Rant
Argh, there is no excuse for faith, none at all.
I have no answers. It just annoys me when people have faith in things they really know are not true, or are led into faith by people who know things aren't true, but nevertheless see a great parasitic relationship opportunity, for fun and profit. I've been reading Diagnetics, the scientology intro guide, and really can't handle it. Sounds pretty good, until you start thinking about the crap it goes on about. Basically, as far as I can tell, this Hubbard guy took the atmosphere of Freudlovin' and then developed an even stranger pseudoscience to explain all psychological problems, as well as political, physical and other stuff. Constant reference to these ideal creatures, "Clears" who have engaged in all the good scientology behaviour, and been rewarded with superhuman powers, is even more frustrating, I mean, argh, argh I say.
I mean, one little websurf and a million of these things pop up, but whats the alternative? Believing in life without god, the whole atheism train of love. Read a bit of Dawkin's latest on holiday, the main proponent of proud Atheists, and it is the most reasonable faith to have, but I mean, its still a faith, you are still annoyingly accepting a whole raft of things, to make the system complete. Plus, as much as the atheist tries to argue that real happiness comes in appreciating the life we have, too much injustice intrudes on life to try to entrust the human condition to eventually win through, and just accepting the darkness and eventual obliteration of the human spirit seems ridiculous. And I mean, I don't want to phase into inexistence on death, I want to have after-life, that sounds like a great deal, as long as it doesn't involve burning sulfer and hangovers.
So what are we left with, just trying to ignore the strange realities of life, or accepting one of those bizarre religions, or what. I ask you. Pointless. Hopeless. But I mean, fun at times, so getting on with it isn't that bad.
Holiday was fun, with family. Painful at times, as family holidays inevitably are, various wars here and there, my little sister virtually killing us all on regular occasions with her independent requirements and demands, and possible eating disorder. And now back to university for another sweet half semester of psychoanalysis in film and legal ethics, fun fun. Got a sweet 99.5% in my political science test though, terrible course but generally good marks allowed me to leave it thinking pols not too bad, and hopefully preparing me a little for diplomacy in 2008. Anyway, back to legal ethics essay, which weird enough is identical to a torts essay in the midsessional exam last year.
I have no answers. It just annoys me when people have faith in things they really know are not true, or are led into faith by people who know things aren't true, but nevertheless see a great parasitic relationship opportunity, for fun and profit. I've been reading Diagnetics, the scientology intro guide, and really can't handle it. Sounds pretty good, until you start thinking about the crap it goes on about. Basically, as far as I can tell, this Hubbard guy took the atmosphere of Freudlovin' and then developed an even stranger pseudoscience to explain all psychological problems, as well as political, physical and other stuff. Constant reference to these ideal creatures, "Clears" who have engaged in all the good scientology behaviour, and been rewarded with superhuman powers, is even more frustrating, I mean, argh, argh I say.
I mean, one little websurf and a million of these things pop up, but whats the alternative? Believing in life without god, the whole atheism train of love. Read a bit of Dawkin's latest on holiday, the main proponent of proud Atheists, and it is the most reasonable faith to have, but I mean, its still a faith, you are still annoyingly accepting a whole raft of things, to make the system complete. Plus, as much as the atheist tries to argue that real happiness comes in appreciating the life we have, too much injustice intrudes on life to try to entrust the human condition to eventually win through, and just accepting the darkness and eventual obliteration of the human spirit seems ridiculous. And I mean, I don't want to phase into inexistence on death, I want to have after-life, that sounds like a great deal, as long as it doesn't involve burning sulfer and hangovers.
So what are we left with, just trying to ignore the strange realities of life, or accepting one of those bizarre religions, or what. I ask you. Pointless. Hopeless. But I mean, fun at times, so getting on with it isn't that bad.
Holiday was fun, with family. Painful at times, as family holidays inevitably are, various wars here and there, my little sister virtually killing us all on regular occasions with her independent requirements and demands, and possible eating disorder. And now back to university for another sweet half semester of psychoanalysis in film and legal ethics, fun fun. Got a sweet 99.5% in my political science test though, terrible course but generally good marks allowed me to leave it thinking pols not too bad, and hopefully preparing me a little for diplomacy in 2008. Anyway, back to legal ethics essay, which weird enough is identical to a torts essay in the midsessional exam last year.