Creationism

Essentially, creationism is that some higher power, either God, or aliens, or whomever created life.
I would like to believe this. I would seem like life wouldn't be so random. Make us seem like we were created for a reason, rather than the result of a random genetic mutation which just happened to live more successfully at the time. But sadly, all the evidence for me points to evolution. I simply cannot see 1 entity creating all that there is to life in what is it 6 days? And all the accounts of how the world was created in the bible are contradictary to say the least. The creationists believe that the bible should be taken literally, and so they believe that god created the world. But other literal translations cause problems of history or even geneology. The sun stopping in the sky... as said in class. And a friend of mine has told me that in the geneologies there are some discrepencies. The same guy was said to have 2 different fathers. Literal translations will get you in trouble I suppose.

I don't really know how the world was created, I guess I am on the big bang bandwagon. A bunch of unstable gasses, creating a ball that was the beginning of earth, and whoops, mix together the wrong things, and you get soemthing different, like screwing up a chemistry experiment. There is life. Then the genetic mutations to evolve to man. I know this is a mean example, but people or animals with genetic mutations just die for a reason. Science will eventually kill off man. For all of time, there is survival of the fittest. While these terrible mutations happen, in pre-science times, the carrier would die with said mutation, and it would be lost. Now people are procreating with these mutations, because science can give people who died early in life before are living to childbearing ages now. And dammit they are spreading. Maybe we should not go against nature. If you believe in the idea of evolution, I would think you could agree on this. We are going to create a species which is no longer the fittest to live, keeping mutations which shouldn't work in natural life.

But oh well, I won't be alive then.

Life on other planets....

would society change.... OF COURSE. We would be influenced by another society. A society which is undoubtably very different from ours. We would either shun them in popular culture, like a new kid at school. Or start to take parts of them and integrate them into our society. I am sure that the science world would be as happy as a kid on christmas day. Heck it would even change the way we view each other, what is normal, what is beautiful, what is ugly. Damn we would have to have a longer history class.... we would have to learn all about their society and their culture.

It would be a great change, but a BIG change.

Are we all equal?

"They think that their right to hold thier own opinion somehow makes all opinions equal." This is an American trait. I know that this makes me seem like i am beating on Americans, but we are not the only democracy in the world, and yet we are usually the ones who take the "I have a right...." to the extreme. As priviledged Americans we think we are right..... about everything. Probably the whole superiority complex. I am bigger and better than you, therefore I am right. Or is it that we are just too lazy to critically think our opinions?

Overall, I think that this idea that we all think our opinions are correct, is normal. Otherwise why would we think them? A reasonably intelligent sane person would only believe correct theories right? Or what we would think were right. I don't think the fault is believing the opinions are true, I think the fault lies in that we are not open to hear claims which may debunk our opinions.

Aliens...

I suppose the question would be ..... "is there intelligent life anywhere other than earth" because we can determine if they are intelligent. or information of another planet. We can find planets when we are pointed in the right direction, but the universe is a big place and randomly looking through the sky is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

What can never be explained......

The only thing that cannot be explained is human emotion and behavior. I am not talking about conditioning and the whole Pavlov's dogs thing. I am talking about why 2 people fall in love, why those 2 people are mates. Eventhough we all know what I am talking about, noone can explain the why of it. Why those 2, why not another person, why not the other twin? Is there some pre-determined mate for everyone? or are there 2 or 3 and you get who you see first? I don't think this will ever be explained.

I think the human is too complex and we might never understand it all, even many biological processes, we can't figure them out. The how, especially. We can understand the why on this one, simply because we see the consequences. Why do we use a seratonin reuptake system, but other neurotransmitters don't? Wierd....

Bible Prophecies

I didn't really understand how this is done. It seems that there is no real science behind it, and you can find what you want to find. Some stoner was probably staring at a text and words were popping out at them. This just seems very ridiculous. What if the text was re-written, and the margins were different, then different words would show. They can't even prove that the words mean anything. This is one of the projects that is really ridiculious. There is no way to prove this, i can't believe that people believe this.

religious supersitions...

I don't really get this one... I suppose any religious activity could be considered just superstitious. Praying so you go to Heaven. Being moral so you don't go to hell. On the same idea as "don't walk under a ladder" or "breaking a mirror will cause 7 years bad luck" They are all unsubstantiated claims, which people believe anyways. Is there really proof that if you are moral, or if you pray you will go to heaven? Just the same as walking under the ladder, or breaking a mirror will cause bad luck, who can prove this? What is bad luck? Who can define it? AND who is coming back from heaven to let us know he is there and that he prayed everyday and didn't have premarital sex?

Penn and Teller

So sad about the recycling. I really have to say it made me sad to think that all that work isn't doing anything for the environment. The guy that made up the paper that said recycling is great for everyone should be shot. He created a huge movement which is actually hurting the environment. I have to say, that if one little paper could make such an impact to create a nationwide change, why can't we simply create another paper with the real facts? Wouldn't that change things again?

I knew they would discredit the Ouija, but hell i still love it.

Ouija boards

I loved these things. Actually my mom got it for me and my brother for christmas one year. I have to say i had an experience with it. We got it to move, and everything. I know it is supposed to only be our subconscious movements that is making it work, but if you think of it from the side of the inventors..... All they did was make a board with letters on it. This is the cheapest game to make ever. I wonder if the people who make these now actually think about the profit more than what it is supposed to be doing, contacting spirits. Ok, sorry for the tangent.... I have to say that even though i know why it is moving and how it is moving and that it has nothing to do with spirits, i still believe in it. I think it has to do with actually seeing it work. I just can't make myself think that i am actually moving the planchette. What can you do...