Your Personal Philosophy
by We all have our own philosophy about life, but for some this philosophy came because of what our parents or religious leaders told us. Take time to think about it in your own space and time, come up with your own belief system.
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Feel free to post answers to any of the following questions you wish. If you are going to answer any of the religious ones, try to do so in your own words, rather than quoting any one of the many Bibles.
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Which is more important, believing in God, or believing in the Bible?
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Why does everyone who believes in reincarnation always think they were somebody important in a past life?
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Is it cruel to eat meat?
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How come some people understand math and others are confused by it?
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How can anyone say their country is the best to live in unless they have lived in every country?
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Does the sky look blue to everyone?
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If an animal is in pain, is ending its life less cruel than letting it suffer?
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How many children should a person have?
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If everyone turned vegan or vegetarian, what would we do with all the cattle, pigs, and chickens?
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What causes more wars, religion or greed?
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If God loves everyone equally, how can one group claim to be “the chosen people”?
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What is more important, the past, or the future?
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How does a person really know if they are a “good parent”?
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Why do some people need a book (such as the Bible) to tell them what is right and what is wrong?
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Which makes a better pet, a cat, or a catfish?
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Would donuts be as popular if they did not have holes?
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Should pit bull terrier dogs be put to death?
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If an endangered animal kills a person, do we have the right to kill it?
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Why do people often talk about the weather to start a conversation?
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Are Jesus and God, one in the same, and if so, why was Jesus at one time referred to as “the son of God”? (remember no Bible quotes to answer this)
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Did dinosaurs evolve into birds?
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Has reality television gone too far?
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What defines “beauty”?
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Are you a good person, and if so, how to do you know?
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Have you done anything mean to anyone at anytime, for any reason?
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If Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that only 144,000 people will get eternal life in heaven, why do they keep recruiting more people?
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If pigs are of similar intelligence and are as trainable as dogs, why do we eat pork and shudder at the thought of eating dog?
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Is book reading being “lazy”?
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Is watching television being “lazy”?
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Why do we mow our lawns?
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What year will our population exceed the planets ability to hold all of us, or has it exceeded this mark already?
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How big is the biggest thing you can imagine?
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Is time real?
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What is more important, your happiness, or the happiness of others (spouse, children)?
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If you could have the answer to any question in the universe, what question would that be?
So again, pick 1-3 of these questions and answer them in the comments area below, use your own words, not quotes from any book of religion or great philosopher. You are your own philosopher here.
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Post CommentEvelyn Moore
On April 11, 2009 at 8:00 am
29. Yes watching TV is almost always lazy, but not nec. bad.
30. We like to be in control of it. Its a control thing!
34. Others – without a doubt.
clay hurtubise
On April 11, 2009 at 9:56 am
1 .Superior being, 2.Ego 3.Maybe 4.Humans are 99.9% similar, amazing what that 0.01% can do! 5.Pride (but hey, I don’t need to shot to know it’ll hurt! ) 6.It doesn’t – some folks with sight problems see it in different hues:while I’m on it.. know how the male of most bird species is the most colorful? Well, that is only for humans, with the spectrum of light that birds se in, the female is more colorful. 7.Possibly -many variables 8. 0, 9. Make space monkeys out of them, 10,Religion is often greed with a mask, 11.They can’t, 12 Neither: the present, 13 It becomes apparent 14.They don’t, they only pretend they do, 15.Depends, are you going to make a McKitten out of it? 16.No, then they would be cakes 17.Just the owners that train them to be mean, 18.Possibly, 19 It is non-confrontational, 20.Exactly! One and the same, as we all are part of God 21.Other way around 22.Not as long as people keep watching, 23.Your soul, 24 Yes, because I’m up to #24, 25.Yes, I’m human, 26.$, 27.Depends where you live-that was the point of my: Kittens: The New Fast Food, 28 NO, book burning is. 29 No, but go for programs that are educational, or at the least, allow you to escape your reality for a short time. 30.Because setting them on fire is illegal 31.2012, 32. That is too personal! 33.No, time is ‘place’ not an event 34.You must be personally happy to be truly love another. 35 Did I get the first 34 questions right?
PR Mace
On April 11, 2009 at 7:16 pm
4. I am one of the ones that has problems with math.
7. If an animal is truely in pain and there is no hope of recovery then a vet should put it to sleep. My dog Dobie that we loved for 18 years woke up in day and could not move his back legs. He had his spine snapped. He left this world with all of his human family holding him.
28. No it is not lazy to read it book. You can gain much from reading. It is an excellent way to have down time.
Ruby Hawk
On April 11, 2009 at 8:55 pm
1.Believing in the spirit,whatever that is.2.They want to be important.3.Yes 4. Some don’t have the apptitude for math.5.They can’t.6.No 7.Yes 8.for the sake of the planet one 9.Let them learn to live in the wilds. 10.Religion 11.No one is chosen 12. the future 13.You don’t.14.They don’t 15.cat 16.No 17.No 18.yes 19.It’s something everyone knows 20.No 21.Yes 22.Yes it’s gotten too personal 23.A beautiful mind 24.Because I do what I think is right.25.Yes I have.26. I pass on this one. 27.We consider dogs more human.28.No 29.Sometimes 30.To keep up with the neighbors.31.A few more years, not sure.32.The universe 33.Yes 34 Equal 35.Is there life after death?
Ruby Hawk
On April 12, 2009 at 11:01 am
This has been bugging me since I answered this quiz last night so I’m back to correct the answer I gave for nu.24. I believe I am a good person but not because I do what I think Is right. A murderer might kill a dozen people and think it’s right. I think I’m a good person because I would never willingly hurt another person or put anyone in harm’s way. I do the best I know for our environment and nature.And if I knew how to be a better person I would. I don’t mean I’m perfect, far from it but I try.
Kate Smedley
On April 13, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Oh my goodness, so many questions and so many potential answers.
Question 13 – I don’t know what makes a good parent, I strive to be one by not making the mistakes my father made with me, whether that means I overcompensate for it and go too far the other way I don’t know, I won’t ever feel like I am a good parent, I could write pages on this. Question 10 – People often blame religion for causing wars but is it really the greed of man using religion as an excuse..I don’t know of any religion that encourages man to kill … again, I am thinking out loud and could discuss this for hours. Question 16 – (donuts) – no, definitely not!! Question 34 – I can’t ever be happy if the people I love aren’t. OK I answered four … brilliant and thought provoking article. Thanks to Ruby for letting me know about this.
Daisy Peasblossom
On April 13, 2009 at 10:35 pm
1. Neither. By their actions shall ye know them. 2. Because in our heart of hearts we all want to be important. 3. No. We are a part of the food cycle. 4. For the same reason that some people find it east to read and some don’t. All brains are not set up the same way. 5. Good question. 6. Some people are color blind, and not everyone perceives color the same way, and it depends on the weather. 7. How about pain killers? I honestly don’t know the answer to this one. We kill to eat meat. I hope my meat does not suffer. 8. No more than they can care for, no more than they want. Children should always be wanted. 9. Dunno. I’m an omnivore. 10. Greed. It gets dressed up as religion–a lot. 11. I always figured god-being to be something of a gardener. How do you know if you are a vegetable, flower or weed? 12. Neither. We study the past, plan for the future, but we must live in the now. 13. If you were a good parent, your kids still speak to you. 14. Because they weren’t made with a built in self-monitor. 15. Cat. A goldfish can’t live in your environment, and you cant pet it. It doesn’t purr either. 16. Once they didn’t, and they would turn over in the frying vat by themselves. 17. Not necessarily. How about the people who train them to be mean? 18. And the old chief said, “Without the wolves, who will cull the sick and the weak?” This one doesn’t have an easy answer. 19. The weather isn’t politics, religion or gossip. It’s just about the only thing that isn’t. 20. Not my pantheon. Now if you want to know about the Norns… 21. Dunno. What are you going to evolve into? 22. Television is modern version of bread and circuses. 23. Custom, taste, and chance. 24. I am human. Not at all sure “good” is part of that package. I haven’t gone out of my way to be bad. 24. Not on purpose, but my actions may sometimes have been open to interpretation. 25. Depends on the book. 29. For me, watching television is hard work, so mostly I don’t. 30. Mowing lawns. Different people do it for different reasons; however, it does keep down ticks, fleas and mosquitos and makes less of a place for snakes to hide. Now, why people root out dandelions…I haven’t a clue. 31. That’s a trick question, and I hates trick questions. Obviously, we are all still on it. We will develop some plague before we are at standing room only. 32. The vasty deep that holds the stars. 33. Depends on what you mean by real. I can’t retrieve yesterday…maybe someone else can. 34. Happiness may not be important at all, really. For the thirty years that I had stay-at-home children their needs came first–never mind who was happy. Now, I’m focused on keeping my household of critters fed. Got no time to worry about happy. 35. If God made everything, who made God?
Karen Gross
On May 24, 2009 at 3:03 pm
How long can these comments be? I have rather strong opinions about several of them.
I’ll just take on #1.They are the same thing. If you believe in the Christian God (as opposed to a higher power that you designed for yourself), then you will believe in His word. If you don’t believe that the Christian Bible is God’s word, then whatever you believe about God is what you have made up.
ronnie
On July 21, 2009 at 5:33 am
1.They are both the same as you cannot believe in one without the other.The bible represents God`s word.
2.Because that is the only way they can appear “real” to people.
3.Its not cruel to eat meat from animals as God has given us dominion over all aniimal.Eating mat from fellow human being is what is cruel.
4. We all have our areas of interest.
5.No one should be able to say that without visiting other places.
6.The weather determines what the colour of the sky would be.Its not always blue.
7.Most times we are indifferent because we do not know how animals feel when they are in pain.But if the animal is the edible type its better to kill it and eat rather than allow it to waste.
8.Two as long as they are opposite sex.
9.For the cattles and pigs i think ther skins would be useful for leather products.But for chicken,they could be source of food for wild animals.
10.Religion Mostly
11.Everyone has a right to be a chosen as long as you make yourself available to be used by God and ofcourse follow his ways and keeo hios commandmnts
12.They are both important as the futur wouls soon become the past.IT is therefoe importatnt to leave everyday as if its your future
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