Free Will

Today in class we discussed free will. The question that was brought up in class was do we actually have free will? This question came up because of the notion that God controls everything. God is said to know what is going to happen in our lives, what decisions that we will make, and what routes we would take. To some it up, God is all so powerful.
To answer this question. I still believ that we have free will although in class i heard a lot of reasons why we do not. God gives us many options in our life and he knows what will happen in all of the routes. I do not believe that he knows what route we will take. I think that God left that up to us. That is why some people choose the wrong path, getting theirselves into trouble. I think God gives us that free will in our life. That is what I think, what do you think?

The self

Today in class we discussed about the self identity. We focused more on the philosophers and how they defined and argued about ones identity. One philosopher that stood out to me was Descartes, I guess this was because this is the philosopher who i read about the most. Descartes said that our mind was ones identity. The body had nothing to do with how someone descibes one self.
Well i started to think that Descartes is sort of right in a way. I say this because does our body, our apperance really describe a person.? I dont think so. It is all about what is inside, how a person thinks, feels about certain things. So basically Descartes is right in that way. Our conscious descibes who we really are.
Well then the argument was made in class about the body. well in my opinion we dont know that our body is really here. We can be imagining it. We can doubt literally everything so thats why i started doubting if our body is really here. People could be just imagining differents ways a body is supposed to look like. Well that is just what i think. What do you think?

(New thought)Road Rage.......

Today I experianced something that mostly everybody goes through while driving. Road rage! I was on my way to school when the incident happened. I was driving in my own lane when all of a sudden a car switch into my lane without even lookin at where I was. That wasn't even that bad part though, when the car switch lanes all of a sudden he put on his breaks! I almost ran into the back of him. This is when the rage kick in.
I honk my horn about a thousand times, I rolled my window down and started yelling at the car, and i used a certain hand gesture that wasn't to nice. When all of his was happening, I wasnt't thinking at all. I could not control my actions because I was just so mad. When I lost sight of the car that caused all of my anger, I calmed down and realized that I have bad case of road rage.
Although I did not get in an accident at that point, I could of caused an accident because of all my anger I had. Road rage is part of a persons action and it is something that is not thought of because we are so angry. I hope this never happens again but this is something that we can not control because of the freedom of choice that we have in the country. If someone is wants to drive recklessly then they will. Im just hoping that i dont end up near one of those people because next time i probaly wont be so lucky.

First Love.....

I had a discussion with my best friend today. Well it wasnt really a discussion it was me telling her to get over what had happen and move on with her life. My friend broke up with her first love. I understand that breaking up with your first love is hard to do because eventually every one will go through it unless you are one of the lucky ones.
My friend was telling me that her life was over! That she had no reason to live because her life partner was gone for good. As a friend, i told her that everything would be just fine. I told her that she wasnt the only person in the world to go through something like that. But she refused to listen to me and i listened to her as she talked.....
This bothered me alot. I know that it takes time and it hurts to break up with someone you really love but your life in not over because of it. Women need to realize that there are plenty of fish in the sea. That just because one relationship does not work out, doesnt mean that others will not either. Do not let one guy, sorry, one bad break up ruin your life. Because believe me, most guys are not crying over you. They want us to cry over them because it will make them feel good about themselves. Us women especially need to be strong and not let one guy put your life at a stop because life is short and we need to have as much fun as possible.

Is reality tv really reality?

Our television today is filled with reality tv shows. But the question that i am asking is do these shows really depict what reality is? Well my answer is no. I believe that these televion shows, although we are told that this is reality are scripted. No ones life, to my belief, is that perfect or can have that much drama especially on tv. When you watch a reality tv show, there is always a plot or a story line for that particular show. Things are edited and things are cut out when filming is done to fit the plot. Reality can not be edited. I believe that reality, as we have discussed in class, is the truth no wait the absolute truth to a person. These tv shows do not depict that.
Another reason why my answer is no is because i believe that people will act a certain way to get attention when they are going to be cast on tv. Television is supposed to be entertainment and people are going to change the way they act to entertain the people. I also believe that the people editing the show are going to edit in a way to make the person seem like something they are not. That is just how i feel.
Although i am degrading reality tv shows, I cant get enough of them. They bring me entertainment. For example The Hills, now i know that a lot of people watch this show and although i know it is not really real i really want to find out if Hedi is finally going to realize that she needs to leave Spencer and get her friendship back with Lauren. See what these shows do to you!