Thoughts on god and reality

lately i've been reading a lot of articles and talking to a few people. Religion is now explained as a sensation of the brain , along with emotions such as love. Now i'm sorry, but thats just deliberate. just like we each make our own subjective realities so our flesh responds in certain ways to stimulus. and i'm sorry. thats all it is. flesh. the mind and body are the tools of the soul, just like the mouse and keyboard are tools of the user. bottom line is: your mind and body are not you. They can be mechanically operated, and sadly for many people they become slaves to their mind and body, never achieving the ability to rise above the filth of the world and the struggle of their every day life. If this life IS actually all there is, i'm sorry, theres absolutely no point and NOTHING matters. If it is anything like the christian idea of the world, then few things matter. actually 2. acceptance of christ and spreading the word. reincarnation? your actions have repercussions but nothing permanent. you can see then, how this world, the physical world and everything around is such bullshit.

anyways...i'm tired and just had to put that to though...

A rant of a different color

So, just started a book, on the introduction so far and a simple line has inspired me to post. The book is the power of babel by John McWhorter, and is about the evolution of language.

In the introduction he talks about how our langauge differs from other animals because we do not only have words and conceptions about say...where the bananas are or about desire. we can think of other original concepts.

for the most part i disagree.

Humanity is marked by a potential that no other animal has ever had. we have the potential of greatness, to surpass our primitive and animalistic qualities. we can strive for something and truly succeed. but do we? oh no, we're content to sit around and bitch and moan and whine about desire, food, shelter, and "love". love in this culture especially is just another word for lust, and i must admit i'm not completely free of this, but no one is unless they are able to completely sever themselves from the influencing factors.

before i keep going on that rant again though, my point is this: language, and life as an extension, should be about beauty and about grace and creation. we could make our langauge beautiful, we could live to create something, to make ourselves distinct between the animals. we could all live to the best of our abilities. but we wont. we could each find out unique skillset and how to use it. but we're too worried about if we can make an extra $20 to get that new shirt that would make all the beautiful people consider us one of them. Hell, my goal for this winter break is to not waste any time. so i'm reading, playing music, and other things. If everyone would just sit down and study, expand their mind. if we could just reach beyond our base instincts... things might not be so fucked up.