Well, I don't usually have such an interest in zombies, they're kind of a dumb concept. However, after having watched Zombieland with Lee (a.k.a. Leroy Jenkins) and his roommate Ben (a.k.a. C4), I haven't been able to get my mind(or my brain) off the subject... But anyway, on to the reason for the name of this post, I'm back in Glenney's class today and the group presenting spoke about Descartes' Mind-Body problem. This is interesting because that is what I wrote my scheme about. Anyway again, one of the questions led Glenney to go off on a spiel about zombie souls(mindless souls). What would a mindless soul do? In what way could it be "me"? I just found this interesting, sorry if this bored you, but its not like you're following me, so whatevs.
After missing my first class this morning, I decided to sleep in a bit(too long), and almost missed this one too. But I got here(after almost forgetting my scheme paper), just before the group started. woohoo. yeah. Last night, Leroy and C4 convinced me to stay up later than I should have to watch a movie with them. Wednesday nights are Leroy's only free night, so we watched The Time Machine. I thought it was good, even though I had seen it before, and C4 agreed. But of course Lee hated it, there's something about movies based off of books (especially ones about science fiction) that doesn't sit well with him. He over-analyzes the science behind everything. Onward and upward, because we watched the movie, I didn't get to sleep until about 2 am(which isn't abnormal for me, in fact its rather early, but not when I have an 8 am class to get to). And instead of trying to think of more to say, I'll end with that...
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Shortness
1. I have a shortness of breath problem
2. This is going to be a short post, I survived a long day of dreading papers... First I had to finish a 10-page dialogue(which I twisted into a zombie apocalypse on Gordon campus from a short dialogue in Claymore), then I had to write a scheme for a philosophy paper that I had no clue what to write about. I ended up writing about Descartes' Mind-Body argument, which basically states that the mind and body are separated. Its a dualistic dilemma of drastic dreadfulness. That's all I felt like saying, just giving the short blog a try (I might as well experiment with this, right?)
P.S. You better not be following me, that's just creepy.
2. This is going to be a short post, I survived a long day of dreading papers... First I had to finish a 10-page dialogue(which I twisted into a zombie apocalypse on Gordon campus from a short dialogue in Claymore), then I had to write a scheme for a philosophy paper that I had no clue what to write about. I ended up writing about Descartes' Mind-Body argument, which basically states that the mind and body are separated. Its a dualistic dilemma of drastic dreadfulness. That's all I felt like saying, just giving the short blog a try (I might as well experiment with this, right?)
P.S. You better not be following me, that's just creepy.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
New Beginnings
I've never written a journal before, or anything similar to one, so I don't know what will come of this. I don't expect or want followers, people reading my thoughts is just weird to think about. So I don't even know why I'm writing this out here, maybe its better to write a journal. Nah.
So I started this blog in the middle of The Examined Life with Brian Glenney, and we are talking about souls and what happens after we die. The theories he has are as follows: Floaty Soul, Gappy Soul, Non-gappy Soul, and Body-Snatcher Soul. The Floaty Soul theory is that when you die, your soul leaves your body and just floats around in a purely spiritual existence. The Gappy Soul theory follows Jesus' death and resurrection, that when we die our souls go somewhere for a while, and then receive a new body(spiritual or physical). The Non-Gappy Soul theory just shortens the Gappy Soul theory, so that we jump from one body immediately to a new one when we die. And then there is the Body-Snatcher Soul theory, which I interpret as when we die, God snatches our souls from our bodies and places them in a new one. This is similar to the Non-Gappy Soul theory, with the exception that God is moving your soul, not your soul itself moving. I started writing as he was explaining this last one, so I missed part of the explanation. Whatever.
I believe that when we die, our souls are brought directly to the gates of Heaven, and to us this appears to be an immediate thing. I say "to us" because time is a relative thing. Its a measurement of the length of life, the length of the universe. So when we die, I believe that we are taken out of time, and brought before God for judgement. In the several cases in the Bible where Jesus Christ brought people back from the dead, he says they are merely sleeping. I don't think these people fully died when he raised them. And in the case of Samuel's ghost speaking to Saul in the Old Testament, I don't see why God couldn't allow Samuel to return to Earth for a short while. And when the end of the world comes, and there is the "resurrection of the dead," we return to Earth to serve our purpose there. Back to the souls, once pass judgement, those who go to Heaven are given their new and perfect bodies, and I'm not sure whether those that go to Hell receive new bodies or remain as tormented souls. I think the worst possible torment is to behold the glories of ultimate perfection, and be denied entrance.
I don't know if that was coherent enough for you non-followers, I lost my train of thought near the end because Glenney had us all harmonize with him. He's a very random professor. So I guess this is good enough for my first blog post, I tried to interpret my scatter-brained thoughts, and hopefully I will get better at this as time wears on.
So I started this blog in the middle of The Examined Life with Brian Glenney, and we are talking about souls and what happens after we die. The theories he has are as follows: Floaty Soul, Gappy Soul, Non-gappy Soul, and Body-Snatcher Soul. The Floaty Soul theory is that when you die, your soul leaves your body and just floats around in a purely spiritual existence. The Gappy Soul theory follows Jesus' death and resurrection, that when we die our souls go somewhere for a while, and then receive a new body(spiritual or physical). The Non-Gappy Soul theory just shortens the Gappy Soul theory, so that we jump from one body immediately to a new one when we die. And then there is the Body-Snatcher Soul theory, which I interpret as when we die, God snatches our souls from our bodies and places them in a new one. This is similar to the Non-Gappy Soul theory, with the exception that God is moving your soul, not your soul itself moving. I started writing as he was explaining this last one, so I missed part of the explanation. Whatever.
I believe that when we die, our souls are brought directly to the gates of Heaven, and to us this appears to be an immediate thing. I say "to us" because time is a relative thing. Its a measurement of the length of life, the length of the universe. So when we die, I believe that we are taken out of time, and brought before God for judgement. In the several cases in the Bible where Jesus Christ brought people back from the dead, he says they are merely sleeping. I don't think these people fully died when he raised them. And in the case of Samuel's ghost speaking to Saul in the Old Testament, I don't see why God couldn't allow Samuel to return to Earth for a short while. And when the end of the world comes, and there is the "resurrection of the dead," we return to Earth to serve our purpose there. Back to the souls, once pass judgement, those who go to Heaven are given their new and perfect bodies, and I'm not sure whether those that go to Hell receive new bodies or remain as tormented souls. I think the worst possible torment is to behold the glories of ultimate perfection, and be denied entrance.
I don't know if that was coherent enough for you non-followers, I lost my train of thought near the end because Glenney had us all harmonize with him. He's a very random professor. So I guess this is good enough for my first blog post, I tried to interpret my scatter-brained thoughts, and hopefully I will get better at this as time wears on.
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