It is usual to use to word love almost in everything you like, for example, -I love chocolates!, or I love ice cream!.However, what is meant by ‘love’ differs from case to case. The Greeks philosophers came up with three different view of love: eros, agape, and philia.
Eros is originally meant love in the sense of a kind of passionate desire for an object, typically sexual passion. Agape the sort of love God has for us persons, as well as our love for God and, by extension, of our love for each other,a kind of brotherly love. Philia means a kind of affectionate regard or friendly feeling towards not just one's friends but also possibly towards family members, business partners, and one's country at large. The question is even though there are different ways of defining love, how can we measure it? If love is something that we can't see does that means that it does not exist? And also What feeling do you think is stronger, Love or hate?
Friday, December 4, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Does God Exist?
Among all the sufferin that exist among humanity, is it possible to still believe in a Omnipotent and Holy God? If it so, then, whats the origin of God? who created him? There are many questions with no logical answers, but When asked “Who or what created God?” we are making the assumption that God was created. If God exists independently of time and space, and if He is the Creator of time and space, He migth not be creation, God began the beginning. What do you think is the answer? Do you think that this hypothesis make sense?
Saturday, November 14, 2009
How is it possible to understand the evil and the good in the world? How can you know the difference between evil and good? On what do you base your answer? I found myself thinking about the difference between good and evil, and I was trying to comparea the two different terms and I could not find a definition of what good is or evil is, is like morals, you cannot based them on feelings or in a universal code for all. Plato defines evil as the lack of goodness. The duality theory states that evil cannot exist withouth good, and good cannot exist without evil. The way I can understand these two terms is by understanding that something evil cause harm, while a good action cause or brings a satisfactory feeling. If Humanity is more attracted to a desire of good, what are the reasons that lead to one's choice in performing evil acts?
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Values!
I was entering to a restaurant and I noticed that hardly no one opens the door to the person who is coming behind them, I observed there while I was waiting to be seated and several guys didn't even open the the door for girls. What is happening with the gentleman's now days? No more opening the car door, no flowers, or chocolates. I think that many young people might say that those things are old school and girls don't appreciate them anymore, but who does not like a guy to send her flowers or chocolates? Who doesn't like a gentlement? The values have changed with time, now it seems that the girls needs to treat the boys, and maybe it is because of the idea of feminism that we are all the same, but i think it is also education and values that parents provide to their children since little. Kindness with others is a value that we as society are losing, if you are walking on the street hardly anyone says hi! or good morning! Everyone is becoming so self-centered that we don't look around to see that there are others that also exist and that by providing a simple smile or a Hi! to a stranger can make the other person feel better. Cell phones and texting have also stop us from communicate one to one, sometimes there is a group of more than two people together, and instead of talking with themselves each of them is with their cellphone texting! Whats the point? I mean if you have something to share, share it with the person you have infront not by texting. What do you think is the main reason why now days we are less kind and humble with others?
Friday, October 30, 2009
Kids
I work at a elementary school as a Recreational leader, I have third grade and they are an amazing group. I have noticed that that kids are less innocent, at least they do not think they way I used to think when I was a third grader. The other day I heard a kid saying that he had a girlfriend and that they had s.e.x., I was like in shock, obviously they are not, I hope, but it seems like their minds are more aware of whats going on around them. Maybe society is taking that innocence from the kids, by not acknowledge them, I mean, is not their fault, tv is full of sex, violence and drugs, also adults do not mind cursing in front of kids, I think we should all do something about it because kids are the future, and even though that phrase is overrated it is true. Kids should be kids, and I think society have not acknowledge the fact that we are examples of the kids, therefore we should always be careful for what we say infront of them, mostly partens. Also I think the problem is that many parents are having babies by accident, and they are not prepare to raise a child, so this children grow up without a good example.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Growing up!
So, as I was seating in my bedroom having a break from packing up my stuff, thinking about what could I write for my blog, I realized how fast does time pass, I mean I remember being a freshman coming to my first day of school in the university, getting homesick and missing my friends and family. Now, I am living on my own, working, going to school, and ready to move out to my new apartment with my best friend, Wow! Time passes and really fast, I mean it feels like yesterday when I graduate form highschool. It is scary, well, at least for me, I mean I am an adult know and sometimes I don't really feel like an adult, maybe I don't want to, maybe in the future I will be sitting down thinking about my college days, and I'll feel the same. Does it feels like that to you too? Is it just me, or Time is really passing by extremely fast? What do you think?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Cause and Effect
What is cause and what is effect? What is first, is the effect that makes the cause, or the cause makes the effect? In order to know the cause you need to ask yourself why did it happen? And in order to know the effect you have to ask yourself what happened? There is always a cause and an effect for everything, but the question is how many times the effect happens right after the cause and how sometimes the effect never happnes. For example smoking, I know many people who smoke cigarrettes and they don't develop cancer, but others that don't even somke are dying because of cancer. It seems to me that not all the time the effect happens after a cause. What is it that control the cause and effect on things and events, is it luck? Why is it that for things like chemestry you had two chemicals and you have a reaction but in real life you do something good or bad and sometimes you dont have an effect right away?
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