Gilded Age

In response to:age time lines

2007-10-25T15:49:47+02:00

Intresting thoughts, focusing on individual freedom of choices.
Many people follow the way of living that you suggest, but most of them they end up by regretting not to keep the right traditional track. however, most of the so called "normal people" who keep the normal pace will also sometimes end up by regretting many of things they did. some of them don't like their carrier, many of them they divorse, some of them even suicide. People are never happy and satisfied. always there is an "if".
My thinking is to be committed to all what we have to do or at least to all what we feel like to do, and to always think how to improve the perfomance in order to reach the objectives. this means that we have always to have objectives whether in studying, or in working or even in private life such as marriage and so on...
I personnlay kept the timeline with my study and carrier but I was speciallised in one direction (civil engeneering) and I'm working in a completley other direction (socio economic expert and researcher). I got married late (after 35). I don't have children. I often feel self satisfaction, but from time to time I have this strange feeling of regret. I ask myself what if I worked in my profession? what if I got married earlier, what if I had children, and so on.

But beleive me, people without ambitions and objectives, they always feel self satisfaction and they never have the challenge to change their life or to improve their position, they can keep a slow pace of their life; they never regret but they never reach any ambitious objective.
so be ambitious, try to "catch the stars" and do what ever you want to do in order to reach your objectives.

In response to:Religious Studies

2007-10-25T03:39:20+02:00

Hello!

That's such an interesting point and I'm really glad you brought up the idea that what truly separates people are economic and social issues, and that religion shouldn't become yet another obstacle to understanding. Extremism of any type seems to be dangerous, and I dislike the fact that certain media outlets tend to focus on the extremism of a few and blame an entire culture and religion for it. It's definitely true that extremism in any religion is detrimental; I think it's simply easier for people to point at a different faith and say "that's wrong" rather than admitting there are flaws and faults in all people as well as goodness.

In response to:Religious Studies

2007-10-23T06:19:48+02:00

Dear
when I was reading your intrestimg story I concluded that religions didn't satisfy your personal inquieries. In fact, religion is a way of dealing with god and a tool to protect human values and quality. but it should never be a criteria to categorise and devide people. can you tell me the difference between a muslim and a christian or a jews in there relation to social and economic challenges? is there any difference between a poor christain and a poor muslim?

I think that we have to put religion aside and people must focus on their human values.

My understanding from what you told about your anti-islamic friend in the school is that extremism in different religions leads to the same result. fundamontalist judaism lead israel to violate all the intrenational laws and the human rights of the palestinians and the neighbering people.

islamic fundamutalism (whether it jihadist, salafist or fundamentalist) lead to distroy many nations such as in afghanisatn, in iraq and this will continue if the root causes will not be adressed seriously by the intrenational communty. this later mast understand teh root causes of this reaction and address it in a wise and clever maner based on teh respect of the Human rights and the intrenational laws.

the christian extremism reflected in the recent US policies is leading the whole world to a new world war because they cannot see but money and power.

Me too I was grown in a mixed religious family; this helped me a lot to understand that differences are not religious beleives and faith based, since god is the same, or at least he must be the same for everybody, but differences are amomg political, economic, social and cultural conditions.

sincerely