"What do you think life would be like if there was no fear of change?"
Fear of change is a factor that greatly disrupts a smooth lifestyle, or smoother one. People fear change over the silliest things, such as electing a black president to office. Many people refused to vote for Obama not because of his policies but they feared the great change from the typical white official to the new race. Like the color of a person affects their leadership abilities!? Anyways, the same thing was said about Hilary Clinton, instead of race being the topic of dispute, it was gender. The public said she would be too hormonal because she was a woman, the country feared a change of the gender of our leader.
It is silly to fear change, because I believe that change of any kind is better than none. Without change there would be no progress for the human race. Change is necessary for life, and the more people fear it, the less progress our kind can make.
Question: Do you agree, is change a necessary part of life for there to be any progress of any kind?
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Atheism.
"While Darwin's theory of evolution did not establish atheism, it made it possible to be a self-respecting atheist." p. 205
When I came across this particular sentence in the chapter, I immediately knew it would be the subject of my blog. Since, I myself am an atheist, it was a very interesting statement to read. Before Darwin's outright theory of evolution, there was very little acceptance on being an atheist. A person had to have a set religion to follow. The very thought of not believing in a God was thwarted. Nowadays, it is more so socially accepted to call oneself an atheist. I have no shame in calling myself an atheist. However, my mother does. I think the problem here is that when somebody claims to not believe in a God, others feel as if that person doesn't believe in anything. This is false. I liked the way a friend of mine back home phrased it. "Just because I am an atheist doesn't mean I don't believe in anything. I might not believe in a God but I believe in something else. I believe in humanity." That is how I view it. Just because somebody does not believe in an almighty being does not mean that they believe or feel nothing. Instead, they have a different take on life, one more involved with humanity and less with an almighty power.
Question: What is it that changed the minds of people to become more accepting of atheism?
When I came across this particular sentence in the chapter, I immediately knew it would be the subject of my blog. Since, I myself am an atheist, it was a very interesting statement to read. Before Darwin's outright theory of evolution, there was very little acceptance on being an atheist. A person had to have a set religion to follow. The very thought of not believing in a God was thwarted. Nowadays, it is more so socially accepted to call oneself an atheist. I have no shame in calling myself an atheist. However, my mother does. I think the problem here is that when somebody claims to not believe in a God, others feel as if that person doesn't believe in anything. This is false. I liked the way a friend of mine back home phrased it. "Just because I am an atheist doesn't mean I don't believe in anything. I might not believe in a God but I believe in something else. I believe in humanity." That is how I view it. Just because somebody does not believe in an almighty being does not mean that they believe or feel nothing. Instead, they have a different take on life, one more involved with humanity and less with an almighty power.
Question: What is it that changed the minds of people to become more accepting of atheism?
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