Okay guys, so were supposed to find an example of Logical Fallacies. I wasn't smart enough to think of one myself so I asked one of the wisest people I know. NICKI (my mom brouhaha)!!!!!
She gave me the extremely interesting idea of emotions as being an error in logic. She said...We assume people will behave logically, such as driving in rush hour traffic. We know about the fact that its time consuming yet we still get angry when it takes forever yet we logically know that it is slow.
This is a good example but you can also look in a more general perspective. We think about things all the time logically yet we still let our emotions get in the way of everything whihc invitably denies our logic. It's something we all do and can't change.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Are we entitled to our own beliefs?
We all like to think that we can believe whatever we want. The truth of the matter is however, that that's not always true. Sometimes we are forced to believe something even if we do not agree with it or we have been so convinced about something that we believe it without question.
Some of you are going to hate me for this but oh well...most of you have religious back rounds and therefore most of you believe in the religion that you were taught and most of you have accepted this without question. Some of you it seems, almost follow religion blindly.
In my opinion, none of you had the choice in your beliefs. At a young age you were all raised within religion and you were taught what you know now and have accepted it without having the chance to have a belief of your own. I know this sounds cynical but it's true. Ask yourself, "Were you ever given the choice in your beliefs or were you almost forced to believe something?"
Hopefully your honest with yourselves, or maybe I'm way off base here, but you were never given the choice. Your parents believed in a religion and forced you to believe in it as well but at the same time convinced you that it was your belief.
Basically I'm saying that not all of us have the freedom we thought we had in our beliefs. For those of you who are religious, it's what you believe now, believed years ago and will probably continue to believe for years to come. That's the harsh reality of it, most of you have been brainwashed into it and yet think that its of your own choice.
I'm not saying however that it doesn't work the other way. I'm, as most of you know, very atheist and I came to that belief on my own terms. I was in a Catholic school for all of my elementary school years and believed in God. When I got older though, I drastically changed my beliefs. This was in no small terms do to my family. I get all my atheists thoughts from my parents and yet they never criticized me for believing in God. They allowed me to believe what I wanted and accepted my decision.
This is why I think that most of you are lacking the freedom to believe what you want. I was entitled to my own beliefs for my whole life and have never been forced to believe anything I didn't want.
Some of you are going to hate me for this but oh well...most of you have religious back rounds and therefore most of you believe in the religion that you were taught and most of you have accepted this without question. Some of you it seems, almost follow religion blindly.
In my opinion, none of you had the choice in your beliefs. At a young age you were all raised within religion and you were taught what you know now and have accepted it without having the chance to have a belief of your own. I know this sounds cynical but it's true. Ask yourself, "Were you ever given the choice in your beliefs or were you almost forced to believe something?"
Hopefully your honest with yourselves, or maybe I'm way off base here, but you were never given the choice. Your parents believed in a religion and forced you to believe in it as well but at the same time convinced you that it was your belief.
Basically I'm saying that not all of us have the freedom we thought we had in our beliefs. For those of you who are religious, it's what you believe now, believed years ago and will probably continue to believe for years to come. That's the harsh reality of it, most of you have been brainwashed into it and yet think that its of your own choice.
I'm not saying however that it doesn't work the other way. I'm, as most of you know, very atheist and I came to that belief on my own terms. I was in a Catholic school for all of my elementary school years and believed in God. When I got older though, I drastically changed my beliefs. This was in no small terms do to my family. I get all my atheists thoughts from my parents and yet they never criticized me for believing in God. They allowed me to believe what I wanted and accepted my decision.
This is why I think that most of you are lacking the freedom to believe what you want. I was entitled to my own beliefs for my whole life and have never been forced to believe anything I didn't want.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
H1N1
So, there has been a lot of worry about this whole "do I want to get the vaccine or not" thing. I know that we already talked about it in class, but I had trouble figuring out this blog. But that's besides the point. So I have one question for all of you...why not get the vaccine?
After listening to all your lovely opinions a couple weeks ago, I asked my dad what he thought and well basically he convinced me. He told me that all those rumors about whether it's safe or not are lies. It's been tested for the same amount of time as all other vaccines and is perfectly safe. Much safer than running the risks of dying from H1N1. So why not get it?!
After listening to all your lovely opinions a couple weeks ago, I asked my dad what he thought and well basically he convinced me. He told me that all those rumors about whether it's safe or not are lies. It's been tested for the same amount of time as all other vaccines and is perfectly safe. Much safer than running the risks of dying from H1N1. So why not get it?!
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