I'm trying to keep myself on general terms, not on specifics or specific religions. Bear with me please as I try not to crack open my skull against the wall out of sheer amazement at today's generations. Religion began as means to explain, now widely known truths or believable theories about how we came to be or about how the Universe works. Of course, MAN made religion, MAN made belief systems, MAN brainwashes man into spiritual slavery, into doing fucking futile things day by day for an invisible thing/invisible things. Out of all the belief systems, the one that comes out on top must be Buddhism, because it encourages self fulfillment, the others just go down hill into the bottomless asshole of groundless "faith". Man, faith is overrated!!! Once you reach the age of reason, I, myself, can't possibly understand why you choose to waste your thoughts on something that your ancestor thought up so that he could sleep better at night...knowing that somebody's fucking covering his back and looking out for his welfare.
Oops, forgot the idea of this blog: to spill out my frustrations so that you can read them and I can feel better about myself. I can't go on any further for now until I build up my frustration again, probably in a few days since it's Easter. CAN'T possibly understand why people worship the story behind Easter and not be compassionate towards their fellow human beings in suffering (poverty/famine in Africa, earthquake in Japan and other events around the globe).
Anyhow, I write only this for now, but be abso-fucking-sure that I'll be back on the subject in the near future.
The One from between the Carpathians
i only hate it when they try to "convert" me too :p or when they start wars because of it :|
ReplyDeleteor when they have that stupid look on their faces thinking they'll be going to some better place instead of being eaten by worms or burned to dust ;;)
ReplyDeleteBrainwashed into Oblivion - that will be my band's name. Interesting read, I pretty much agree with you (except for the fact that I know jack about Buddhism so I'll trust what you wrote there).
ReplyDeleteBuddhism encourages self fulfillment but it also talks about the teachings of Buddha and what not so it's only a cake filled with trash, glad you liked it. As I was saying, I'm gonna post some more on the subject after I've had my fill of Easter talks about JC being nailed to a fucking plank and planted in the ground, on top of a hill
ReplyDeleteSensible view, obviously mostly derived from personal reflection, but retains the ever-uncalled for atheistic reflex of using grand admiration for a human to counter grand admiration for a non-human, which would probably also explain the given opinion on Buddhism. Quoted George Carlin, a stand-up comedian. Not Epicurus, not Nietzsche, not anyone else of note, but a stand-up comedian. Because if one man seems to be making sense while agreeing with my opinion, then he is worth following and an example for generations to come, who gives a shit if he's being serious or not. Black-and-white understanding of life that goes blattantly against the incredible amount of worldly phenomena that would suggest otherwise. Motivates contempt through lack of understanding, atheism being the only religion that does this. All in all better than most atheist rants, but still just that.
ReplyDeleteNice comment. You're right, my above ranting is derived from personal views over the world and in it I put the human above the non-human. Although what I have written is this, I hold the laws of nature that have been discovered so far in higher regard. These are my personal frustrations and views of the world, shared on my blog, on demand. Now is a good time to mention that I am spiritual, not religious, nor 100% atheist...this meaning that as long as we can't find out the ultimate answer there is room for interpretation on both sides.
ReplyDeleteWhile respecting your views on George Carlin in comparison with the likes of Nietzsche, I cannot help but to disagree. So far, I have agreed with Carlin more than with Nietzsche...I don't put forward their jobs, but their views on the world: Nietzsche wants a superior man ruling the others bellow him, his views being centered on a world with two classes, without spirituality while Carlin simply expresses a healthy, critical view over the church and mindless belief in God. The fact that one's argument contains more philosophical terms than the others' doesn't make it more true. Black&white understanding of life is necessary in the world we live in today so that it can be made colorful. And I would rather tend to believe that all the worldly phenomena you mentioned is yet to be explained and search for the answers, than to believe them to be the creation of some make believe character.
All in all, I look forward to your opinion on other posts that are to follow...on less conflicting subjects. You can even propose a post topic on the "Idei, idei, idei" post.
PS: I don't have the power to convince anybody, this battle has been going on for ages and it will still go on in the near and distant future
To begin with, i think that Carlin actually wanted people to be critical of things and he had his way of doing philosophy. That does not make him less worthy to be taken in consideration.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, some people need religion. On this basis of need, a whole world has been created by man for man. Marketing is visible all around us, in daily life. The dogma of religion has been created by man to satisfy the need of man. I can be critical of the church and the dogma but i agree with the values and spirituality that one can find. You do not have to be an atheist to be aware of the bullshit.
Black and white understanding is obsolete as we do not live in a bipolar world anymore as it was during the cold war. We need to see all the colours now, not only the red and the blue. We have to be able to sort all information that is presented to us, and it is a lot. But black and white choice is what defines us. It defines our personality so in some cases we have to choose.