Jamieon Oyungu
Constructing a Life Philosophy Paper
Our view of reality is like a map that we can chose to make for ourselves. Imagine if you are at a crossroads, and a clear choice has to be made. Will you turn right, or left? Most people will go through their lives making choices that affect them by natural instincts. Making a life map, you think of where you wish to be. You must look at the facts, the ways to get to those goals you want. The path may not always be clear, but you must be truthful to yourself in order for the map to work. Most people find this map of reality hard to make. It’s painful to face the not so beautiful truth about yourself and the path you may be on. It’s also very hard to stay consistant with your map. …show more content…
Religion is a pursuit a person must be willing to
take throughout their life. The transformation that is needed as the book discusses talks of human
sacrifice to achieve this. Reading this chapter, made me look at religion from a different point of
view. The instructions to keep a open mind was very hard for me. Considering I was raised
in a Baptist household. Religion described in such a scientific way took out all the beautiful
things religion and spiritual seekers gain. For Christians you must always reject the temptations
of the devil. The sacrifice you give up here on earth are only small compaired to what you gain
in the afterlife. For Hindus and Buddhists, you are governed by your karma. Both of these
religions are strongly opposed to violence or causing harm to other living things. They
have also never tried to impose their ways upon the rest of the world. I don’t nessicarly agree
with every aspect in the religion world, but it can bring so much peace. It’s a feeling I honestly
cannot put into words. We also must understand lots of things can give meaning to your life,
none of them have to be religion. You children can bring you meaning. The sacrifice you give …show more content…
It gave insight into the why, and how things are down. For example I never knew the
concepts of Judaism. For me when Christ came into my life, I found true peace.
Religion gives you balance and gives you a purpose, helps you answer the question you are
not here by mistake. It helps direct you away from random views that can be transposed on you
from other people.When adding science and religion together, they both can give life a meaning.
Darwin has made it possible to effectively explain why we are here right now in an exciting way.
The idea that all organisms on earth are related to each other and have evolved over billions of
years. Early scientists trusted their inquiries as a part of human nature to want to know the
unknown. The one thing that I took from this chapter, was scientific truths and the search for
spiritual meaning are trying to discover the same information. How do we not know that God
didn’t cause these mutation while he formed Adam? The only issues I have is while many people
think that because we know how the sun was made, the earth was formed that automatically
cancels out God . Everything now has this scientific approach that if it cannot be explained
Constructing a Life Philosophy Paper
Our view of reality is like a map that we can chose to make for ourselves. Imagine if you are at a crossroads, and a clear choice has to be made. Will you turn right, or left? Most people will go through their lives making choices that affect them by natural instincts. Making a life map, you think of where you wish to be. You must look at the facts, the ways to get to those goals you want. The path may not always be clear, but you must be truthful to yourself in order for the map to work. Most people find this map of reality hard to make. It’s painful to face the not so beautiful truth about yourself and the path you may be on. It’s also very hard to stay consistant with your map. …show more content…
Religion is a pursuit a person must be willing to
take throughout their life. The transformation that is needed as the book discusses talks of human
sacrifice to achieve this. Reading this chapter, made me look at religion from a different point of
view. The instructions to keep a open mind was very hard for me. Considering I was raised
in a Baptist household. Religion described in such a scientific way took out all the beautiful
things religion and spiritual seekers gain. For Christians you must always reject the temptations
of the devil. The sacrifice you give up here on earth are only small compaired to what you gain
in the afterlife. For Hindus and Buddhists, you are governed by your karma. Both of these
religions are strongly opposed to violence or causing harm to other living things. They
have also never tried to impose their ways upon the rest of the world. I don’t nessicarly agree
with every aspect in the religion world, but it can bring so much peace. It’s a feeling I honestly
cannot put into words. We also must understand lots of things can give meaning to your life,
none of them have to be religion. You children can bring you meaning. The sacrifice you give …show more content…
It gave insight into the why, and how things are down. For example I never knew the
concepts of Judaism. For me when Christ came into my life, I found true peace.
Religion gives you balance and gives you a purpose, helps you answer the question you are
not here by mistake. It helps direct you away from random views that can be transposed on you
from other people.When adding science and religion together, they both can give life a meaning.
Darwin has made it possible to effectively explain why we are here right now in an exciting way.
The idea that all organisms on earth are related to each other and have evolved over billions of
years. Early scientists trusted their inquiries as a part of human nature to want to know the
unknown. The one thing that I took from this chapter, was scientific truths and the search for
spiritual meaning are trying to discover the same information. How do we not know that God
didn’t cause these mutation while he formed Adam? The only issues I have is while many people
think that because we know how the sun was made, the earth was formed that automatically
cancels out God . Everything now has this scientific approach that if it cannot be explained