Sunshine, makeup, and god crap.
I am deliriously happy. I think the sunshine has a lot to do with it. I drove to Akron with the windows rolled down, and Guns n' Roses blasting on the stereo. (Well, one window, since my driver's side window doesn't roll down. Grrrrrrr.) I have contacts on for the first time in almost two years. Ironically, even though my contacts are the exact same prescription as my eyeglasses, I can see much more with my contacts than with my glasses I think I'm going to try to wear these more often. Perhaps I can finally see Huhn's chicken scratch on the board in Con law, tommorrow.
Additionally, I even threw on some makeup today, which is uncharacteristic of me. Usually, makeup consists of hastily thrown on lipstick, whenever I find myself in a situation where I need to be dressy. Today though, I threw on foundation and a whole bunch of other shit I don't usually bother with. Yeah, I'm not really sure what is wrong with me. Theories, anyone?
I went to church yesterday, and I really enjoyed it--- I visited the UU Church of Kent. I forgot how much I missed the fellowship of others in a church-type setting. It is very comforting. I'm thinking church might be a good idea for me, since I've developed a general disdain for people who believe in a diety, and this might help to curb that. I really need to work on my tolerance of other people's religious beliefs. One of the main reasons I rejected religion in the first place is because of the intolerance I found in the tradition and dogma. My intolerance of religion borders on hypocritical, and this is omething I need to work on. Or do I? On one hand, if more people were less tolerant of religious reasoning, perhaps our society would be a much better one, since we wouldn't be willing to tolerate the religious reasoning behind some of the horrible, horrible shit we do to one another. I've been working my way through The End of Faith by Sam Harris... it is a VERY good read. http://www.samharris.org/ I found a lot of my thoughts mirrored in Harris' work, and this sort of of strengthened by atheism. Good stuff. Either way, I'm torn. Should I be MORE tolerant of other people's religious beliefs, or should I be intolerant of all religion, since religion generally leads to people doing incredible things in the name of thier religion that they couldn't justify otherwise? Is there a middle road?
Additionally, I even threw on some makeup today, which is uncharacteristic of me. Usually, makeup consists of hastily thrown on lipstick, whenever I find myself in a situation where I need to be dressy. Today though, I threw on foundation and a whole bunch of other shit I don't usually bother with. Yeah, I'm not really sure what is wrong with me. Theories, anyone?
I went to church yesterday, and I really enjoyed it--- I visited the UU Church of Kent. I forgot how much I missed the fellowship of others in a church-type setting. It is very comforting. I'm thinking church might be a good idea for me, since I've developed a general disdain for people who believe in a diety, and this might help to curb that. I really need to work on my tolerance of other people's religious beliefs. One of the main reasons I rejected religion in the first place is because of the intolerance I found in the tradition and dogma. My intolerance of religion borders on hypocritical, and this is omething I need to work on. Or do I? On one hand, if more people were less tolerant of religious reasoning, perhaps our society would be a much better one, since we wouldn't be willing to tolerate the religious reasoning behind some of the horrible, horrible shit we do to one another. I've been working my way through The End of Faith by Sam Harris... it is a VERY good read. http://www.samharris.org/ I found a lot of my thoughts mirrored in Harris' work, and this sort of of strengthened by atheism. Good stuff. Either way, I'm torn. Should I be MORE tolerant of other people's religious beliefs, or should I be intolerant of all religion, since religion generally leads to people doing incredible things in the name of thier religion that they couldn't justify otherwise? Is there a middle road?