Another Day In Time
It's February 14th, 2005, and what does this mean absolutely nothing. It's just another day in time. That's all I shall say about that.
So we are in the time of Lent and I hear people talking about what trivial thing they are giving up to offer as some sort of sacrifice. I personally don't see the point in doing this because in most cases the thing being given up for forty days does not affect anybody else life except your own and even the effect on your own life is usually extremely minimal. As much as my belief in any religion has wavered towards non-belief in the last few years I do believe that this is not what Jesus Christ would have wanted. Now my knowledge of Lent is also fading over the years but Jesus' sacrifice was so that he inevitably may help others, not so that 2000 years later we can give up swearing, fast food, caffeine or some other fashionable idea that helps absolutely no one but ourselves. Therefore, I no longer participate in Lent nor have I ever participated because giving up something from my everyday life does not help the plight of others, so I shall continue to indulge myself at fast food restaurants, I shall continue to swear and use all the other everyday luxuries that I have at my disposal.
Now for those of you who may read this and are participating in Lent do remember that this is my opinion and I do not wish for some sort of defensive rebuttal to my point because the reason I wear an anti-religion button on my jacket is because I do not want people forcing their beliefs on me. I have no issues with people believing in religion until you attempt to force it upon me. That being said if you do have another comment you wish to speak about on the above feel completely free to speak your mind because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
As for other issues on my mind nothing overly exciting and fascinating is coming to mind but I shall continue writing about something because I have an hour to kill before my MIT 026 Information Retrieval Midterm.
Speaking of midterms and other such events I am fascinated and in some cases jealous of those people who have the determination to sit and study for hours upon hours, where as I haven't done any of the readings for this class, let alone even bought the course pack for the class yet. I always wonder if I'm really just a mediocre kid with an average intelligence that was able to bullshit my way to high marks in highschool and have no come to realize that my intelligence is not near what I and others have anticipated of me. Due to this false belief in my overall intelligence it is only setting myself to believe that I'm inevitably a failure when my marks drop by nearly 20% if not more, when in reality I am actuality doing what my true potential is actually at and if I had achieved these marks in highschool my mindset would be that of me achieving my potential instead of being a failure. I am aware of the typical overall percentage drop between university and highschool but that does not change my ideas of the school system only inevitably setting myself up for failure and not given enough determination to overcome those failures.
So we are in the time of Lent and I hear people talking about what trivial thing they are giving up to offer as some sort of sacrifice. I personally don't see the point in doing this because in most cases the thing being given up for forty days does not affect anybody else life except your own and even the effect on your own life is usually extremely minimal. As much as my belief in any religion has wavered towards non-belief in the last few years I do believe that this is not what Jesus Christ would have wanted. Now my knowledge of Lent is also fading over the years but Jesus' sacrifice was so that he inevitably may help others, not so that 2000 years later we can give up swearing, fast food, caffeine or some other fashionable idea that helps absolutely no one but ourselves. Therefore, I no longer participate in Lent nor have I ever participated because giving up something from my everyday life does not help the plight of others, so I shall continue to indulge myself at fast food restaurants, I shall continue to swear and use all the other everyday luxuries that I have at my disposal.
Now for those of you who may read this and are participating in Lent do remember that this is my opinion and I do not wish for some sort of defensive rebuttal to my point because the reason I wear an anti-religion button on my jacket is because I do not want people forcing their beliefs on me. I have no issues with people believing in religion until you attempt to force it upon me. That being said if you do have another comment you wish to speak about on the above feel completely free to speak your mind because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
As for other issues on my mind nothing overly exciting and fascinating is coming to mind but I shall continue writing about something because I have an hour to kill before my MIT 026 Information Retrieval Midterm.
Speaking of midterms and other such events I am fascinated and in some cases jealous of those people who have the determination to sit and study for hours upon hours, where as I haven't done any of the readings for this class, let alone even bought the course pack for the class yet. I always wonder if I'm really just a mediocre kid with an average intelligence that was able to bullshit my way to high marks in highschool and have no come to realize that my intelligence is not near what I and others have anticipated of me. Due to this false belief in my overall intelligence it is only setting myself to believe that I'm inevitably a failure when my marks drop by nearly 20% if not more, when in reality I am actuality doing what my true potential is actually at and if I had achieved these marks in highschool my mindset would be that of me achieving my potential instead of being a failure. I am aware of the typical overall percentage drop between university and highschool but that does not change my ideas of the school system only inevitably setting myself up for failure and not given enough determination to overcome those failures.
