came to realize that money can do equal to power and respect! It just what people think in they mind! Everyone have they own thoughts about the subject!Some people argue about it all night and other don't care!I really think my self that money do bring you power and respect! With money power and respect came along with it! That's just all i feel gathering all my information i have receive. Some people feel very different as you can see if you been reading my blogs!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
As i sit down and thought about what my next step to my project going be. I was listening to music to help me think better and take my stress away.So this song came on call MONEY POWER RESPECT by the lox's and Lil Kim. Talking about how money bring you power and respect.I sit there and listen to every word.
So in this song its say that if you have money power and respect came with it. They saying that first you get the money then the power then people will respect you.They saying that this is the key to life. Also that these three things is whats you need in life to live and eat right.
After the song was over i thought about my topic question Do money equal to power and respect?I wonder do everybody agree with this song.I thought to myself i really do agree with it.I think if you have money that power and respect come with it.
So this song really didn't answer my topic question.Just give me information on how some people feel about the word MONEY!1 So my next step is to get more deeper into my topic question and to find the answer to it.
(Kashmir)
See I believe in money, power, and respect.
First You get the money.
Then you get the m***f*****, power.
After you get the f***' power m***f***** will respect you.
(Chorus [Kashmir])
It's the key to life.
Money, power, and respect.
Whatchu' need in life.
Money, power, and respect.
When you eatin' right.
Money, power, and respect.
Help you sleep at night.
You'll see the light.
It's the key to life.
Money, power, and respect.
Whatchu' need in life.
Money, power, and respect.
When you eatin' right.
Money, power, and respect.
Money, power, and respect.
Money, power, and respect.
So in this song its say that if you have money power and respect came with it. They saying that first you get the money then the power then people will respect you.They saying that this is the key to life. Also that these three things is whats you need in life to live and eat right.
After the song was over i thought about my topic question Do money equal to power and respect?I wonder do everybody agree with this song.I thought to myself i really do agree with it.I think if you have money that power and respect come with it.
So this song really didn't answer my topic question.Just give me information on how some people feel about the word MONEY!1 So my next step is to get more deeper into my topic question and to find the answer to it.
(Kashmir)
See I believe in money, power, and respect.
First You get the money.
Then you get the m***f*****, power.
After you get the f***' power m***f***** will respect you.
(Chorus [Kashmir])
It's the key to life.
Money, power, and respect.
Whatchu' need in life.
Money, power, and respect.
When you eatin' right.
Money, power, and respect.
Help you sleep at night.
You'll see the light.
It's the key to life.
Money, power, and respect.
Whatchu' need in life.
Money, power, and respect.
When you eatin' right.
Money, power, and respect.
Money, power, and respect.
Money, power, and respect.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Unwanted Side-effects of...
In this segment I'll be focusing on the unwanted portions of religious texts that we find, or at least some of us would find inconvenient, distasteful, deplorable, or outright despicable.
Components of the texts that the vast majority of populations, those that find such contents inconvenient or inapplicable to the modern world, as they believe it was meant to apply to the time it was conceived and written, would rather forget about, not discuss, and/or be or remain oblivious to the hard truths and realities of the notion of faith.
For instance, as I can only speak about my own faith and experiences I had encountered with It,
it was by chance that I had discovered of a little known lines in the Koran, Islam's holy text, that permitted the forceful conversion of nonbelievers, accepting the deaths of people, in the millions, reserved for those that could not be persuaded through other means.
This was the reasoning used by Bin Laden for political ends, with religous endorsement.Just as there is a Bin Laden in Islam, there is a Paul Hagee in christianity, who publicly
Found out by chance because no one person, either my family nor the teachers in those faith-based schools I once attended, bothered to even recognize its existence, much less mention it to their children or their students because they found it too inconvenient or conflicting with their modern secular beliefs.
(No 2nd nor 3rd party source in this post. This is entirely reflections and conclusions drawn from past experiences.)
Components of the texts that the vast majority of populations, those that find such contents inconvenient or inapplicable to the modern world, as they believe it was meant to apply to the time it was conceived and written, would rather forget about, not discuss, and/or be or remain oblivious to the hard truths and realities of the notion of faith.
For instance, as I can only speak about my own faith and experiences I had encountered with It,
it was by chance that I had discovered of a little known lines in the Koran, Islam's holy text, that permitted the forceful conversion of nonbelievers, accepting the deaths of people, in the millions, reserved for those that could not be persuaded through other means.
This was the reasoning used by Bin Laden for political ends, with religous endorsement.Just as there is a Bin Laden in Islam, there is a Paul Hagee in christianity, who publicly
Found out by chance because no one person, either my family nor the teachers in those faith-based schools I once attended, bothered to even recognize its existence, much less mention it to their children or their students because they found it too inconvenient or conflicting with their modern secular beliefs.
(No 2nd nor 3rd party source in this post. This is entirely reflections and conclusions drawn from past experiences.)
Friday, May 16, 2008
INTERNET SOURCE: "Questionable verses in the Bible."
QUOTE(Lucid Mark @ Jun 10 2007, 09:06 PM) [snapback]1718165[/snapback]
First of all I am not hear to bash this religion or any other religion. I do however wish to point out verses that I feel to be questionable on a holy level or a level of humanity or on a level that would be supportive in a nation of democracy.25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
As far as I understand it slavery is not a good thing. I don't know about your country but in my country Abraham Lincoln said that slavery was bad. And because of his decision and the decisions of others like him my country the United States of America outlawed slavery. So perhaps one of my questions regarding these two verses is why does a country that has clearly outlawed slavery allow a religious book to make statements declaring that the god of the Jews and Christians states that it is okay to have slavery and this book even goes as far as saying that the god of the Jews and Christians commands that the people of Israel go out through the land and take amongst them the slaves of other nations and of other people of other religions. I believe that these two verses should not be allowed to exist in the United States of America or in any other country that proclaims to be Democracy. I know myself that if I was a king or president of a country I would not tolerate these verses to exist amongst my people. For one these verses would be directly prejudice towards my people. In the lands of democracy slavery is illegal so therefore no organization should be allowed to promote slavery in a country that declares that slavery is illegal.
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1. The Bible doesn't condone slavery.
2. In response to the bold: If you would restrict people from their freedom to believe because of your opinion than you have contradicted yourself. It's not the American way to discriminate any person regardless of their beliefs or opinions. Nazi's are allowed to freely exist in America, Radical Muslims are allowed to freely exist in America, and so are Bible-believing Christians. If you don't like it, go to China, the Bible's not allowed there. You speak waving the banner of democracy, however the undertone and point (as it appears) of your thread is entirely not democratic.
Mark, Lucid . "Questionable verses in the Bible." @ Jun 10 2007, 09:06 PM 10/6/2007 17/4/2008
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