I'm one to challenge what is said. People have a right to question beliefs. Beliefs are fallible. A world where no human questions beliefs, equal to a utopia of lambs and a single slaughterer. I don’t question for the sole purpose of offending, although it happens. I question because no belief is definitive. Someone may not agree with my questioning or with my beliefs, so they can challenge my beliefs. I was raised an aspiring Christian. Throughout my childhood there were only certain periods when my parents attempted to install a doctrine of faith into me. Many of the tenets didn’t make sense to me: the belief in an intangible parent figure, the prescribed gender roles, the idea of being saved. My family subscribed to all of Christian dogma, the gender roles especially. Although I had no interest in girly activities, …show more content…
My need to challenge ideas was on autopilot. From gender roles to religion to politics, I was always questioning something. Except when I was watching a movie. Movies questioned beliefs on their own and each viewer had their own interpretation. I felt there was nothing real for me to question. It was a collection of considerations and a cluster of ideas. This was someone’s dream brought to fruition by hundreds of other people. I yearned to be a part of that process. Naturally, when my photography instructor offered me a part in a video and photo production program, I seized the opportunity. It was the stepping stone I was awaiting. The videography was completely new to me and I barely grasped what my job was. I was expecting horrendous comments. To my surprise, the program director praised me. It was as if I had been through the procedure hundreds of times. I had done everything perfectly and I had great potential in this field. He also stated the lack of women in the film industry, setting my goal in stone. De Palma, Carpenter, Cameron, Lee, Franceschy. That’s my
Film making has gone through quite the substantial change since it’s initial coining just before the turn of the 19th century, and one would tend argue that the largest amount of this change has come quite recently or more so in the latter part of film’s history as a whole. One of the more prominent changes having taken place being the role of women in film. Once upon a time having a very set role in the industry, such as editing for example. To mention briefly the likes of Dede Allen, Verna Fields, Thelma Schoonmaker and so forth. Our female counterparts now occupy virtually every aspect of the film making industry that males do; and in many instances excel past us. Quite clearly this change has taken place behind the lens, but has it taken
This appears to oppose the position of the Buddha revealed in “Buddhism & Peace” and in the Dhammapada, where he supports the pursuit and verification of rational faith through personal experience. From Buddhism & Peace we learn that the Buddha said a statement is meaningful, “if it is in principle verifiable in the light of experience, sensory or extra-sensory.” It seems that asking meaningful questions is by definition a distraction, and we can see that such an endeavor is by its nature scientific!
I am an athlete, and also enjoy reading and watching political sitcoms. My parents are teachers who have raised me to work hard and have shared with me a lot of their political ideas and morals. Coming into this class I like to think I have a good idea of my Political Ideology and have a decent idea of the news that was happening around me. Through this class I hope to become more informed about the “Hot Button Issues” so that I can know exactly where I fall politically and become an informed voter. I hope these things will help shape me and maybe change my mind on some issues. Through all of this I am a liberal, socially and especially economically, considering both of my parents are teachers which is an underpaid profession ;this has influenced me to side with liberals on major issues or talking points such as abortion, same sex-marriage, and higher taxes on the rich.
I ask a lot of questions; I’m a curious person. I once asked my mom why people die, why there are bad things in the world if God is so good and all-powerful. Her response was that we just couldn’t really understand why God does anything because we can’t comprehend God’s “master plan.” I’m sure that she was right, but that response is not very satisfying to a curious little boy. I saw an inconsistency in my understanding of reality, and I wanted to get things straight.
Joletha Cobb, a minister and an NCCA licensed clinical pastoral counselor, explained the expectations of genders in accordance with past centuries with an emphasis on the bible. Women “were expected to bear children, stay home, cook and clean, and take care of the children” (Cobb 29). They were expected to be weak, timid, domestic, emotional,...
We must doubt, as that is the only way to find certain truth. It is the
From my start as a photographer, I was always drawn to taking photographs of people. I feel it was only instinct that made me interested in this type of photography. Other people pushing their ideas on me would come much later. For a few years I made photographs on my own, exploring a whole range of imagery from sports to still life, but I always felt images of people were my strongest. Then I went to college at a very intensive school for photography. From the start I was pushed into the world on Cartier-Bresson and his style. I started concentrating on this documentary style of photography and began to pull away from experimenting in other genres. This was fine with me because I was fairly successful with documentary photography and was being praised be my professors. After a while I became stuck in my ways and found it very hard to shoot in any other manner. At the present my portfolio is based solely on black and white documentary photography. I still am very proud of working in this manner, but I am quite frustrated with finding work as a documentary photographer.
On September 21 of the year 1780, I signed an agreement with a British man I had been in touch with by the name of Andre. I had agreed with him that I would surrender West Point and in return receive a sum of money. I wanted to help the British already, but the money I was promised and the idea that I would be recognized by the British for my excellence won me over. It was a bonus to an already magnificent deal.
People within faith traditions have a strong belief in their religion and faith. People within faith traditions might undermine gender roles or be creative in their devotion to gendered beliefs because it is difficult
I entered the jury deliberation not guilty, and I left not guilty. I remained not guilty despite the pressure from my fellow jurors to “compromise” at a second degree murder verdict (which was not a compromise from my perspective at all) or to go all the way up to a first degree murder charge. I thought that this case was an easy “not guilty.” It definitely was not.
It would have been easy to resolve had either one of us wanted to end the squabble. Looking back, it is unbelievable to me that I acted the way I did. Again and again the situation runs through my mind, unveiling new ends to the argument. It was a perfect example of similar scenes playing themselves out all over the world - the most basic level of social conflict we have, the easiest to resolve.
When I was young I had multiple insane thoughts and beliefs. I would describe myself as crazy, slothful, and a total run around maniac. I remember that I would never stay put therefore my mother awarded me with extra gaming time if I remained silent. I had multiple fun times with my brothers. My older brother, younger brother and I had a great bonding despite the fact that we attacked each other every day. One sad event that occurred partially because of me was when my younger brother Asjadh and I were playing tag around a pointy table and my brother accidentally slipped and his forehead was in serious injury. My parents consumed the whole entire day in the emergency and I kept on crying and blaming myself ( I STILL DO). Various incidents
that the idea of a God may be questioned or less acceptable to the people, when
My dad and I currently have opposing views on G-d and the role he plays in the world. Part of Judaism is questioning your faith; Israel literally means to struggle with G-d. While I was growing up my dad always emphasized that it was okay to question beliefs and it is actually normal to think about your beliefs. When I look around at other religions, specifically Christianity, I see that you are not supposed to question a religions core tenet, which does not make any in sense. It is important to questions ones beliefs because you should not follow a religion solely on the fact that you were raised that way. You need to believe in the codes or principles of a religion or you are just blindly following it. The risk of just accepting something blindly is that you did not actually choose the path of your own volition. How do you apply morality towards a belief if do not question whether it is right or wrong? If you do not question the morality of a belief or action you could be following an immoral path. You are letting people tell you what is right or wrong. One example of this is when people commit acts of atrocities in the name of G-d/faith, such as the attacks on September 11th or all actions taken by ISIS. I feel the support of religions in questioning beliefs could deter some of these
I've always wanted to be a creative. Many of my family and friends say I can be too dramatic at times and that I should express it through film. My gravitation toward film, is the result of my lifelong fascination with storytelling and a steady of movie-watching throughout my youth. There was a time that I was intimidated by the narrow percentage of people that appear to achieve notable success in the film industry. I thought that being a movie director was one of the dream jobs that many aspired to, but few ever achieved. However, as I've learned more about the business of film, I've discovered that there are greater opportunities available in this field than ever before. Like many others, filmmaking is a profession that rewards in proportion