genavania said:
well what else is there to put your hope in?
humanity? it has sure let us down time and time again.
they believe what they cannot see, they doubt it they challenge it and in the end they believe it.
answer me that question. if not religion or a supernatural" belief then what???
Okay...this is real easy. I'll make as clear as I can. (I do realise that by simplfiying this stuff down to make it access able it gets unfocused and reading back I can see alot of the holes that are created are due to the fact I would have to define each major term. But this more the nature the abstract ideas they describe (define) So to counter this and stop me having to write heaps more then I could be bothered, just ask for clarification and I'll see what I can do.
Why do you need hope? That like saying you'll do your best. Noone cares what your best is. The bar will be there, it's not coming down because you inable. Why? because there are people who will step up and move it higher. And dwelling on how you could have been better but God stopped you. Is a cop out.
There is nothing outside of yourself to put your hope in. NOTHING. I'm sorry, but the only think worth puting hope in is you. You are the only thing that determines your desitiny. Your desire,drive and ability to think will determine how far you can push to achieve.
But what about everyone else? It is the same. What they do is irrealivent to your ultimate sucess. As long you realise that you, not your friends, family or a higher power is going to stop you. Hinder maybe, but at the end of the day it is you.
The real question is why do you need an outside force to motivate you to act? Either good or bad. (I don't really consider anything that black and white) Why can't people just accept that people are selfish by nature (They will and do what they want). Whether they do it on purpose is debatable.
Why a higher power even needed? Because people are unwilling to explore their own thought processes and even then, are too stupid to come to any real sort of answer. I'll admit that I'm not a genius*. But I do have access to a skill. That skill is reading and thinking. It hurts my brain that there is 2000 year plus worth of recorded human thoughts and ideas (not all are good but still) yet people are unable to step back from their lives (I'm talking about general day to day duties) and try and decide why they think like they do. The only time most people even consider self reflection is when they have a near death experience. Even then they don't really think about it. The thought process goes like this:
Stupid life, live in the now.
Death experience, realise that they are living a retarded exstience.
Search for meaning, looks for easy option, cause anything more is to hard, this involves buck passing, find religion. This provides all of the above.
Convert.
Go back to stupid life, now have religion and peace of mind, feel superior because they have the answers.
See look at that, I just covered 99% of the population's self reflection (those who even get that far) in 5 steps. I dislike the fact that shit is this easy to see through.
Conclusion: Hope is a retarded term
You are what you put in, not other people
People are stupid, most people have never thought of this.
Stupid people can't think
It's sad.
*I lied, I am a genius. Look at that shit. See?