Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Anthropology
Today in my Anthropology class we discussed whether our beliefs were more scienced-based or more faith-based. I knew this discussion could turn into a heated argument because religion is a touchy subject and everyone doesn't have the same mindset. We had some students who believed science created us, some students including me felt it was God who created all, and we had those that had no clue of what/who created everything. It makes you think about how we came to be, but you have to be strong in your own faith or your mind can be changed easily.
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Hey Alona,
ReplyDeleteMy belief is that we all was created by God, but then again you have these so called "Know it All" scientist who just think they know everything!! These scientists now a days got us believing the weirdest and the impossible of how we became upon this Earth. It's just crazy to me!
What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing your mind about a particular issue? How does the change of a mental state equal learning or not?
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This is a great post!! Evolution theory is something that I am very interested in. In my high school, we were taught evolution, but my teacher made sure that we knew it was only 'theory.' I am a firm believer that The Lord created us all in His image, but as a believer I am also allowed to have questions. In my opinion, believing in the evolution of man also requires you to have a degree of faith, because there is no way to actually prove anything. In the future I look foward to researching the issue of science vs religion because it is very interesting. Great blog post.
ReplyDeleteThe advantage is being able to learn something new that you never considered believing. The disadvantage is having believed in something your entire life, but all of a sudden your questioning yourself and your faith. Changing the mental state can be that the student learned something and decides that it will become what they believe in because it fits their understanding. On the other hand, someone that dosen't know what they believe in can accept what was taught without really learning anything
ReplyDeleteYour statement, Alona, reminds me of the often-cited Alexander Hamilton quote, "Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." It is important to know not only what we believe (claim) but why we believe it (reasons) and how we know it is true (evidence).
ReplyDeleteJessica