More important than the question is the origin of it. Our curiousity wants to play with the simple fact that we don't have the answers to everything, so we search. Although we haven't quite gotten them all, and never will, we still search. Trying to have all the answers is like carrying more apples in your arms than you can handle, some will fall out and some will remain that you did not intend. We don't even understand how our brains work in it's entirety, so how are we going to try and fit every bit of knowledge in it? Well if we don't understand how our brains work, then we can't know everything, can we? We can't even know all of the knowledge that is known. We all have some sense that there is much more to discover, and much more outside of our grasp of understanding. For instance, we can look through a telescope and see stars that are far beyond our human eyes, but we can't use that telescope to see on the other side of those very same stars, now can we?
We can plan out a day, and figure in all possibilities, but that does not mean that the day will turn out as we've planned it, including all variables. One could hardly tell you what they've had for dinner the past few months, let alone how many times a crumb has fallen to the floor when they've taken a bite. We just can't handle all the information. Our finite brains aren't equipped for it.
So, why? The origin of the question...our own curiosity to understand something that is far beyond our grasp. This question, not so much the letters or really even the word, but the meaning of the word. The fabric of our beliefs could possibly rest in this very philosophical question. We could follow "why?" with so many things. Probably the most notorious of them all is "why are we here?" But that is not what the question is asking. It's just asking, so simply, why?
We should not be democratic (referring to the political party, not the actual definition of the word) in our answer, and ask "why not?" We must answer the question, with an actual answer, and that answer might seem illusive, considering there are many different answers to what would seem to be a very vague question. But the problem we face is our own minds. We want to factor in the answers of another, or many others for that matter, because we want to have their approval. We completely let our argument lose it's power by our aim to please others, when we should stand behind what we believe no matter what.
We can plan out a day, and figure in all possibilities, but that does not mean that the day will turn out as we've planned it, including all variables. One could hardly tell you what they've had for dinner the past few months, let alone how many times a crumb has fallen to the floor when they've taken a bite. We just can't handle all the information. Our finite brains aren't equipped for it.
So, why? The origin of the question...our own curiosity to understand something that is far beyond our grasp. This question, not so much the letters or really even the word, but the meaning of the word. The fabric of our beliefs could possibly rest in this very philosophical question. We could follow "why?" with so many things. Probably the most notorious of them all is "why are we here?" But that is not what the question is asking. It's just asking, so simply, why?
We should not be democratic (referring to the political party, not the actual definition of the word) in our answer, and ask "why not?" We must answer the question, with an actual answer, and that answer might seem illusive, considering there are many different answers to what would seem to be a very vague question. But the problem we face is our own minds. We want to factor in the answers of another, or many others for that matter, because we want to have their approval. We completely let our argument lose it's power by our aim to please others, when we should stand behind what we believe no matter what.
So...again...why?
It's not a question that should be avoided, or thought too far above our brain power. Everyone should be given the chance to answer it with a real answer.
Why?
The source of this curiosity is instilled in us the very moment we are conceived. We have something inside of us, wanting to know the answers, wanting more, and wanting this void filled in us. We have nothing to lose answering what we think this void-filler might be, but at the same time we have a very good chance of being very right or very wrong. But who cares of we're right or wrong, we have the right to say what we believe.
So, why? After all these words that have been typed, not one of them has really answered the initial question, or maybe it just seems that way.
What do you think??
It's not a question that should be avoided, or thought too far above our brain power. Everyone should be given the chance to answer it with a real answer.
Why?
The source of this curiosity is instilled in us the very moment we are conceived. We have something inside of us, wanting to know the answers, wanting more, and wanting this void filled in us. We have nothing to lose answering what we think this void-filler might be, but at the same time we have a very good chance of being very right or very wrong. But who cares of we're right or wrong, we have the right to say what we believe.
So, why? After all these words that have been typed, not one of them has really answered the initial question, or maybe it just seems that way.
What do you think??
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