Please respond the the following:
"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."
Anais Nin
This may take somethinking or talking with parents, friends, etc. If you do not know what dogma means, look it up.
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We question. We repetitively question and passionately argue. To give your full faith to something relinquishes any interest. These thoughts that some tend to follow aren't their own. not every opinion is shared with everyone, or view or moral, it is your choice as an individual. When you give your full faith to something you lose your individuality and conform. your ignorant and a cliché. when you fully involve yourself in someone else's beliefs, your the same person, and move through life alike. asking questions causes you to grow as an individual, arguing your ideas keep you from conforming. We cant ever stop arguing our thoughts, or challenging our beliefs. because if we do were just like them.
5th
I think that the quote is stating that once we have our religion, or political status and opinion, we cease to learn about the others. Anais Nin is saying that we have it set into our minds that one particular religion, political system, or belief we have is the right one. We are not open to listen about other people's opinions because we refuse to think that anyone else's opinion could be right besides your own.
I think that this is true to a certain extent. Most people have it set in their minds that their religion and political thoughts are the right ones. But that does not mean that we are not open to learn about others political thoughts and religions. Many people learn about different religions because they are interested or curious. When it is time to vote, many American's listen to both sides of the political views. We have our opinions, but that does not mean we are unable to change them.
in this quote Anais Nin is saying that if we just take new beliefs without knowing what the are we start becoming like robots. by accepting the opinions of others as your own isn't always the best thing. you don't know what your getting yourself into if you don't know what it is. also it is like you are just throwing aside your ideas and intrests. you follow everyone else and belive what they tell you is best. then you loose your identity and personality and just become a replica of others. when this happens you don't grow as a person and you don't learn to be yourself. you miss out on creating who you want to be.
What this qoute means to me is that if you let a religion engolf you then you can not leave, you can not be yourself. I believe if you let a religion consume your life that you can not be an indivdual. You conform to only what the supior leading tells you to believe. Givng your full faith to something requiers a dramastic change in your life, it makes you believe only what they think is the truth. Don't just believe what everyone expects you to, let your mind grow to its full poteintail, their is so much more to life than sacrificing everything in life to become a conforming religiouse freak. It is all a story anyways, there is no god.
John McLean
6th hour
What this quote means is to be open minded. We need to be receptive to new ideas. Like for example, we can listen to views on politics and religion. We may not agree but we need to be open minded. Today, many people try to think the same way so they are accepted. I think in order in us to grow everyone needs their own opinion. I don't want to lose are rights just because everyone has the same opinion.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
In my opinion this quote is saying when we follow a certain religion, political party or literary dogma (established believe or doctrine) we are conforming to that entities beliefs. Thus,we cease to continue growing and become machines without questioning the aspects of other principles or beliefs. When we accept to one ideology we are not allowing ourselves to grow in spirit, faith, and intellectually. I do not want to conform to the principles and beliefs of one certain group because that would make me just like everyone in that particular group. My opinions and discoveries of what I am yet to learn will allow me to continue to grow in spirit, faith, and intellectually. Even though we accept certain principles of faith, politics or literary dogmas we are still our own individual person. We must remain open to other ideas and not fall within the stigma of conforming to one set of beliefs or ideas.
I think this is saying that when people start doing something, or adopt a new religion, we stick to that. It's almost like catholics wouldnt go to a synogage because its not what there used to. It's like that something closes all other options for other things so we stick to that political system. Another example is groups of people. People only accept certain people. There mind closes out others that arent their type. Then we dont grow and find out who we really are because we arent really happy. Its like we live a certain way and refuse to change our way of life. Somtimes it would be better to change, but our minds tell us we shouldnt change. This creates selfish and rude people in the world. No one is really kind and looks at everyone the same.
amy urbanik
5th hour
Mr.Kay,
When we become dead set on how something works or happens, we ignore any other possible ways. To me the first line of this quote means we often put our minds into something, but not always are hearts. The problem with society is that we think our beliefs are the only ones that are right and we don't respect anyone who dosnt think the same way we do. Anais Nin is trying to say that once we commit to something we ignore everthing else. The last line to me means that we shut ourselves off. We say to oursleves ok this is the way it is, everyone else is just stupid for not thinking like me. We dont listen to anything else. We don't grow because we choose not to.
Brittney Cooper
6th hour
I think this quote is saying that we support anything we desire, but what others desire, we do not take our time to time to look in to. the person is saying that we must choose a religion, a political system, and so on, plus we must adapt to it. he wants us to think that we are right, and if we here other opinions we might get low self esteem because we were wrong about something. if someone elses opinion was better then your own, it might make you look bad. I think most of this is true. Some people believe about one certain religion, and believe in one political thing, but this does not mean theyre bias. Everyone can look into other beliefs but like one more then another, this does not make them a bad person it makes them grow as a person. in a crime, the officals always listen to both sides of the story, thats just the way it goes. Everyone believes what they believe in, but they could change, for the good, or the worse.
^steffiee sams..6th
This quote i means that we blindly adopt something without learning about the other ways, mostly beacasue of our parents. It says that we become automatons, which means we do the same thing over and over again and don't think about what we are doing. In this case we practice a religion, and vote for a political group without thinking about it. In most cases once you adopt something you do not learn about other options, and most of the time you stick with what you adopted. It just like if my freind buys a ipod and tells me to get one, once i get one i'm not going to reacerch my options for a mp3 player. When you blindly adopt something you are lazy and doing what you are told without seeing if you agree with what is being adopted. Once you become a autonmaton its hard to go back beacause you may not even know you are one, and thats the harmful part of it.
Shaun Gerber
This quote basically decribes the ways of probably half of America. This quote is saying that once we are set in our ways, we rarely can be led to believe that another way is better. Once we have chosen our paths, we think that path is the only right one to choose. When we our minds are set like this, we cease to grow because as a person, you grow by accepting change. When you accept change, you see things from a new perspective, and become more open minded. I think this quote is mainly true because this is how most people think. For this reason, people of different ethnicities are shunned or looked down upon because we are so set in our ways that we refuse to accept other possibilities. I like what Cherie said about how we listen to both sides and then make our decision. Its not like we are dead set on one way that we don't even bother to hear the other. We have the possibility and option to change our opinion, but its whether or not we want to.
Cody Kabisa
5th hour
Mr. Kay,
I think this quote has a little bit to do with ignorance. When someone really believes in something such as a religion, a political system, or a literary dogma, they don't really care about the new. They don't want to care about any other belief. I've noticed that very political people never care about what the other side has to say. That's what make these people seem very simple-minded. They are put so much belief into this one thing that they just just don't care. Its like when little kids like to eat certain foods but wont even listen to what their parents have to say about new foods. So these automatons are very much like children. They have no care in expanding their horizon on really anything. I know that I would at least like to know about others religions, though I might not believe in them. I guess to a certain extent in religion, you sort of need to be true to it but no one cares about anyone else's beliefs. People need to grow and maybe they can understand both sides of some predicament and be a bit more adult-like.
Luke LaFountain
5th Hour
Mr. Kay,
I believe that this quote is saying that when we are born, we almost always follow our parents into our religion. We follow our parents in political systems (like being democrats or republicans). We also follow our parents in a literary dogma. Its seems that everything that we are today goes along with our parents beliefs. Just like in the quote, its like we are automatons. We follow what are parents do, as if we were kept on a cable that just kept pulling us along behind our parents. In the last part of the quote, it says " We cease to grow ". In most cases this is absolutley true, we grow with almost a bond to the traditions that our parents have taught us.
*dogma* - a principle or belief or a group of them.
*automatons* - one that behaves or responds in a mechanical way.
Danielle Turner
after thinking about this quote i bevieve its trying to describe how the things stated limit our imagination in a sense. the things like political systems, literary dogmas, and religions all require some sort of conformity. in some cases though the conformity is a good thing. for instance with religion, it helps you to make good decisions and look at things in a different perspective. it gives you insight on things you may not know about therefore letting you not have to find things out the hard way. a set of rules or restrictions many times is a good thing. for example a net that keeps you from falling over a bridge. the net is a restriction but benefits you. to summarize the meaning of this quote i think itd be to find the balance between resrictions and freedom so you can grow appropriatly.
Andy B, 6th hour
I think this quote is trying to say is that we dont try something different. In other words it says that once we learn something new, such as what it said, we cease to learn something different. I think that this quote is true. I believe it is because it has happened to me before. Once I tried a sport and whether I liked it or not I stuck with and refused to learn more and get better. Now that I have done that I dont want to try a new sport because I have learned to like it now. I think Anais Nin is right on what she has said but you should always try to learn something new.
Troy Wojichowski 5th hr.
At one point in our lives we are all automatons. We all have done something blindly and adopted that because of the way we were brought up. As people we devolop habbits that we end up doing over and over again without knowing it. For example we normally adopt the same relegion as our parents, vote for the same politcal party without thinking about whats best. We don't care about most people opinions and reapeat ourselves constantly. We all stand up for what we believe in and are not open for change. I totally agree with Sean Gerber said about once you become a automaton its really hard to go back because you're so used to being one. Most of the time people don't realize they are one.
Jordan Blanzy
6th
People don't usually question what we believe in. We go to church or what ever religion we believe in, because for most of us that's what we have done ever since we were little. Our political system has been with all of us in America for long before we were born. This quote shows how for the most of us, we just go along with what ever we are use to. This also reminds me of how we go day by day just going along with everyone else. Even if we believe differently we go along with everyone else. But, on the other hand we also have never known a different religion or political system than what we have grown up with, so we don't see any reason to question it.
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
Doing something with your eyes closed is not the smartest thing you can do. I think he is stating that if we get our selves into a situation with out first getting the information we set our selves up for disaster. I believe he is saying that we as people tend stop making choices for them selves. They stop being an individual all together. Anais Nin says, "We cease to grow". I agree to some extent that if we do not form our own opinions and only do what is set in front of us we tend not to strive for more. We become satisfied with the way we live our life and that to me is not they way to live.
Big Red
6th Hour
I think this quote is saying that if someone tells you to do join this club just because they want you to do it, your not going to get anything out of that unless you do some reaserch and learn about what you just joined. If not you will be just a mindless robot taking orders and not doing what you want to do. It is saying in order to gain knowledge and become more intellegant you can't just be a person who takes orders and doesn't even think about wat he or she is doing. To grow you have to use ur brain and think for your self. You have to choose wat you want to do in life, in order to exel in life. If not you will always be a lifeless machine not useing your brain to live, and just doing wat other poeple tell just cuz its easier than doing stuff on your own. when she says cease to grow she is meaning that without doing stuff your self you are incapable of learning new things. When you do stuff on your own u are grow and learning about that job or skill you are doing.
Zack Ruffin 5th
Hey Mr. Kay its john, i was looking online at my grades today and it says that i am missing my essay rewrite. I know that i turned it, i didn't get it back in classs today, but i have it saved on my computer completed. please allow me to turn it in. It is effecting my grade in your class and i am trying to get it to an appropriate level.
John Mclean
"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."
Anais Nin
Dear Mr. Kay,
Automatons. As Anais put's it, is an awesome way to describe us when we follow something blindly. If you become a Christian, for example, just because your friends are into it, or because you get to go on trips then an automaton is what you are. You follow the religion blindly and learn nothing and take in nothing from it. If you're just following blindly then either your not a Christian or you need to open your eyes. It makes no sense to just be around Christians and not be a part of it. Also, you can't just go by what the Bible tells you. For some things you have to decide for yourself whats right and wrong in the Bible. You're supposed to question and wonder if some things in the Bilbe are actually true or not, because if you don't then you're not human.
James Richardson
5th hour
P.S: Don't forget to look at last Friday's blog for me since I was not present at home to be able to do it.
Thanks =)
Anais Nin is trying to tell us why following something blindly will make you become a human robot. By doing so, you begin to act in a routine manner and act without actively thinking. Robots are incapable of stretching their minds. By blindly adopting a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, or any other stucture of some sort, we become these robots, following others' ideas without our own thought. We need to question religion, authority, the government, and ideas that are supposedly set in stone, or else how are we to continually grow? By questioning and exploring other opinions, you gain a broader knowledge that can strengthen your ideas or maybe change them. By seeking out your own information, you are not just letting others' feed you the ideas. You are able to make your own beliefs on anything from religion to government, and in doing so, you grow as an individual and are not blind to what you are following.
Kaleigh Swanson
5th hour
We as a society we do not adpt to change. In the quote it states that "we blindly adopt", which means that we do not think. I can relate to this because when I first started to go to church. My whole family is Cathloic. When I went to the church I didn't like it. I went because that was the religion that my family had adopted. So I tried to continue to go to that church. After a couple of weeks, I decided that I really did not like that church. So I got invited to go to this Youth group with a couple of my friends. Soon I started going to that church. I liked this one. What I am trying to say is that Americans do not think it through.
I think that this quote is stating that once we get comfortable with a certain religion or political system, we dont have an interest about learning about others. What Anais Nin is trying to say is that americans can be somewhat stuborn about stuff, and once they get set on a certain religion they automatically think its the right one. I totally agree with this quote, because i know thats how i am at times. This quote has a lot to do about what we are currently learning, perception. It relates to perception becasue, all people have differnt perceptions on certain things. So, if you belived in a certain religion, and a friend of yours belived in something else, you would always perceive their religion as being worse than yours. But this quote isnt always the case, because sometimes people take the time to learn about others religions, like anthropologists , and come to find out that that certain religion is fasinating.
Clare Pathe
I think its talking about how people join something just to join it. Not to do it because a cause because everyone else they know are doing it. That they then lose their sense of indivuality in the process. Then we begin to just have a automated motion of what we do everyday. Start the day do A then B then C go to school do D come home and do E and F. So that we have a set thing with no sense of our own chosen thing. Even though we may not know everything about what we are committing to. Even with religion this happens. People become ignorant and must project their opinion as right to everyone else.
kevin anderson
6th hour
People today aren't open minded once they learn one thing. They only believe what they want to believe. If someone argues with them, they will blindly speak for their belief. People get into a comfort and they stay in that zone by not being open to change or looking at another type of view. We close our minds to other opinions. We shut doors that could lead to a more peaceful world. The world would be able to interact more if people were open to listen. Most of the time things said to people goes in one ear and out the other. Even when people speak differently because of their dialect we get on their case. Everything has to be a certain way in everybody's respective lives. You see it everywhere in the world too. Older people think society is terrible because the younger people have all of this new technology. They want things the way they were for them.
William Schwartz
6th hr
When we get born in to a religion or political system or literary dogma we don't question it but go along with it. Americans are strong-minded so we pretty much always think we are right. So we often think negatively to those other options and those who believe in them. We fight for our opinion. However, very few of us actually explore the other options. We know of what we were born into so we stick with it. However, deep down you arn't passionite about it. If you take the time for these other options, you may end up relizing that there is a better option that you are more passionate about.
Kristen Pauly
6th hr.
Is this one of those transcendentalist pieces? It awfully sounds like it, "Ect ect you have a brain, use it Ect. ect." This just seems to be a piece that states you cannot have things run amok around you, for you will become no one. Everyone is different, the overall behavior (IE general personality traits) will greatly vary. As human beings we have thoughts and opinions, another trait is self righteousness. As the beginning we made up facts, then as we started to lose half the populous we developed proof. Evidence is the ONLY thing that will ever change a opinion(or should be). We base our sciences over proof,, most our opinions are just crap without it.
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Derek Guckian
When you blindly adopt a religion or anything for that matter you are going with the flow and not questioning anything. By doing this, you are letting others decide your beliefs. Before taking on any belief, you should fully understand what you are commiting yourself to. Questioning things is important to learning. If you do not question anything, you lose the opportunity to learn and grow. We are not robots; we have minds that give us the ability to reason and make our own conclusions. I would like to think before I commited strongly to any belief, I would be sure I truly understood.
I think that this qoute means that when people are so involved into things that you may not even get why. For example, when you went to church when you were little, you diddn't really get why you were going. You just went because your parents went and they made you. You diddn't fight it because it was your religion and that was how it was soposed to go. But as you get older you don't really qeustion it because you have been in it for such a long time. It feels right to stick to your religion and stcik what was tought to you and to pass it down. but you cease to grow to anything else because everyone is doing it and it is what you believe in.
Chris Reid
6th hour
To me this bluntly means we just accept things,no questions asked.You usually follow either your peers or parents.How do you choose a religion?There are so many different ones to choose from.Sometimes people just blindly accept things because they are to lazy to research their options.If your not in the "norm" you become a subculture that people look down on because you chose to think for yourself.They won't grow as individuals but you will.
I think that this meens that when we learn about one religion and polical values we dont want to learn about another. Wen we grow up with one religion it would be hard to go to a different one. We accept the things that we grow up with. Like we might believe the same thing that our paretns believe in political values. We dont want to believe in someone elses beliefs after we have already learned our own. I think you also dont want to adopt someone elses beliefs beacause you want to have a sence of individuality. By having your own beliefs you are doing that.
Katlyn TWigg 6th HOur
I believe that Anais Nin is trying to say that once you get involved with this, you will not have your own opinion. Which I believe your own opinion is one of everyone's best features, because there different. In a political system someone is telling you who to vote for and why. In a religion someone is telling you what you should believe in and why. I thought life was suppose to be about making your own decisions? Having someone tell you what you should do/think. Having your own opinion is what makes everyone an individual. I don't think that people should tell you how to tell you how to live your live, and what you believe in. If we do, it's like were being what we don't believe it.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
I think this quote is 100% true. The first part of it - blindly adopting a religion, etc. - means that people are uneducated. They don't take the time to research the things coming into their lives. I think there are many examples of this in todays world. The second part of this quote is stating that we also refuse to look into other ways of doing things. For example, if you belong to one religion, you may not want to even give another a chance. We all react to it the same way every time (automatons). It has become such a routine for many in today's world, so I agree with this quote.
Eric Tamm
5th hour
John Kent
5th Hour
I believe when anyone adopts a dogma blindly, they do cease to grow. To believe in something for the sake of having a belief is truly not believing. You need to understand why you believe in these ideas. You need to be able to defend your belief to others. You need to have common sense. If a political belief tells you its okay to do something that you know in your heart is wrong. You should not practice or support that belief. When you make your choices you should choose what is right not what is fashionable or politically correct. People should continue to think and question everything, even out faith, because that is how we grow.
WE sometimes accept something we have no idea what it is. Its sometimes true we follow the crowd. Sometimes, one never takes the time to educate themselves on what they are about to accept into their life. Its never a bad thing to ask, to wonder, to explore. What we ask and what we find when we explore make who we are. Its critical to be involved with things of your intrests. Its important to learn and wrap your head around things you need to know. But how do you know if you need it? Why do you need it? Questions like these build your charactor and represent who you are. Its not good to accept something in your life when you have no idea what it is your accepting.
deets
this quote to me means that if you start to believe in another religion then you start to forget what you used believe in, and then you might forget who you really are and start to act totally different. If you let another religion take over your life than you might loose your individuality. you tend to act like different personalty. giving something all your effort might mean change depending on the situation. just because someone want you to believe in something don't it could change who you are. i think that there is a god but i don't he can help us in any way he is. god is just like a giant ghost of the spirits.
Taylor Dieck
6th hr.
When you adopt something with out thought about it, it can consume you. You fail to learn about other ways. You just automatically assume that whatever you think, is the only to think. When you only learn, or think one way you are missing out on other oppurtunities. I think this quote means you have to open your mind to change and being different. It is about having not only the tolerance to accept different views but also being able to comprehend them. If you can't do this, than you will never learn anything from life. You will think one way, and never be able to understand anything else.
"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."
Anais Nin
I think that when we adopt these things we become a follower. We ahve abandoned all of our indepedent thoughts and have met conformity. In life, theres choices like this all around us. We must stay strong and use our own thoughts. Although i think there is a double standard, with all leaders come followers. I think that when someone makes their own thoughts and succeeds with them, it causes others to jump on the bandwagon. Conformity is something that breaks down our minds and makes us all robots and lose our minds.
What this qoute means to me is that if you let a religion take over you then you can not leave, you can not be yourself, you will be who they want you to be. I believe if you let a religion consume your life that you can not be an indivdual. You conform to only what the supior leading tells you to believe. Givng your full faith to something requiers a dramastic change in your life, it makes you believe only what they think is the truth. Don't just believe what everyone expects you to, let your mind grow to its full poteintail, their is so much more to life than sacrificing everything to become a conforming religiouse freak.
Alex Martin
I'm agnostic, so I'll just pretend I know what I'm talking about, okay? :) I was shoved to believe in the Lord's ways, but found them misleading and vague.
If people follow the morals from the core of a religeon, they become disgusted by the ways of others not following the faith. They become so fixated on their beliefs that they smurge the other people's 'rights' and 'purposes'.
These people are at the point of obsession (Jehova's Witnesses=cult), that they go to lengths unnecassary to others. Continuously going up and down your street trying to force-feed you pamphlets on how "we can help you"s or "did you know that"s.
They things that religion has grown to be seem to become more strict than they used to be.
-Gays are a freak of nature in the eyes of God. (bull. there's a huge passage of the men of heaven having attractions to each other.)
-Lechery(cheating/adultry) is a sin. (but in 'The Book' they have two daughters getting their father drunk to make him have sex with them.)
Myths busted.
Buncha drones trying to sell us their Girlscout Cookies: Lord Flavored.
Steffeny Apollo
5th Hour
I personally think this quote might be saying to be open minded. Don't go around thinking that your idea's and way of thinking are the only right ways. Try to understand other people's point of views. There are reasons why people believe in their religions and such so try to understand and stop being so ignorant. I'm probably waayy off. ahaha
Kymmie Brownson 6th
I feel this means that usually once we the people choose a certain path like religion we choose to follow that and not turn another way. Such as if you were catholic, you would not all of a sudden just say that you want to give lutherin a try. Religion is just a small example of this meaning. This covers many different categories. Even things such as sports. once you choose that a certain sport is the sport for you, you do not look back on your decision and question it. Instead you stick with it and practice it and want to become the best at it.
Con
what i think this means, is that once we have our religion we start to learn about other people. what she is saying that, we have it set in our minds that one particular religion, political system, or belief we have is the right one. We always think our opinion is the right one. No matter what someone elses opinion is. I agree with this, because i know when i have an opinion i will think its the right one untill someone proves me wrong. But that doesnt mean that i am not willing to listen to someone else. Many people learn about different religions because they are interested or curious.
I think this is saying that when people start doing something, or adopt a new religion, we stick to that. The problem with society is that we have our beliefs. We don't respect anyone who doesn't think the same way we do. we don't think about what is right and what is wrong. to everyone they are different. You just automatically think that whatever you want, and that's the only way you think of it. When you only learn, or think one way you are missing out on many other opportunities. you will never learn about different things, if you don't expand your way of thinking.
Megan Fraser 5th hour
I think that this quote means that people can choose to shut their mind to things. It is saying that once someone goes with something like religion they can start to go against other religions. When you go with something on a whim you don't really know the facts and aren't getting the whole story. People should make decisions carefully and learn about different types of things. Sometimes people can also think that what they're doing is right and what everyone else is doing is wrong. That is a bad mind set for people to be in. Thats why there is racism and war and violence between religion and Nazi stuff. People need to think clearly and be open to new things.
This quote is saying that to many people just accept something because others are accepting it. They do not do any research or studying before they start backing it up. And the lack of thinking about what you are supporting is ceasing your growth as a human being. Like this last election many people did not vote for the candidates thoughts or words of promise. But for the color of there skin and there outside appearance. The way people are influenced by others is also another meaning of this quote. If you are influenced so much by others that you don't even think for yourself you give up what makes you "you". Like that weed comercial
Taylor Wattles
5th
this actually happens all to often. it actually happened to me. well, i guess being raised into a religion may not necessitate the words blindly adopt, but i wasn't exactly thrilled about it. as i was being raised, i was raised into a quasi-Christian lifestyle. we went to church, but thats about all it really came down to, other than holidays. so, in an effort to not blindly leap into such big things, i do not find myself to technically have a uniformed religion. the reason why i deny my given religion, is because i was never quite fond of it. I put the physical truth before the mental truth. what i mean is that I put science before religion, because it is a hell of a lot more believable than what religion is ever going to tell me. now, i do not deny that there is a god in this universe of ours, but, i do not believe some yiddish thats been passed down for eons and eons, pretty much because a lot of people really stuck to their stories. because i believe you can not count the bible as a primary resource. Now call me doubting thomas here, but there just is not any other proof than you SHOULD believe. i don't want the matrix type of thing to happen where automatons exist while we do not, and i will not cease to with-hold from the absorption of knowledge because some group of people who are as believable as cheats at a casino.
what it comes down to, for me, is that I will not blindly adopt what is there, because others are doing so. thats called falling into peer pressure. Honestly look at it everyone. YOU ARE PRESSURED INTO IT. now, i do not mean to take people against religion, and i have nothing against any religion what-so-ever, but i am not going to have a Bunch of clowns dictate the way i need to live my life. A true Man Once said "If you live your life the way you want to live it, you will never have any problems". That Man Was Scott Rolando, a man who i truly look up to. he has given me the encouragement, indirectly, to choose to have my own freedoms.
That Of Which, I have now, and i am never giving up because someone says i should. I will never cease to grow in the mind, I shall never blindly go anywhere, I shall boldly go, where others walk as if they're blind. Because No one has more dictation over my life than i do, and i like keeping it that way.
Mr. Kay,
What I think this quote is saying is that once we think that we learn something that we should follow, we dont think outside of that. I know that when I go to church they say that you need to live by the bible, and nothing but. Government laws and religon set out ways that we should live, and therefore we only go by that and not by what we want to do. We start to focus in on what 'they' sya is right and not what we think is right. I think that we should be a transcendentalist and do what we want, within reason. Churhc is where most of my pressure comes from. They say that the bible is how you live and nothing but, when we should do what we want, using the bible as guidleines, the same goes for the government.
Tim Wilson
I think that this quote means that we should keep our doors open to new things. When people grow up they usually follow the religion that their parents follow. The bad thing is that you may not believe the same things your family does. Also you should be able to pick the political system in which you follow. It's a lot like Gandhi says, he believes that government doesn't have subjects but people have their government. This also means that you can't grow if you never look to expand your thoughts. People should follow only what they believe in, not what others do. It's just like thinking like a transcendentalist, where people follow themselves and don't listen to what other people say or try t force you to do.
Most of the ideas and ideolog0ies are made by different people, who had different thoughts. Therefore, when the another is trying to accept the ideas, he should learn it first, and achieve his personal ego, or his own philosophy before, otherwise he gets to be acting as a puppet of others, which I think Anais is talking about. Despite of the fact, normally people easily accept the philosophies surrounding them, like some people are used to Bible, some are to Catholic, some to Muslim, and I am used to Confucianism; even I've tried to get out of the obsessed adherence to the theory, still. A person who knows only the one of himself, because he doesn't know the others, is 'a frog in well'. The frog doesn't know what the ocean is like, which means he has not much of knowledges, or variety of selections. In other words, he is not mature. What do we call a person who is not mature? Kids. Neither of physical growth, inflating muscles, extending your height, nor make-ups are not the true way to become a grown-up. Raise up your minds, ideas, and philosophies, and you get to be a real man.
Sorry my blog was late i will talk to you in person about it
I think that this quote is saying that once we get comfortable with a certain religion we dont have an interest on learning about others. I agree with this quote because at some thime i tend to act like this. This really all i get and have to say. dont count it i dont fucking care
I think that this qoute is saying that once we have our minds made up we don't look into other ideas. Whether this be with religion, politics or a research paper we cease to learn about others. Also, if you don't research in what your picking it is like playing russian-rolette in taking a chance. It could risk who you are if you just pull it out of a hat. Another thing is we are so lazy in america that once we have a choice we won't do it again even if it could be better. Plus we will not change our minds once we have made a decision. Last is this qoute is kind of reffering to being not well educated because they don't know what they are doing in their life sometimes.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
We question. We repetitively question and passionately argue. To give your full faith to something relinquishes any interest. These thoughts that some tend to follow aren't their own. not every opinion is shared with everyone. view or moral, it is your choice as an individual. When you give your full faith to something you lose your individuality and conform. only because if you act like them you are like them
Kay,
My internet decided to get shut off again this is why monday, tuesday, and wednesday blogs will be late.
Once a person picks a group, a religion, anything, they choose not to learn and think about the others. People lose thier optimism. When we pick a certain religion or group we dont grow as people. Joiing multiple things or learning multiple religions helps us find our happy medium. We learn about everything and choose what we want. Now days people set thier minds on one thing and refuse to learn about the others. Poeple are hard headed and if they do this will never prosper.
Mikki Nosek 5th HR
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