Hell yeah, black and white! I've always been about the correct division of stuff and grey has always been that scary place that I like to stay away from. And sort into light greys, lighter greys, dark greys, darkers greys and etc. Everything has their place and that's neat. I don't necessarily disblieve that all things can't be rationally sorted.
An existence of deity would mean something out there had a reason for my existence and I believe the reason for my existence is what I made of it through living. If it was something already decided, then I really had no say or part of it and that to me is undermining my self sovereignty. The god in deism may have backed off after creating everything, but if he didn't have a reason to create things (and to back off), why would he do it? If if it was for no reason and it was just a whim, wouldn't that be the reason? And my life is reduced to a god's whim? Sad would that be! I would rather believe there was no reason to my existence but through living, I start to define what my existence means.
And your man, I would ask why would he kill, rape and pillage? If it's just for fun, then hey, he has a right to have fun. But considering he's doing it under society's constraints and laws, I would also say he was very stupid and didn't think it through too well. Or he did, weighed the consequences and decided to do it anyway and who am I to say he did the wrong thing for himself? I would take issues with interfering with the natural development of other people but in terms of himself, I say go ahead. This why I'm still unsure about my own fate and whether or not I'll be locked up for being crazy or dangerous to society. But hey, at least I'm honest about it. I know my philosophy doesn't quite jive with the whole society mind, especially the one that exists nowadays, but if you're true to yourself, don't interfere with others, then at least you can say that you have done the best for yourself under your own terms.
Anyway, I really doubt I'll be able influence the world or society with my thoughts on the meaning of life. I practice non-interference -- let the world deal with the issues, I'll deal with my issues with the way the world deals. If I end up being a solitary crazy person who becomes "evil" in the minds of society, well, who cares? The chances of that happening are low because I believe practicing my own beliefs while in living within the rules of society in a way to get ahead and to not upset the balance of my life. It's a nicely cobbled together philosophy and I'm sure it contradicts itself in a hundred different ways, but I'm cool with it and it'll be a lifetime of ironing it out until it works for me.
Lastly, I do think I am honest with myself. If I deny an accepted truth, I'll do it with the full knowledge that I'm doing it for my own benefit. And I am totally okay with that if it serves my purpose and helps me live my life a little easier. Now if only the theists could do it too -- admit they might be wrong at the same time deciding to keep to their beliefs despite that. Now that would be seriously amazing. To them it'll probably be considering undermining their own beliefs but for me, it would be totally affirming my right to do what I want in terms of myself.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2007-02-21 07:21 am (UTC)An existence of deity would mean something out there had a reason for my existence and I believe the reason for my existence is what I made of it through living. If it was something already decided, then I really had no say or part of it and that to me is undermining my self sovereignty. The god in deism may have backed off after creating everything, but if he didn't have a reason to create things (and to back off), why would he do it? If if it was for no reason and it was just a whim, wouldn't that be the reason? And my life is reduced to a god's whim? Sad would that be! I would rather believe there was no reason to my existence but through living, I start to define what my existence means.
And your man, I would ask why would he kill, rape and pillage? If it's just for fun, then hey, he has a right to have fun. But considering he's doing it under society's constraints and laws, I would also say he was very stupid and didn't think it through too well. Or he did, weighed the consequences and decided to do it anyway and who am I to say he did the wrong thing for himself? I would take issues with interfering with the natural development of other people but in terms of himself, I say go ahead. This why I'm still unsure about my own fate and whether or not I'll be locked up for being crazy or dangerous to society. But hey, at least I'm honest about it. I know my philosophy doesn't quite jive with the whole society mind, especially the one that exists nowadays, but if you're true to yourself, don't interfere with others, then at least you can say that you have done the best for yourself under your own terms.
Anyway, I really doubt I'll be able influence the world or society with my thoughts on the meaning of life. I practice non-interference -- let the world deal with the issues, I'll deal with my issues with the way the world deals. If I end up being a solitary crazy person who becomes "evil" in the minds of society, well, who cares? The chances of that happening are low because I believe practicing my own beliefs while in living within the rules of society in a way to get ahead and to not upset the balance of my life. It's a nicely cobbled together philosophy and I'm sure it contradicts itself in a hundred different ways, but I'm cool with it and it'll be a lifetime of ironing it out until it works for me.
Lastly, I do think I am honest with myself. If I deny an accepted truth, I'll do it with the full knowledge that I'm doing it for my own benefit. And I am totally okay with that if it serves my purpose and helps me live my life a little easier. Now if only the theists could do it too -- admit they might be wrong at the same time deciding to keep to their beliefs despite that. Now that would be seriously amazing. To them it'll probably be considering undermining their own beliefs but for me, it would be totally affirming my right to do what I want in terms of myself.