Philosophy(ish)
Ok, I lied, this is not really philosophy per say...more of my philosophy on life which was formulated based on several weeks critical thinking and analyzation, and more importantly, is a compromise based upon the critical evaluation of my peers during these internal debates, and hopefully makes more sense now than it did when i tried to explain it, and I really just wanted to write this shit down while it does all make sense. Message me for clarifiation and/or more debate on the subject. Enjoy!
Ok, now, first off, if you consider yourself religious, or close-minded (be honest), you may not want to even bother perusing this site. If this does not apply to you, peruse at your leisure, but realize that the purpose of this...expos�...is to admit to yourself that it may be true, I do not wish to convert you to my cause, i simply ask you to examine the evidence and glance at my conclusion based on the evidence, you must make your own conclusion.
So, to begin with, i must present the evidence in the most logical fasion, a conversation, and hence, questions:(excerpts from actual debates)
"Do you believe in a God?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well... for instance, do you live by a system of morals?"
Here I must explain, I believe that morals in our lives are evidence of belief in a higher-power. I believe that there is no evidence which can be used to support an argument which claims that morals are inherent in human nature. Man is born amoral, if he was placed in a theoretically "clean" environment from birth, he would have no concept of right or wrong, his conscience would be free of outside influence, and he would be amoral. Now, I say amoral and not immoral because the consequence of any action would have no effect on his conscience, and thus he has no concept of right or wrong.
Once we introduce an outside influence, religion, to his environment, his life is forever changed, based on this experience, he can never again be amoral. So, do not mistake me and believe that I claim that immorality is good. I believe that morality is a stimulus imposed upon life by religion. Based upon this fact, I believe that man ought to be ruled by his free-will than by his false sense of morality. I live a good life because I feel like it, if I wanted to get high or lie, cheat, steal...I would, it is my perogative to do so. On the other hand, if I knew a mass murdering cheater rapist, I would not be opposed to his choice of lifestyle, it is his choice to do as he pleases. Though I cannot claim to condone such a lifestyle, I am saying that strictly logically speaking, there is no reason he ought not be able to do this.
"Ok, so what does morality have to do with you philosophy on life?"
Well, on the basis that my above claim is correct, and man has no inherent morality, I must argue that religion is, in fact an aspect of our lives which most seriously corrupts society, it is, in fact, the basis for good and evil and, ironically, the root of evil by creating a system which divides action into these subdivisions.
From this argument, I make quite a jump, religion is also the basis of primitive faith. Well, I must ask:
"Do you believe faith is a false hope?"
"Why would I believe that?"
"Well, frankly...logic."
Ok, that wasn't fair, I skipped over a few other points in there, first, religion is the primitive basis for faith. Well, isn't it? If you believe in religion, you by definition have faith in it, so this is not wholly contestable yet. However, faith is false hope; my reasoning to the case in question is as follows. Faith is equivalent to a belief in something, it is applicable to any aspect of life. Our primary belief in anything is also an expectation, if I believe this burrito I am about to eat is going to be good, I expect it to be. Now, subconsciouly, we always expect perfection initially, we expect anything that we have an expectation for to be perfect, flawless. Perfection is an abstract term for the impossible, nothing can ever be truly perfect, if it was, everyone would have to accept that it was, therefore, unless every man alive agrees something is perfect, it is not. Thus, it is impossible to attain perfection. (note: if perfection is ever achieved, this theory falls apart and is not worth shit.) Assuming perfection is impossible, though we expect, we must conclude that, essentially, everything in life is just a false hope that it will be perfect, but it never will be, hence, it is false. With this in mind we see that life is a series of let-downs. Although this is quite pessimistic, it is a solvable problem.
We are now faced with the reality that life seems to be pretty bleak...I mean...what's the pount of living if the seemingly sole purpose of life is to face let-downs. This bothered me for a few weeks, until I realized there is no point to live...at least...no higher purpose type of point, there is no reason we are actually here, we just are. So, that still leaves the question why live? Well, we live for fun...what the hell else are we going to do? We live because what we experience daily is not perfect, but it comes close, and this makes life fun. Fun is derived from near perfect experiences, and the more of them you have, the happier you are. Unfortunately, life itself grinds on us, and brings us down too, so these experiences must outweigh life's drag in order to be happy. These two factors are different for everyone, but once you become unhappy, many things change, but most importantly, this is the only condition that must be met in order for someone to commit suicide. Thus, we die if we are not happy, and little pleasures do matter.
Now, understanding has led to one logical conclusion...we must all be happy. I have always understood suicide to be a last ditch effort to solve an unsolvable problem...but more importantly, an easy way for stupid people to escape. You must be stupid if you cannot solve your own problems enough to avoid a last attempt to escape them. Thus, if this is believed, another condition of suicide is stupidity, and thus...I plan to never kill myself, nor do I expect anyone I am close to to, because anyone I am close to is not stupid. I don't know why I wandered off on this tangent...back to theories...Essentially, the best way to be happy therefore is to not care about anything...if you adopt this mindset, life drags less on you, but at the same time, you can experience a degree of pleasure because you still have expectations, they cannot be eliminated. This is essentially doing the bare minimum to survive...I have adopted this attitude for two reasons: drag was outweighing pleasure in my life, and I am lazy. I want to do the bare minimum always, this is an application of this principle to life itself, the bare minimum to survive life.
But, my conclusion is only one of many possibilities, you may see life as having a higher purpose (God believers), or you may believe life is not inherently depressing, and so all I have done is laid some evidence bare, open to yuor interpretation, I much anticipate your deliberations on the subject, please do email me or im me about holes, contradictions and the like so I can fix them.
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