Isacc Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Adolf Hitler, Paul the Apostle, Siddhartha (Buddha), Moses, Abraham, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, Jesus of Nazareth. These are the ten most prestigious people in history.
There is not a day where one of these names are not mentioned, their influence appears everyday. They are all dead (depending on your belief).
If you disagree with my top ten list make your own and compare, you 'll be hard pressed to find significant changes.
At the start of every day choices are made that in some manner are a direct influence of one of these people. Wake up, working, its not a destiny, although it may feel that way at times. Somehow, the lines become blurry about free will and destiny. Did you have an …show more content…
Your wife asks “what do you want for dinner ?”, “you choose” is your response. “Tuna” she quips, knowing that you hate tuna.
Kids are told “do your homework”, go to bed”, “eat your vegetables” “don 't kill him” “a woman 's right to choose”. The truth is there is always a choice. Is that the main difference between us and the Russians ?
Its the 1980 's, two Soviet spy’s(they are Soviets in 1980, not Russians), are in a dinner outside Washington D.C.
The waitress approaches and asks to take the order, the woman says “Ill have tea”, the waitress, responds, “we have Earl Grey, Oolong, Black, Pu-erh...”, the woman interrupts “Just hot tea, is that to much to ask”? The waitress leaves, the woman says to her counterpart, “that’s the trouble with Americans, too many choices.”
Iran and Russia offer no choice for the individual, this feels more like destiny. There are large issues that involve choice, Iran, Russia, China and the America all have decisions to make. These decisions will now influence the destiny of billions of people, perhaps the …show more content…
Technology has shrunk the planet, a bad decision could cost dearly in ways that are unimaginable. The bible implies Adam and Eve had free will, many scholars will claim they where destined to eat the apple. In the early days of Christianity, the Catholic Church had total influence. The church decided the earth was the center of the universe, Copernicus was placed under house arrest for thinking otherwise.
The debate rages if Newton was influenced by religion. Newton did spend a tremendous time interrupting the bible and searching for the hidden references to creation and the universe among many topics he pursued. Newton may have actually believed that the clockwork universe theory required the creator occasionally rewind the universal timepiece.
This could account for unpredictable occurrences in the world. What happens if on certain days the creator did not rewind the clock. Did you ever have a feeling, even briefly time had stopped?
Choice was relevant as Adam and Eve supposedly had a choice, at least Eve made the choice, seems like things have not changes, women make lots of decisions, they tell men it was mutual, but did men really have a
There is not a day where one of these names are not mentioned, their influence appears everyday. They are all dead (depending on your belief).
If you disagree with my top ten list make your own and compare, you 'll be hard pressed to find significant changes.
At the start of every day choices are made that in some manner are a direct influence of one of these people. Wake up, working, its not a destiny, although it may feel that way at times. Somehow, the lines become blurry about free will and destiny. Did you have an …show more content…
Your wife asks “what do you want for dinner ?”, “you choose” is your response. “Tuna” she quips, knowing that you hate tuna.
Kids are told “do your homework”, go to bed”, “eat your vegetables” “don 't kill him” “a woman 's right to choose”. The truth is there is always a choice. Is that the main difference between us and the Russians ?
Its the 1980 's, two Soviet spy’s(they are Soviets in 1980, not Russians), are in a dinner outside Washington D.C.
The waitress approaches and asks to take the order, the woman says “Ill have tea”, the waitress, responds, “we have Earl Grey, Oolong, Black, Pu-erh...”, the woman interrupts “Just hot tea, is that to much to ask”? The waitress leaves, the woman says to her counterpart, “that’s the trouble with Americans, too many choices.”
Iran and Russia offer no choice for the individual, this feels more like destiny. There are large issues that involve choice, Iran, Russia, China and the America all have decisions to make. These decisions will now influence the destiny of billions of people, perhaps the …show more content…
Technology has shrunk the planet, a bad decision could cost dearly in ways that are unimaginable. The bible implies Adam and Eve had free will, many scholars will claim they where destined to eat the apple. In the early days of Christianity, the Catholic Church had total influence. The church decided the earth was the center of the universe, Copernicus was placed under house arrest for thinking otherwise.
The debate rages if Newton was influenced by religion. Newton did spend a tremendous time interrupting the bible and searching for the hidden references to creation and the universe among many topics he pursued. Newton may have actually believed that the clockwork universe theory required the creator occasionally rewind the universal timepiece.
This could account for unpredictable occurrences in the world. What happens if on certain days the creator did not rewind the clock. Did you ever have a feeling, even briefly time had stopped?
Choice was relevant as Adam and Eve supposedly had a choice, at least Eve made the choice, seems like things have not changes, women make lots of decisions, they tell men it was mutual, but did men really have a