One of /Those/ Days...

[weirdrei]

I freaked out on Prof. Capo this morning. I submitted a play for his playwrighting class, and today we had some theatre majors (please the head of the Theatre Dept., and btw, I'm not trying to be snooty; I like spelling it -re) come in and read it. Then they got to tell me their opinions on the play and what needed to be changed

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[marsara]

"I guess I'm just upset that nobody cares about what is important. Religion is important, no matter what you adhere to, yet everyone seems to think their other clubs, which involve only fun things, are more important. I'm sick of people only caring about comfort and "me, me, me!" I see our nation, which has tons of money and some of the best education the world can offer. And what does it get us?! We don't do anything but hope it benefits ourselves. How many people are in college only because that they know it will add money to their bank accounts in the future?"

I can't help but to ask what is "truly" important? Although I can agree, that morality and ethics are quite and of the importance. And one's belief system should be the most important thing in a person's life. Americans seem to be more 'self-centered', 'arrogant', and 'blind', if you will, compared to what I see and have felt from many others

[weirdrei]

I just wanted to point out that I wasn't being close-minded when I said religion. A religion doesn't just refer to the practices; it does refer to a set of beliefs. I like to call all worldviews religions because it keeps the atheists and agnostics from getting all superior because they dont "follow a religion," which they feel makes them more open minded.

At this point, I'm fine with people disagreeing on what's considered important. What I have trouble with is that everyone's view on what's important doesn't seem to encompass a larger life goal. I think it's fine if you want to consider football highly important if you think it's important because of the sense of community it fosters as well as the recreation value. What I don't like is that people join these things because I want to be on a higher rung in society. I want to be famous. I want to be invited to parties

[marsara]

Huh, Interesting on what you call Religion. Although personally I wouldn't call a persons set of beliefs Religion, technically by the defination I hold for Religion I should

[weirdrei]

At this point, I think the poverty issue would benefit if all people wanted to do was "give a man a fish" over and over and over again. At least they would be doing something selfless for the sake of another human, giving out of their abundance to another. And at least that person would eat. Maybe, from that small step, we could then make those people (the ones giving the fish) realize that they need to do more.

No issue can be solved by just attacking it from the simplest solution. Hence why I hate this whole, "Pro-abortion/Pro-Life" argument that only deals with a law. Is it wrong to attack the surface and make a law? No, it's actually quite helpful to the cause. But the only way to really solve the problem is to tackle the underlying issues of poverty, selfishness in our society, and perceptions on pregnant women.

I'm not sure what you mean about me doing something I will regret. That sounds strong, the word regret. Perhaps you meant something I wouldn't feel like I wasted time on?

[weirdrei]

BTW, neither your definition or my definition of religion is wrong: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion

Just goes to show that even "facts" can be obscure, eh? ;)