Tuesday, April 21, 2009

In conclusion?

One of my problems with sociology is I feel that you end up with a bunch of theories in hand that offer possible explanations for something, but nothing concrete.
So you have to choose one and take a stand, says my tutor.
He also says everything is relative, or something like that. (I'm not sure if he said everything..)

I do subscribe to relativism, well most of the time, cos I do believe we don't know the truth. I think I've talked about this before, like how can I say that your God is wrong while you could say the same of mine.

But, but I do have my faith and convictions.

Still deep deep (deep down sounded cliche-d) I knew relativism was inconclusive, that it was there to breed tolerance and maintain peace.
And the problem with it that there was no truth, no absolutes. And I believe in a God that is all-knowing, thus there was an absolute truth. So very very uncomfortable I feel when we are forced to conclude that everything is relative.
But that's because we as man cannot know.

Is that why we need faith? For I will never never possess the knowledge that concludes my God is God. (no evidence is infallible- man's limit)

With that faith, I believe in the little that He reveals to us in His book, or however He wishes.
I obey His laws, that stem from his knowledge of truth, that I may have this yardstick to carry on with my life, cos I do find relativism rather paralysing, when you cannot act because uncertainty always plagues, ie you never know if you're doing the "right" thing.

With my limits in mind, (I really really have this small nagging feeling I haven't completed this thought process yet), perhaps in another year, or after another discussion I will come to another conclusion.

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I tried reading back to the end of 2007, trying to remember how it was. Hmm but I didn't blog much, and I guess the stress was spread out, with all the projects and stuff. Now, everything pretty much hinges on the final exam. or so it feels.
Anyways, I find a certain distance from the person speaking say in October 07, some lines I cannot remember why I wrote. And this person, who speaks so, so brash, so teenage-like. Using a lot of "like" and so on so on.
Maybe I'm still the same. But nowadays I'm more inhibited (or being policed), or well, there are walls between me and you, the reader. Today I got this feeling that it's been so long, so long, since I've had that connection, of sharing a part of me to a stranger. Which is something all together different from sharing the same woes to your close friends, who I guess is so used to it, that perhaps, it got a bit old, that they couldn't be cared for anymore. (not me, the woes) (or maybe we all have the same woes and wallow wallow wallow) or maybe I don't want to sound like broken record, burdening and burdening. (though I do which I'm sure anh and rowe will testify)

*I know, what's up with the repetition? haha I guess from a lit pov, the echoing is a sense of despondence, wailing? haha*

I feel this dissatisfaction is so wrong, the crave for a kind of human company. That it means I'm not fitting right with God.

Being yours is suppose to be easy, innit?

4 Comments:

Blogger SAMMY said...

I feel that relativity isn't an excuse. It's the truth - sometimes there really r no definite answers.

Also, no man is an island. To crave companionship is only expected.

Contradict me if u have more to say. This could make a very interesting convo :p

8:28 AM  
Blogger .«-halõbëàn-». said...

Prisky!! Goodness why do your posts sound more and more like mine? So vague, and so specific to only you because you know exactly what you are talking about. Well done buddy ;)

Now, I'm gonna finish reading your post and put in my 2 cents.

1:13 AM  
Blogger .«-halõbëàn-». said...

My 2 cents is here!

It really is true - I think everything, almost everything is so relative. Everything is more or else dependent upon the occurrence of some other event. The only absolute thing is that nothing is in isolation and nothing is absolute. And I guess this is part of life - its subjectivity. If there was the right path, the right thought, the right action, then, will we not be uniform, rigid, formulaic - hence, where is the vibrance & variety of life?

I suppose its up to us to create our own ways, and pray that it is the right one.

Now, do I make sense?:)

1:21 AM  
Blogger SAMMY said...

Updates! RAWR!

1:24 PM  

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