What're your questions for the world?

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Hey! This blog is about asking questions that're on my mind or that people may ask me. These are not little questions really and they can have multiple answers so feel free to answer them as you see fit. The whole point of the site is to have people think about the world and the way things are. If you don't agree with something I've said tell me why with a comment (you have to have a google account), but please don't use that as a way to be obnoxious. Everything is pretty much up in the air when it comes to what you think and how you feel about something so I can't really set down any guidelines other than don't be too judgmental of another comment or of something I may have said.

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-Asking_Why

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Is: Nothing Something? (Asked By Alex)

       You can look at this question a few different ways...One way would be the typical:  (question) "Is something wrong?" (answer) "Oh it's nothing." Looking at it that way, something is always wrong. Just putting that out there. No matter how happy someone is, or may look, SOMETHING is always bothering them deep inside. That's a fact that I've learned recently. In that scenario, nothing is something.
       There's also this scenrio: (question) "What're you thinking about?" (answer) "Nothing". That's impossible. Our brains are pretty much always active. You may think you're thinking about something but just by thinking you're not makes you think about it. Which means you're a liar (lol).
       On a more serious note...Nothing can be something, but something can't be nothing.
       What I mean is no matter how we try hard we try to use the word nothing there's always something. When there was nothing on Earth...there was still something there. When you see nothing in front of you, you're still seeing something. We you see something, you can't be looking at nothing. When you're thinking about something , you can't be thinking about nothing. It's all very confusing...
       But what do you think? Is nothing something?

Is: Heaven Really Real Or Is It Just A Fixation People Use To Be Comfortable With Death? (Asked By Maria)

       I've actually thought about that before. A lot of people who believe in God will tell you right away that heaven is real and if you do what you're suppose to here on Earth that when the time comes that's where God will place you. The alternative being Hell. But as with anything that's religious there's always: Doubt, and people who don't believe in it at all.
       People who believe in God (or any other higher power), always say that the good people will not suffer and the bad people will. People who don't believe in anything of that nature are, probably looking at those you do like they're crazy. In the bible, the description of heaven is glorious. You'll have all you've ever wanted. The only thing is...I've never seen heaven ('cause well I'm not dead). I don't of there being any proof, other than what I've read in the bible. Now, I'm not saying I don't think it's there...I'm just saying I don't know how to prove to you that it's there.
      As for the part of the question about people using it just as a way to be comfortable with dying...That seems very logical. No one really WANTS to die, but having the hope of going to heaven is a good way to come to terms with it. That is unless you know your life has been anything but on the straight and narrow. What I'm saying is it's a large possibility that that's how heaven came about...but then again how could someone write an entire book (The Bible) and have such a detailed description of something only dead people can see?
       There's so much you've got to think about when it comes to that...But hey you tell me..Is it real?

Does: Free Will Exist? (Asked By Connor)

       First of all, what would be the definition of free will? The right to act however you please? We can go with that for now.
       If we free will existed we wouldn't need all the laws that we have. We'd do whatever, whenever we wanted.  We wouldn't have to worry about people not accepting us because they'd have no right to judge us. Of course, right now people don't have that right but they use it more than they use their own brains (in my opinion). If we had true free will...the world just might be a much more chaotic place.
       Our world is messed up enough as it is, and we have rules in place everywhere. If we didn't have these rules (laws) everything we would a free for all. That is if you define free will as doing basically whatever you want. Living your life as if you have no boundaries can be a larger problem than you may realize.
       So truly, I don't believe there's free will anywhere. Even as children we can't do what we want. Sure, we can poop our diapers for a little while..Then what happens? We have to get potty trained whether we want to or not.
       That's just my opinion though. Do you think free will exists??