“All of those pretty rhymes and perfect crimes. Like you’re used to.”
So here I am. Bored. Waiting for a phone call. Thinking back to an earlier post, I decided to write about life. I'm way over my head.
The meaning of life. I hate it when people try to be smart on a cartoon or something and they ask each other “What is the meaning of life?” That is such a cavemanesque thing to say. Nobody knows the exact answer. I mean, you could go on about different theories. So I'm going to try not to be biased here.
Try not to get bored. First I'm going to discuss the different paths you can take. Then I’ll do the whole deep or instigating thing.
You can take the Biblical route. And say that life was created by God (I'm sure you’ve heard the bible story about the first seven days). But why would we be created? So that he can save us again? Is he doing us a favor?
Mythological. The whole Titans and Zeus thing. (Though I prefer the Jesus route, I have a tendency to be fascinated by mythology.) But, you don’t see many people believing in that these days. Mythology is more of a thing of the schools (not to self: write about how mythology should be banned from schools because it is crossing the fine lines into religion).
The scientific way. The whole big bang thing. I'm not really knowledgeable in this area. But a lot of people believe in this if they are not religious.
Or the "I don’t care" way. The people who are just like “Okay, Earths here, I'm living on it. Whoop!” Probably the smart way to go. But a tad ignorant. This also tends to go with the non-religious group.
Tangent: think about it. How long is the average life expectancy? We only live give or take 100 years. Isn’t that sad? Imagine knowing that your years are running out. That has to be this horrible, defeated feeling. And times are changing: What is classified as a child? Your childhood? As hypocritical as I'll sound, I do agree: Kids are growing up way too fast. And medical advancements. By the time I'm old, or 50, what will the life expectantly be then? It’s crazy?
Which brings me to my point. We are messing up the world. Earth is dying. And I'm no hippie. I'm just practical. How long can it last? But we ignore this, and carry on our lives. There's war, recession, and global warming. Yes, we are making an effort to improve, but the fact that it’s gotten this way is sickening. Consider the future.
And we continue to make all of these medical advancements, playing around with our lives. Desperately wanting to look younger. I think people just need to get old and, dare I say it, die. How much can this planet hold? What if some creepo scientist finds the key to immortality or the fountain of youth exists after all? We all get young, but continue to reproduce. Making more waste. How much can we do? This sickens me.
And don’t even start me on human flaws. That’s far more personal. And far more widespread. Look in the mirror, what have you hurt today?
And don’t worry. I’m not done questioning life…to be continued
So here I am. Bored. Waiting for a phone call. Thinking back to an earlier post, I decided to write about life. I'm way over my head.
The meaning of life. I hate it when people try to be smart on a cartoon or something and they ask each other “What is the meaning of life?” That is such a cavemanesque thing to say. Nobody knows the exact answer. I mean, you could go on about different theories. So I'm going to try not to be biased here.
Try not to get bored. First I'm going to discuss the different paths you can take. Then I’ll do the whole deep or instigating thing.
You can take the Biblical route. And say that life was created by God (I'm sure you’ve heard the bible story about the first seven days). But why would we be created? So that he can save us again? Is he doing us a favor?
Mythological. The whole Titans and Zeus thing. (Though I prefer the Jesus route, I have a tendency to be fascinated by mythology.) But, you don’t see many people believing in that these days. Mythology is more of a thing of the schools (not to self: write about how mythology should be banned from schools because it is crossing the fine lines into religion).
The scientific way. The whole big bang thing. I'm not really knowledgeable in this area. But a lot of people believe in this if they are not religious.
Or the "I don’t care" way. The people who are just like “Okay, Earths here, I'm living on it. Whoop!” Probably the smart way to go. But a tad ignorant. This also tends to go with the non-religious group.
Tangent: think about it. How long is the average life expectancy? We only live give or take 100 years. Isn’t that sad? Imagine knowing that your years are running out. That has to be this horrible, defeated feeling. And times are changing: What is classified as a child? Your childhood? As hypocritical as I'll sound, I do agree: Kids are growing up way too fast. And medical advancements. By the time I'm old, or 50, what will the life expectantly be then? It’s crazy?
Which brings me to my point. We are messing up the world. Earth is dying. And I'm no hippie. I'm just practical. How long can it last? But we ignore this, and carry on our lives. There's war, recession, and global warming. Yes, we are making an effort to improve, but the fact that it’s gotten this way is sickening. Consider the future.
And we continue to make all of these medical advancements, playing around with our lives. Desperately wanting to look younger. I think people just need to get old and, dare I say it, die. How much can this planet hold? What if some creepo scientist finds the key to immortality or the fountain of youth exists after all? We all get young, but continue to reproduce. Making more waste. How much can we do? This sickens me.
And don’t even start me on human flaws. That’s far more personal. And far more widespread. Look in the mirror, what have you hurt today?
And don’t worry. I’m not done questioning life…to be continued
1 comments:
interesting title...as some of the lyrics to that song are "life's too short to even care at all". lol. was it this that made you write this post?? i wonder...
and i think you maybe called me "a tad ignorant"...
"the zombies in the park, they're looking for my heart ooh-oh-ohhhh"
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