Well, i have been back in the states for a few weeks now.I am in school at RCC and my brain is already at work. It was news to me how much God or religion is brought up in two of my classes: politics and psychology. We read a paper by Thomas Paine from The Age of Reason. The paper is about his beliefs on religion and God. he states that unless you were the one to see or hear directly from God, everything is hearsay. The point he is making is that if he cant see it, why should he trust the person telling him to believe it. He feels that church was created for money and power, and i would have to say taht in some cases he is correct. But i dont feel this to be true in mpost cases. We are human beings trying to please God and love on one another. People who dont understand Christians call us hypocrites and are rightfully so. Hypocrites are people who are purposely trying to fool others, i dont feel that is what is happening with most people. Humans make mistakes and learn from them most of the time. We need to understand why we do things so taht they become our beliefs and not just something that our friends told us. When we offer advice, we should try to fully explain the reasons why certain things are right or wrong in our eyes. I was reading another paper in my poly sci class and it was pretty much talking about how if we do things because it is our customs, we make no mental choice in our actions. We should really think about why we do things so we can discern things for ourselves. Its like working out, if you dont use a muscle, it become weak.
I dont know if this really makes sense, i just thought i would put my thoughts onto paper. I dont reread what i wrote or try to make it nice and neat, but if you read it, hope it makes a lil sense.
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