Sophie’s World Reaction:
Throughout Sophie’s World, Sophie is introduced to several thought provoking questions by the mysterious Alberto Knox. The chapter on faith is my favorite so far because I am still undecided on where I stand on this concept myself. Many roots of these question I have similarly asked myself but one question that caught me off guard was “Is sickness the punishment of the gods?” As Sophie worked out the question, her first obvious answer was of course not, the thought that god(s) punished people with sickness was a very old notion that has long since been disregarded. Then why, she came to realize, did people still pray for health and wellness? That implies they believe somewhat of something beyond them having control over their health. This Paradox is what had me going over the question and answer again. I laughed when I realized how our actions can completely contradict our beliefs. This blatant contradiction of belief leads me to guess that many people are unaware of their hypocrisy when they pray for good health, and this in turn makes me wonder just how many other of our beliefs we contradict with our own actions. Old habits die hard rings true for this paradox because I believe even if some were to come face to face with the paradox of what they thought and what they did, some would continue to do that opposing action another time that action is deemed fit.
Philosophy in the Real World:
A very long time ago I read The Holographic Universe, a book by Michael Talbot that introduces a peculiar idea of our universe actually being one giant hologram. This book attempts to address many of the unexplainable phenomenon that happens from time to time: unsolved puzzles of physics and even those strange claims of telepathy and near death experiences and more. Having never thought of the universe as being a hologram, I read the book with an open-mind. Even in the end of the book I still didn’t and don’t believe the universe is a hologram but the book interested me nonetheless and was something I actually enjoyed reading. I remember talking to my mom about this book and she thought it was completely pointless of me to read it and maybe she was right, but one difference between me and my mom is that I like to learn about beliefs other than my own just for the sake of learning about them. It was from going more in depth inside my own religion as well as others’ that I came to the realization that no religion was it for me, I think that on some deeper level most religion hold the some of the same morals just with fluff to go around them. When I came to my mom and told her the decision I came upon she blamed it on me over thinking things. This reminds me so much of Sophie’s own open and curious nature and her mom’s disagreeing arguments.
Throughout Sophie’s World, Sophie is introduced to several thought provoking questions by the mysterious Alberto Knox. The chapter on faith is my favorite so far because I am still undecided on where I stand on this concept myself. Many roots of these question I have similarly asked myself but one question that caught me off guard was “Is sickness the punishment of the gods?” As Sophie worked out the question, her first obvious answer was of course not, the thought that god(s) punished people with sickness was a very old notion that has long since been disregarded. Then why, she came to realize, did people still pray for health and wellness? That implies they believe somewhat of something beyond them having control over their health. This Paradox is what had me going over the question and answer again. I laughed when I realized how our actions can completely contradict our beliefs. This blatant contradiction of belief leads me to guess that many people are unaware of their hypocrisy when they pray for good health, and this in turn makes me wonder just how many other of our beliefs we contradict with our own actions. Old habits die hard rings true for this paradox because I believe even if some were to come face to face with the paradox of what they thought and what they did, some would continue to do that opposing action another time that action is deemed fit.
Philosophy in the Real World:
A very long time ago I read The Holographic Universe, a book by Michael Talbot that introduces a peculiar idea of our universe actually being one giant hologram. This book attempts to address many of the unexplainable phenomenon that happens from time to time: unsolved puzzles of physics and even those strange claims of telepathy and near death experiences and more. Having never thought of the universe as being a hologram, I read the book with an open-mind. Even in the end of the book I still didn’t and don’t believe the universe is a hologram but the book interested me nonetheless and was something I actually enjoyed reading. I remember talking to my mom about this book and she thought it was completely pointless of me to read it and maybe she was right, but one difference between me and my mom is that I like to learn about beliefs other than my own just for the sake of learning about them. It was from going more in depth inside my own religion as well as others’ that I came to the realization that no religion was it for me, I think that on some deeper level most religion hold the some of the same morals just with fluff to go around them. When I came to my mom and told her the decision I came upon she blamed it on me over thinking things. This reminds me so much of Sophie’s own open and curious nature and her mom’s disagreeing arguments.
