What do I know.

So, per standard education requirements, I am forced to take a humanities class. For some wonderful reason my new school doesn't accept my credit earned at my old school. So here I am stuck in philosophy. Now no offense to those who live and thrive on philosophy, but I really feel like it is for the most part pointless. I understand that they want people to take into consideration other people's view points, to be able to see issues, and beliefs from more than their own side. I understand that it should encourage people to seriously reflect on what they truly believe to either strengthen it or question it to the point of ridicule. Maybe it is just me but I find that most people, though I acknowledge those special few we all seem to meet, naturally in the course of their lives accomplish these things without force, or boredom. Incredibly this time around I have found some things to be intersted in, that has me now wanting to piece together my philosophy. What I have found is...

A while ago (5/2006) I had to read some book for work, which I"m afraid I don't remember off hand. But it spurred on these thoughts.... ------------------------------------------------------- Thought #1 The soul is the body and the spirit combining the human (animal) with the Godly(celestial). Within every person two natures exist, with their own instincts and desires. How does one grow stronger than the other?? Is this what accounts for the vast spectrum of human behavior? The moments of pure animalistic passion opposed to those of quiet, introspection or selfless compassion. For example, fasting. The animal hungers, the automatic response is to feed the hungar, stop the feeling. By denying the animal desire, the second half is strengthened, a feeling becomes slightly more evident that there is a second nature within us, that is sometimes hidden, unheard above the animal. A strength and potential exists beyond the physical. ----------------------------------------------...