#future essay

[writesailingdreams]

What old essay should I work on finishing next year?

ASL in fairy tales

Maria Edgeworth education and Aladdin (technically not old)

Greek mythology and Hancock

Meta Liberation Army vs Revolutionary Army

philosophy of One Piece continued in some form

Princes & Heroes / Luffy's heroism (more than one essay)

Memory in One Piece

Summit/Paramount War analysis

Voting ended onJan 3

[asharkapologist]

Essays I'd like to write one day:

1. Was Ezra Wickford a good father to Dexter Egan?

2. How the Jedi Order embodies toxic masculinity

3. Revenge of the Sith as a warning for ignoring men's calls for help

4. The subtle racism of Secrets Can Kill

[freddiespencerchapman]

Broadchurch is like the crime scene equivalent of Jane Austen’s recipe for a good book: several families in one area, then introduce a reason for conflict, and then let it run (a paraphrase). This idea was demonstrated to its fullest extent in Pride and Prejudice, where there are 3 families and the conflict starts with an invitation to a ball at Netherfield. In Broadchurch just about all of the characters are related in some way and the catalyst for the plot is a murder. In this essay I will argue that the reasons P&P and Broadchurch are so addicting is because of the interpersonal drama. 

Notes: Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller are the Darcy and Elizabeth but there otherwise isn’t overlap. No, I don’t ship them except as friends.

[sinxnightmare]

To Everyone with an Open Mind.

Let me start off with a bit of background. Two years ago I decided, as one of my "things to do before I die" list, that I will compose something, anything, and publish it. After two years of searching and contemplating, I believe that I have finally settled on a subject; The Existence of God.

To everyone who reads this, keep an open mind and read everything before bombarding me with insults and/or praises. I am not doing this to appeal to any belief, but rather giving anyone and everyone food for thought, as they say.

I want to compose an essay on this topic for two reasons.

I personally, like many others before me, have questioned the existence of God. I will come outright and say that I have been raised in a devout Christian household. At the same time however, due to my empirical nature, have questioned my "faith". It was only a matter of time until I decided to tackle this question. Suffice it to say, I write this essay for the simple reason of wanting an answer that is intellectually and dare I say it, spiritually satiating.

Call it egoistical, but I want to express my ideas and have people internalize what I'm trying to say (read on before nailing me to a cross, pun intended). My theses centers around these ideas.

The existence of God is impossible to prove and/or disprove objectively and the amount of weight objectivity truly provides in the debate.

The pristine meaning of religion and its current, convoluted, nature.

Religious dominance and vindication and how violence ties into the debate.

Comparative religions and the commonalities in their teachings and principles.

Philosophical perspectives of religion.

Finally, how proving/disproving the existence of God is the wrong question to ask.

That's not to say that what I wrote here is my final tally and or thesis, but rather a simple summary of what I currently have in this odd brain of mine. I doubt that I am being clear but suffice it to say, my aim is this:

Show how the existence of God is but a juvenile debate that causes nothing but pain and suffering.

How it is a battle of vindication to Gods that cannot be objectively be proven.

To not undermine and or give bias to any specific religion but rather focus on every religion's core teachings and eliminate discrimination between them.

How God is a subjective truth that is true to the believer and how in it's entirety, all that matters.

How peace, prosperity, and overall benevolence would spread in the world if this mental shift were to happen.

This is what I want to express, and should be taken with a grain of salt. I wish to be taken as a person with his own share of ideas, and not as a zealot trying to force his belief onto others. Take and discard what you will but I implore contemplation and thought. That is all I ask.

I am not a mathematician, I will not be able to solve equations that will change the world. I am not a student of politics, I am not capable of repairing domestic disarray. I am not a physicist, I cannot understand the relationships of atoms and the state they undergo during collision. I am however, a person capable of thought and expression. I am not the best writer in the world but, with enough patience and persistence, I believe that I can come up with something worthy of contemplation.

I am a casual theist and at the same time a philosophical agnostic. I believe that there is a God, who, what, or where he/she/it is, I do not know; at the same time it is philosophically impossible to prove and disprove whether or not he/she/it exists. As confusing as that is.

Look forward to it? YEARS from now? Haha.