A note

This is in response to a recent post made by Ziztur. Followers of my blog: You shall see many of these. I would rather post them through my blog then just add comments to hers.

"Dr. Harrub went on to say that in schools and colleges, young people are only being taught one theory of origins, which is that the universe came about via the Big Bang and that Evolution by Natural selection is the cause of the diversity in life we see in the world. He says that this theory (which is actually theories, BTW) does not answer these questions:

1.Who am I (and what am I worth)?
2.Where did I come from?
3.Why am I here?
4.Where am I going when I die?

The various naturalistic scientific theories about how the universe operates does not answer the first or third question per se, but that is not the point of naturalism. It does, however, answer the second and fourth. the first and third questions are easily answered by individuals, so I don't really understand the implication here that since naturalistic theories of origins are incapable of answering 1 and 3 that they are somehow inadequate... "

I believe, my dear, we have a case of confusion as to what the questions are truthfully asking. In a rather factual conversation, he is asking semantic questions. While "Who am I" is easily answered by a general person, "what am I worth" is a semantic question that seems rather out of place in a conversation speaking about Evolution. Of course, these questions cannot be answered by people simply because they are of two different genres altogether. It seems as if, in a conversation about trains, the person is asked "yes, but what about the question of peanuts? Why is that not answered by the facts of trains?"

Evolution is a conversation as to how the world came to be, not about why the world came to be, in this Alien's opinion. If speaking in a completely evolutionary text, the four questions could easily be answered in a non-semantic way. Who am I? The Alien. What am I worth? Depends on if you consider worth to be monetary, or perhaps of a certain aspect or caliber of a person such as "selflessness". Where did I come from? Well, most can answer with a certainty about their parental lineage, however this Alien will refrain from answering that one currently. Why am I here? Well, does one mean place, or period of life? Where am I going when I die? Well, where everyone else in body-form goes, into the ground or into a burner!

These questions are easily answered in a conversation about evolution. They of course, are much harder in a conversation of semantics. However the above questions posed by Dr. Harrub, were mixing two different conversations in one, meant to confuse and inspire faulty thinking related to evolution. A shame.

New setup!

The Alien bit the bullet, got a domain name ( I had a free one available), and did up my blog closer to the way Ziztur's is. Reason: I like hers better. Blogger feels very limiting with the general setup it has, so we muddled through how to set one up for a few hours, created some pictures, and bingo, new layout. The Alien is highly amused. Of course, some testing is still required, but we shall get it set correctly here soon.

The Alien is crying on her birthday.
It has been a happy birthday, but something else she found out has saddened her.

As I was looking on craigslist, I noticed someone willing to barter their Lost Valley (the lake) membership in trade for something else. The Alien's grandparents had had a membership for years, purchasing it when it was only $100, and selling it for $3000...if that gives one a clue as to how long they had gone to Lost Valley. The Alien had gone with her grandparents there for years. Many wonderful years. On a whim, I went to Lost Valley's website to see how the place had changed, or if it had stayed the same. I figured they would have added new buildings, added new condos, etc.
No...no they did not.

The lodge that I had gone so many times with my grandparents, the Lodge and general store, the weight room and pool...burned to the ground in 2004. They have rebuilt it, but the original place in my memory is gone. Considering the recent shock of having learned that the church (where the Alien had attended with these same grandparents) had closed, the Alien does now somewhat feel like she is losing the memory of them more and more.

Conundrum

The Alien has a huge choice to make.

The decision weighs heavily, and involve logistics which will be hard to arrange. It will require the help of all of my friends, and perhaps even professional help.

Right now, I cannot give details. There is few details to give when I am still unsure if the beginning logistics will work out. But let it be known, the Alien must soon make a major decision which will change life drastically, as well as do her job 1, job 2, and oh yes, job 3 is coming soon. All with college added in, which has been particularly hard lately obviously with my last post, it is obvious what my current class is. All of the combined have been taking up every waking hour, including lunch hours, and the Alien is more than exhausted. It will hopefully be easier this week, but next class will be harder. I plan to not do large painting jobs as much during that class.