April/may blog last one!

We talked about nihilism, absurdism and other ideas regarding meaning given to life. I don't think that any one school of thought is right but I do subscribe to the general idea of existentialism and its varieties. More specifically I believe in Nihilism as the idea that meaning is derived from pleasure and whatever makes you happy.  I think that while the majority of society will attempt to shy away from existentialist philosophies in general, people will subconsciously or at least apply on or more of the schools of thought. I think that the key difference is that people will not go through the crisis aspect. This has its benefits: no suffering through the stress placed on you through the existential crisis . It also has its drawbacks: no conscious knowledge of the decision you made and the process behind it.
We talked about brain in a jar this month also. I find this particularly interesting because you see  an idea that appears so bizarre to us, but maybe that is only because a preset in this pseudo simulation is for that to seem preposterous. Also the idea that it is virtually impossible to prove unless the people(s) playing God give us a hint. This also ties into the idea of, how do we now our memories are even real? There is no real way to argue for this without being shutdown by "you have just been placed here programmed with memories in this prepared environment." The idea that everything is in your head is terrifying and seems easy to disprove but that is not the case.

the seven deadly sins and compatibility with humans

I, like many other people think that the seven deadly sins are extremely interesting. What I believe to be the most intriguing part is the personification and projection of evil in its purest projected into human form. The concept of pure evil/sin being compatible with human is interesting as it states that we as humans are capable of being purely, lustful, wrathful, prideful, greedy, envious, gluttonous, and sloth. I don't think that this is truthful and believe that no human can possibly be completely consumed by (a) sin. That isn't to say that humans can't be consumed by any combination of these sins only that they can't be consumed by 1. The most likely combinations and combinations that are regularly seen are a) greed, gluttony, and lust b) pride, envy and wrath c) envy, sloth, and gluttony. I know that I am rather prideful and wrathful. Also if everyone were to look inside and attempt to determine what sins they were consumed by everyone would find something, including you mrs.Burnett :), and while I don't think that this is a negative thing I don't think its a negative thing either. While none of them really benefit society they are all aspects of human nature and we have all grown to live and cope with them. I think that the reason that lucifer brought up the seven deadly sins was because he knew that faustus would a) recognize that these seven sins were inside everyone and then would feel less guilty about giving into his pleasure and ins which are pride and lust primarily. b) lucifer craves the ability to give into his darker pleasures and seeing it in its purest form will push him to chase it.

In conclusion the seven deadly sins are a part of human nature and as such have been coped with and supressed by humanity even though everyone has their demons.