Ideas To Ponder

What is right and wrong? Is there such a thing? I wonder if I'm doing the right thing all the time. But should I really? If there are no right or wrong, maybe we could just be at peace. But then what should I really be doing if  there is no right or wrong. If there's nothing wrong I could do... If everything is just neutral, then should we do things randomly? Some may make the argument that this only applies to moral arguments, that people will inherently understand what they should do in any given moment through biological and social imperatives alone. But, these impulses are just humanist in nature and has no rational justification for them. It is not a moral question they say, so we shouldn't moralize them. Well, if there is no firm roots implanted, whose to say the next person that comes along and dominate the sphere can't change everything? If you say that they can in accordance to necessities or consent, then you'd still have no bases to say right or wrong for...

Understanding The Issue Through Understanding Liberalism and Revelation. I'm trying to truly understand this. In the Qur'an (25:43-44), it seems that Islam understands this problem very well. This is referred to as the philosophy of self-worship. "Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?". "Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way."   From the perspective of understanding God, it seems that the basis of liberalism is the rejection of revelation. Liberalism understands that man is able to direct oneself and may then be understood as the worship of the self. If one wonders how Liberalism is the worship of the self, one may observe that man is a creature that needs direction. Direction may be given or made by us. If one would heed only the direction of the self, as Liberalism would entail, then worship is of ...

Watchmen presents the complex dynamics between the warring parties (US and USSR), Dr Manhattan, Ozymandias, Rorschach, Nite  Owl, Silk Specter, Comedian, and the living or functional Minutemen. This movie presents different perspectives from every party as if we are being told by each party how they view the world. There doesn't seem to be any true protagonist, just the dynamics of interlocking interests and ideology of all parties involved. Watchmen presents us with an extreme situation that may invoke an extreme iteration of our ideology. We seem to be driven towards identifying with and criticizing the ideology we hold in the manifestation of a Watchmen character. Their reaction to extreme situation of total annihilation, staring into the barrels of a rifle, seeing the depths dark abyss for what is truly is, presents a unique opportunity for us to examine what choices they made. They all reacted differently. Nite Owl chose to "live a normal life" after the banning of m...

Am I enough? What should I do to change? Should I change at all? If I change, who or even what am I? All interesting questions. Who am I? What am I? I don't believe we can understand ourselves until we define our borders and limitations. Who we are should start at who we are not. If I were to understand who I'm not, I would first assert that I'm not him or her. That seems simple enough. What is harder though is who I am in myself. Who is my person outside of my body or the man in the mirror? What is my Self? The Self, understood by Carl Jung, is the sum of the conscious, unconscious, and all possible iterations of the personality of man. Every person is in a state of change. Man in his infancy is not the same as his 20 year-old self, though he is still him and not one of his brothers. We can still be different than other people. But, we do change in a few elements within our possible personality make-up. This should create the necessary personality functions to accommodate ...

Am I ready to live alone? Am I ready to be married? Am I ready to have a child? Am I ready to go on to live the next chapter of my life? These are common questions we all have. Its an interesting one.   What is ready? I've heard some understand readiness as the mastery of the situation such that entails knowing how to handle every variable possible. That is not exactly what they said, but that's the heart of it. This to me seems inhumane. Man is fallible and imperfect. If this is the standard, if this is your understanding, the question becomes inane since one may never reach this stage, just to be able to progress in life. I've also heard many versions of this assertion: "You won't understand unless you've gone through it" or "Nothing prepares you for what it actually takes". So, my question is how can you really answer the readiness question with "Yes, I am ready" and to not lie? If we were to assume these assertions, mainly from the ...