Well, I was planning on writing the part two of Plato's Socrates, but I feel the need to complain a little. I know, nobody likes a whiner but I've been bothered by something for a while that I feel is worth talking about.
Have you ever been in a situation where you were (or at least felt you were) the only person who felt/believed a certain way? It's like that for me, at work. I've never felt so attacked and alone in my life. I've been studying philosophy for a few weeks now, and a lot of what I've studied points to an important part of philosophy is questioning everything; looking around oneself and trying to understand how things are put together and why. I think I've done a fair job and kept an open mind and I've enjoyed looking at some of the ancient history of western philosophy. However, it seems like I'm surrounded by people that are what I call 'militant atheists.'
Now, don't get me wrong most of the people I'm referring to (they shall remain nameless) are friendly enough. I don't interact with most of these people much outside this setting, but in general they're friendly enough. But, whenever any topic (e.g. politics, morality, religion etc.) is brought up I am (seemingly) the ONLY conservative Christian voice in the group. Sometimes the discussions are just that, discussions, but most of the time it seems like it's beat up on the stupid conservative time. Well, that's enough... No more complaining, it really got me down at first, then I came home and everything got better. Of course my bad mood was contagious and my bad mood moved on to Michelle. So now I'm in a better mood but Michelle has been sort of down since I came home.
Not sure what the next entry will be, I'm out of plans for now. I'll think of something later.
Have you ever been in a situation where you were (or at least felt you were) the only person who felt/believed a certain way? It's like that for me, at work. I've never felt so attacked and alone in my life. I've been studying philosophy for a few weeks now, and a lot of what I've studied points to an important part of philosophy is questioning everything; looking around oneself and trying to understand how things are put together and why. I think I've done a fair job and kept an open mind and I've enjoyed looking at some of the ancient history of western philosophy. However, it seems like I'm surrounded by people that are what I call 'militant atheists.'
Now, don't get me wrong most of the people I'm referring to (they shall remain nameless) are friendly enough. I don't interact with most of these people much outside this setting, but in general they're friendly enough. But, whenever any topic (e.g. politics, morality, religion etc.) is brought up I am (seemingly) the ONLY conservative Christian voice in the group. Sometimes the discussions are just that, discussions, but most of the time it seems like it's beat up on the stupid conservative time. Well, that's enough... No more complaining, it really got me down at first, then I came home and everything got better. Of course my bad mood was contagious and my bad mood moved on to Michelle. So now I'm in a better mood but Michelle has been sort of down since I came home.
Not sure what the next entry will be, I'm out of plans for now. I'll think of something later.
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