reflection 4

One can be affected by the beliefs of others and become highly upset if and when another individual disagrees with his or her beliefs. Sometimes those of us who have certain beliefs only have those beliefs simply due to the fact that’s what we were taught to believe and understand. At the same time, I’ve come to understand that there is always a scientific explanation for all things magical, even the not so magical. By reading and learning about the evolution of man many people may become affected by what the sciences are proposing as creation of man. It was reported that at one time Christians were fighting the ideas of hominids; denouncing the theories because it goes against their beliefs. The readings were quite educational. The evolution of hominids has been one that has progressed enormously over the years. It was actually enticing to learn that the moderns human started on the journey through evolution as ape-men. It also leads me to wonder how communication is so effective in every day lives. Many years ago the common hominid didn’t develop the proper organs to produce speech. As a race, we have truly come a long way. It was also nice to know that during the evolution, classifications such as white or black wasn’t an issue of importance. It was also a good thing to learn that even though the inventions that were made by the Homo Habilis people were not as advanced as the ones made these days, there were still people stumbling upon inventions used to lighten the tasks of everyday lives as there is now. Learning that something as simple as controlling fire, (something that can be done these days by simply purchasing a lighter) gave humans the ability to move out of Africa and into cooler climates like Asia and Europe. Another piece of knowledge gained was the fact that our brains grew dramatically over time to enable certain things, like speech and memory; and to think all of the jokes I used to make about people when they would tell me that my head was bigger than theirs. My rebuttal was always because my brain was bigger and that I was smarter my head had to be bigger. All in all, learning new things always make my heart grow fonder. I’ve always been one to enjoy learning different things. Learning it and believing it, though, are two entirely different things. People refuse and disagree with things that they don’t understand. My beliefs are that Christians fail to understand that everyone won’t believe in the same things that they do, but it doesn’t mean they are wrong and must be condemned to hell. It just means that they have a different frame of reference to look through. Has your own frame of reference ever been challenged? If so, how did you deal with the challenge?
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