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The Unwilling Agnostic- Part Two
In my previous blog, I explained why The God Delusion helped me begin to differentiate between the classic concept of God and my spiritual beliefs. As I began to question my faith in faith, so to speak, this naturally led me to my second issue with atheism: its lack of absolute morality. Like many theists, I felt that a belief in some supernatural ( Read more... ) -
The Unwilling Agnostic- Part One
So I recently finished The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, which, to put it minimally, blew my mind. Following a few days of careful thought, I wanted to devote a few blog entries to my thoughts on it. In this one, I wanted to address my own reluctance to brand myself an atheist and how my views have changed ( Read more... ) -
Mr. Hanky is REAL
Another accomplishment that I can add to my list of interesting endeavors: I got OWNED by an old fogie aerobics class last weekend. Luis and I drove to Orlando to visit my family, and on Friday night, my uncle proposed that I come to his 9 a.m. (cringe) aerobics class on Saturday. Being that I'm in good shape, I haughtily assumed that I would ( Read more... ) -
Hansel and Gretel meet FSU
This morning, on my way to my daily 8 a.m. class- which, by the way, I have decided is one of the primary reasons why I have been having a hard time adjusting to Tallahassee- I discovered a bag of jelly beans in my pocket. I thought of throwing one to a squirrel, but quickly concluded that there were much, much more entertaining things to do with ( Read more... ) -
Happiness is... being a sucker
My question is, when is one truly a "friar"? In Israel, people are obsessed with not being the so-called "friar." It means someone who is a sucker and a pushover. In Israel, you do whatever is necessary to make sure you don't come out the friar. This means that you push your way into a bank that is about to close, you cut your way in line and act ( Read more... ) -
Diamonds, my ass... buy me lasic
Today was one of those days on which the world was just a little more beautiful: the colors more vivid, the contrasts crisper and the shadows more defined. The sunshine performed a dazzling little waltz on the windows, and the clouds lazily swam in the blue-gray sky like opaque satin blankets ( Read more... ) -
Intrigue, scandals and ethics, oh my
If only my obstacles had manes, stripes and claws. First of all, that would enable me to know their motives. Clearly, a hungry bear's objective would be to devour me. Human beings' motives are much more obscure. This week, I have come in contact with an unusually high volume of obstacles created by people whose motives are, to say the least, ( Read more... ) -
B.A. in Efficient Living
If you are lucky (?) enough to be a college student, you know it is a very happy time for us, indeed. Student loan checks were disbursed this week. I am happy to report that I, along with many of my peers, am temporarily fabulously rich (i.e. I have money in my savings account). This will end in, oh, about a week when I have to pay rent, but I ( Read more... ) -
"Dense" is a reasonable adjective, I swear!
I was just about to do some Calculus III when I had the sudden, happy realization that there were so many other, unproductive activities I could indulge in instead, such as updating my blog (what would I do without it ( Read more... )