Chris Beebout Assignment 8

Here goes. Freewriting is pretty strange so I’m sorry in advance:

Fears- Failure

Annoyances- My deficiencies

Accomplishments- Decent school record

Confusions- Religion

Sorrows- The hellish aspects of living and their apparent purposelessness

Dreams- Do some good in somebody’s life

Idiosyncrasies- Too many

Risks- Procrastination (doesn’t stop me)

Beloved Possessions, Now and Then- LEGOs then, laptop now (although I guess it’s really the files on my laptop; I’d fail school if I lost them so I keep them backed up in multiple places)

Problems- Work, doing work well, managing various relationships

Expansion: Confusion

               Religion is a tough one. How are we supposed to use our human brains, capable of interpreting only five senses, to determine the characteristics, qualities, rulings, and existence of a being or beings which are undetectable to all of them? It hardly seems fair. In the face of such odds I believe that we can do nothing except have faith, and that we must all have faith in something.

               I have faith that my computer will show the words I’m typing right now. This is hardly the kind or caliber of faith that it takes to dedicate one’s life to a deity, seeing as how every time I type one of these letters, my belief is reinforced. However, it is faith nonetheless because I have no proof that this keyboard will continue to type, nor that my screen will continue to shine, nor that my fingers will continue to fidget across the keys, nor that my chair will hold me up, nor that my eyes aren’t lying to me about what I’m typing, nor that I will take another breath, nor that anything else besides my mind exists in this universe.

Most alarmingly of all, logic itself cannot be proven. Think about it. In order to prove the validity of logic, what kind of reasoning would you use? Logic. But logic, being the very thing in question, has not been determined to be reliable enough to provide a fair trial even for itself.

               Geez. 243 words about the frightening uncertainty of existence? This is why I never freewrite.