Yesterday, I worked the student org fair on campus. The weird part of the fair was that the planners decided to put AIESEC right next to IAESTE. It was like trying to sell Coca-cola standing next to a Pepsi machine.
Religious thoughts:
Our booth was in the international section for student orgs. Immediately before AIESEC, was the religious section. I had a brief chat with Lisa about our mutual shock that the religious student org section took up TWICE (if not more) as much room as the international section.
This morning I am awakened by this first article wondering aloud, WHY? It kind of reminded me of Napoleon shooting a cannon at the Sphinx (even if Napoleon didn't actually do it). It still astounds me how one religous sect can get mad at another that shows no ill-feelings towards it.
Then I stumbled upon this one which made me wonder, how do these 'leaders' believe what they are doing is right? In the US?
In the AIESEC community there are many who have strong faiths and are not scared to express them. But they always had knowledge to back their beliefs. They are not ignorant fools blindly following one humans thoughts. Which is why I still don't understand why many religios sects throughout all of history have always insisted on ignorance and the closing of their society to the outside world. Or the belief that everyone who does not agree with you is your enemy. A human being become a drone, only capable of fighting and dying.
Anyone ever watch Equilibrium? It was the first movie I saw with Christian Bale as the protagonist. Upon my first viewing, I always reasoned that it would never actually happen as no modern society would go through those great lengths for 'peace and happiness', but... anything's possible.
Religious thoughts:
Our booth was in the international section for student orgs. Immediately before AIESEC, was the religious section. I had a brief chat with Lisa about our mutual shock that the religious student org section took up TWICE (if not more) as much room as the international section.
This morning I am awakened by this first article wondering aloud, WHY? It kind of reminded me of Napoleon shooting a cannon at the Sphinx (even if Napoleon didn't actually do it). It still astounds me how one religous sect can get mad at another that shows no ill-feelings towards it.
Then I stumbled upon this one which made me wonder, how do these 'leaders' believe what they are doing is right? In the US?
In the AIESEC community there are many who have strong faiths and are not scared to express them. But they always had knowledge to back their beliefs. They are not ignorant fools blindly following one humans thoughts. Which is why I still don't understand why many religios sects throughout all of history have always insisted on ignorance and the closing of their society to the outside world. Or the belief that everyone who does not agree with you is your enemy. A human being become a drone, only capable of fighting and dying.
Anyone ever watch Equilibrium? It was the first movie I saw with Christian Bale as the protagonist. Upon my first viewing, I always reasoned that it would never actually happen as no modern society would go through those great lengths for 'peace and happiness', but... anything's possible.
Labels: blasphemy, Christian Bale
posted by Bruhaha at 9:02 AM
4 Comments:
i'm enjoying your blog a lot more now. hope all is well in madison
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at least you know who Christian Bale is.
btw the comment that was deleted was me, I was using my dad's log in i.d whoops
In Qatar, it's astounding how there is little or no distinction between the justifications of religion, tradition and culture for the things people do every day...
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