The principle that I am most
drawn to is Sartre’s existentialism. My personal beliefs are somewhat similar
to those of existentialism. Existentialism basically says there is no God and
you are completely responsible for yourself and your actions. It also says that
you have to accept that you are completely responsible for everything you do
you can’t blame others or God, because it says there is no God. I believe most
of that but it conflicts with my beliefs because it says that there is no God
and I believe there is. I could live according to both but I do believe there
is a God. For the most part I already follow most of the beliefs of
existentialism so it wouldn’t be too much of a change if I followed both
existentialism and my personal beliefs. I do believe that even if there is a
God you still shouldn’t use him/her as an excuse when you do something you
regret. People should think more about their actions and take more
responsibility for what they do. You should also not only do good things
because your religion says you should or for God or whatever your reason may
be, you should only do something because you want to do. You need to forget
about the idea of there being someone that you need to impress or there being
someone that you can blame.
I completely agree with the idea that we are responsible for the things we do. I know that I have blamed a circumstance or another person for something that has happened to me, which is wrong. I also don't think that you have to give up your religious belief, such as believing in God, in order to believe in some of the existentialist views.
ReplyDeleteDiana, you have touched upon pretty much all that I have. I to believe that there is a powerful deity that is responsible for our existence. But that does not mean we have to put the weight of the results of our decisions upon this deity but upon ourselves. We were given free will to make decisions, therefore we are to accept that fact that we are responsible for what occurs when we exercise it.
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