What's the point of blogging if nobody will read it? Its like talking to a diary but a little more risky because its more likely to be found. Although maybe not, its doubtful anyone reading will know who katiewee is.

Its come to my attention that 2010 is an important year. It truly defines the end of what I was and now I have to accept what will be. Its very difficult coming to these conclusions. Theres a point in life where you see the path that has led you to where you are and you can see the footsteps. In all honesty it wouldn't be hard to follow then back, to relive those old feelings. But not now, now 2010 is the cliff. No longer can you get back what you deviated from. This is a new path a new journey that will led you God knows where. I feel as though I've fallen more into a river, its impossible to stop taking steps since the path has already been chosen and I can only float from side to side in the river.

There's no knowing why, who or how. I have my guesses but in the end I was pulled into the river. Because of who I am and what my conscious tells me to do I can never escape from my path. I follow the track that leads me to make the right decision, to keep trying and to try to keep those closest to me happy. There's nothing else. Few simple rules will dictate the rest of me.

Dreams

Many people believe that dreams tell someone about their inner thoughts and feelings. Unfortunately I’ve never been very religious oriented so I’ve never had a dream that involved any sort of religious experience. I wonder if people that incorporate religion into their everyday life, if they have dreams containing God? Then if they do, does anyone who doesn’t have a religious afflation ever have dreams about religion? And if so would this be some sign to them that they hold these beliefs although they don’t act on them. I believe that in order to truly believe in something it should plague your mind as an integral part of it. I know that for myself whatever is on my mind I usually dream about that night. Given some of my dreams are completely random I find that there is some reason for them. Sometimes the dreams are able to show me that I have stronger feelings about a subject then I expected. I think that the dreams would be a good indicator inside a person relationship with their religion. Although many dreams are based off experiences, religion seems to advocate a person’s action. I think it would be disturbing to find someone that has a tight relationship within their church to be void of these types of dreams.

Sexism in Reincarnation

There seems to be the idea in reincarnation that one can become human or animal in their next life. This allows for many options of existence. A curious instance is that the Dalai Lama has never reincarnated into a woman. The question is whether the Dalai Lama chooses to be reborn as a man or whether society plays a role in the decision of the new Dalai Lama. I don't think it really matters if the Dalai Lama is male or female but it is curious to think that they have always been male. I believe that people would have a hard time believing that the powerful ruler had reformed as a woman, women not being very respected until recent. I think that this would lead people to believe that when you are reincarnated your sex remains as part of your soul. I disagree. For the Dalai Lama to continuously reincarnate into a man there must be some pretty slim odds otherwise there's another force coming into play.

Evolution

There has always been a big disagreement between the belief in Darwin or God. Who is right and can they both be right? Could God have made an earth in which the '7 day' God spent creating the earth was actually a bad time scale and it allowed for the evolution of man? I know there are some people out there who believe in both, they know God created the earth but all the evidence for evolution seems undeniable as well. For some its hard to admit that we seem to be superior being but we are distantly related to inferior species. Then they think that why would God allow for this to occur when we were made in his image, did he plan for us to develop in this manner or was it by chance?
I think that I would be able to cope with the idea that God created the earth from the big bang, in which everything tha occured afterwards was out of his control. I understand that he is all powerful and all knowing but the chance of human existence seems so variable that I couldn't imagine that he would expect us to turn out this way. The evidence presented by the science sommunity makes too much sense to disregard. I've grown up with the notion that science has allowed us to understand more about ourselves and our surroundings then religion ever could. Knowing the mechanics to life and our world allows for so much more of a useful mind frame then just prayer and worship could. I know science isn't sure about everything but it definately describes many of the usual questions. Maybe the idea that God created man makes less sense as if God created the mechanics of the world; physics, biology and chemistry. This is an understanding I could come to terms with.

Scared places

US Weekly published an article about the most sacred places on the planet. These of course are chosen for their religious correlation. I think its interesting what makes a place scared. An event or experience that occurs at some place can hold this drastic effect on those who viewed the event as important. I think scared places can be evident for anyone from having an influential event occur in specific spot. Such as those who go on a romantic get away, that place will always have a significant meaning to the person. Therefore i think it is unfair to say that only certain places are truly scared, but instead only to those who believe in its significance. I know for me I would never be tempted to travel to the areas the magazine listed for the significance behind the area doesn't appeal to me for my lack of beliefs. But if I could go back to the place where i grew up as a child or my elementary school I would be overwhelmed with feeling and emotion. My point is that we cannot choose scared places for the mass but instead for the religious mass. People will find their own scared spots in relation to what they value, everyone being different it is hard to narrow it down into a few locations. I think Americans value the white house being our nations capitol, this being why it attracts so many tourists. Jewish young adults travel to Jerusalem for its religious significance. US Weekly shouldn't have been so bold as to say that everyone agreed on the most scared places in the world for their religious affiliation.

Click

Today I watched the movie Click, which poses a very interesting idea. In the movie the man was given a remote control that would control hos world. Not only the options of pause, mute or fast forward were used but also there was a main menu. In the main menu the person could skip to any part of their lives to watch what happened. Although this is a little like playing God at the same time the man was unable to control the remote control, given to him by the angel of death. Auto-pilot got the better of him and fast forwarded him through the bad parts of his life. Ultimately he missed out on all the good little things that make up for the bad.
What I don't understand is why he never thought to hit rewind during the times when he wanted to go back to the past...but maybe it didn't work that way.
I really like this movie for i think it poses an interesting idea. What I got out of seeing the movie is that we are unable to pick out the parts of our lives that are important to our being. We cannot chose which experiences will affect our lives, therefore if we were to try we would mess up and completely change who we are and what we would become. I know that for myself I have a hard enough time making any choices about my life that if I had to try to structure it on my own it would be too much for me. Many of the bad experiences I've had I may not have chosen to go through although they shaped my character and the lessons I've learned are priceless.
The movie Bruce Almighty has a similar theme, a man is granted with god's powers. This story is a little more intense for he has to take on the role of God for his whole city. The same ending is reached that we don't like having so much control and that the power always ends up destroying ourselves. We are not capable of being all powerful, I believe its because we aren't all knowing. The knowledge is what really distinguishes the good and bad decisions.

Is God on our side?

Discussion in class confirmed that the God in the bible is a jealous one. It states that he wants the best for humanity and yet there is so much evidence against that. Such as the pain and suffering that we see everyday, not to mention tragic events such as natural disasters. God is said to be 'all powerful, all knowing and all good', therefore by believing in him it is confirming that everything that happens is because he decided it would be so. But this cannot be true if he is allowing terrible events such as the Holocaust. If God were truly good he wouldn't support such pain and suffering.
My thoughts are that if God created us in his image, which brings along some similar characteristics. The creator is able to view our world and our problems, much like watching a drama series. Humans have a history of loving violence, although we don't agree with it we cannot tear out eyes away from the torture. Evidence of this is can be seen from countless events from gladiator shows to the present times of movies like saw or hostile. These events focus on the torturing people. God obviously receives some joying in watching the suffering of human kind. In the beginning he could see that man was making strides in learning, therefore he decided to interfere and make things harder. This is when he knocked people off the tower spreading them across the world with different languages. What other reason would he do this except for that he enjoys watching us struggle. By separating us across the world made us lose our unity and instead create different groups of which there was turmoil between. If we were left being one community there would be less problems in our world, which god wouldn't allow. He knew what would happen and our troubles are obviously what pleases him.