Rashad’s
Philosophy
Throughout this class we have been
discussing different phosphors and their philosophies, and over time this made
me question myself some? The kind of questions that went through my mind where;
What is my life philosophy? What is my philosophy on religion? What is my
philosophy on life itself? Throughout this post and the next I will kind of
discuss some my personal philosophies.
Going back to the first thought,
making me think hard about the person that I am is the question, what is my
life philosophy? This meaning how do I live my life and why? I live my life
just like anyone else does but, I would say that I do not always do what I know
to be right, or what society considers right. At times I do what is best for
me. This being rather is right or wrong. In my mind the way that I look at
every action that I commit, is what are the chance of me getting caught or what
is the penalty for the action. I may sound wrong but I promise that does not
make me a bad person. Look at it from this point of view, if the penalty for a
lot of the crimes in the world were not as harsh, would you not do some of the
things that are clarified as “illegal”? Taking killing for example, in some
cultures killing was part of their daily life styles. In Rome many gladiators
were well respected for their spectacular combat skills. As opposed for now
days, killing for sport is considered in humane, that being for a good reason.
This alone just shows that if penalties for some actions that where commit were
not as extreme, then more people would partake in those actions. I do not think
that I truly see the world in terms of things being right or wrong. This being
because I do not agree that the world is as black and white like most people
believe, or try to persuade you to believe.
As for my philosophy on the topic of
religion, this one is a bit more complex. Throughout my life as a child my
grandmother made me attend church service every Sunday and Wednesday. So with that being said, I was raised in up in
the church, but the older I got the more questions about this matter where
formulated. Now, being out on my own I can truly say that I do not care for religion.
Is not that I have anything against “God” per say, but I question the fact of
their even being a god in the first place. If the “God that people so whole heartedly
believe is is actually real would why would he let the people that he loves so
much suffer in the ways that he does? I will discuss and go into more details
about this in my next post. So stay tuned or my next post if this one has
already captivate you.
"I do not think that I truly see the world in terms of things being right or wrong. This being because I do not agree that the world is as black and white like most people believe, or try to persuade you to believe." - fair enough, but don't you just mean that when deciding what YOU think is right or wrong you try to separate yourself from the people who would reduce everything to simple black or white, and arrive at your own conclusions? In other words, don't you mean that you still distinguish right from wrong, but you don't see those judgments as mirroring the simplistic conventional wisdom that so many others fail to question?
ReplyDeleteI also grew up in the church house and I was basically a living contradiction to everything the church would preach. I had to do my own search for what religion means to me because I know if I would have continued down the road that my family wanted me to go on I wouldn't be here today.
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