Perpetually in the State of Defining Humanity
Date: Dec 5th, 2008 6:49:13 pm - Subscribe
Mood: reflective
Music: "All You Wanted" by Michelle Branch
(Some of these thoughts might be scattered.)
So, bloggers, I had a nice entry ready to share with you all. I found one particular part of my day most interesting. But I left it in my AP Statistics book, and I won't have it back in my possession until Monday. I was not even sure that I would have a blog entry for you all until I was searching through my bookbag - still unaware of the entry's location being inside my locker - and I stumbled upon notes I had taken in tenth grade for my Honors English class with Mr. Bain. You may be wondering, "Why do you still have that, Jennifer?" I'll tell you why... Key notes and handouts I received in my tenth and eleventh grade english classes I have kept because not only are they still invaluable to me growing as a writer, but they also are enlightening. Most of what I learned in Mr. Bain's class was one of the most intelligient viewpoints on religion that I have ever heard. Being a Christian, a lot of my friends are Christian too, and those that were not, never gave me a real argument. Mr. Bain always had something to say that didn't make you look at him like he was strange - well, unless he was making some weird joke. But I stumbled upon notes I had on existentialism and atheism. It was while we were studying the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus. After finding these notes, I found something to talk about.
Jean Paul Sartre states you are in complete control of your life. Existence comes before essence and creating your own essence makes you free. You need no God. However, in some cases a belief of anxiety can occur because you are condemned to freedom. The "absurdity of the world" is simply stating how contradictory this statement can be: there is no God, or rather, man needs no God, but man cannot exist without someone telling him what to do or what should be done to live happily. Fate must requires a god.
In my notes, I have written down, "A hero is one who struggles against the absurdities of the world to make meaning..." They find their own path and find their own god if they feel the need for one. It is so funny to watch men scream for a savior everyday, as if there isn't Someone there. I am not going to turn this into a Christianity discussion, and I am not going to make this blog about that. In fact, this may be the one and only blog I ever do regarding Christianity. But my point is... How can men be so contradictory in what they say? How can they say there is nothing there and we're here for just no good reason, but accept the idea that men are incapable of choosing a life for themselves? There must be something running it all. It's not hurting you or anyone else if someone believes. Is it hurting you that I believe?
I, myself, have found times where believing my "religion" (a word I hate associated with my faith) has become hard, but that is simply because I made it religious; all about the rituals not about the faith. Little kids believe in Santa Claus without a doubt in their mind, and not many bother to question that. They just say it is because it is fun when you are child to believe in something that sounds so endearing. Why can't people feel that way about God? Jars of Clay said it best with their song "Like A Child."
Many Bible studies will tell you that finding out who you are with God and who you are without God is one of the first steps to understanding everything. We are perpetually in the state of defining humanity: why we are here, and what is in control of our fates. The question of a god or God is not what we are searching for; the question will always be, "What is man?"
(This is a dog we found today wandering around without a collar in front of our house. We named him Jack. He is an amazingly sweet and playful sheltie. We all decided even if the owner showed up tomorrow at least we gave him a warm place to eat and drink so he would be safe.)
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