"Do penguins have knees? Does a giant squid have a nose? Do you believe a silly question is a waste of time? Do camels have clavicles? Can a koala catch a cold? Could a dove ever fall in love? What does a bat think he sees? What happens to the tadpole with no interest in becoming a frog? Has there ever been a cat that wished he was a dog? Could a mouse ever trust an owl to be his closest friend? Would it really be so bad if all forgot who they were born to be? If whales could fly amongst the clouds, or lizards could lurk deep in sea caves; Would it all come crumbling down if on the dark side of the moon a lonely cow could graze? Everything would change- but just be scary or would it hurt a single living thing? Have you lost sight
Imagine that you woke up one morning and you were slimy like a sea cucumber’s protection slime. What would you do? Would you act like someone who was so scared that they cried for the rest of their lives? Or would you be as calm as somebody who cruised along the dead sea for hours and hours in an inner tube while drinking a shirley temple from a coconut shell? An ecosystem or ekosustav in
we would live a life full of fear. We would not be able to prevent ourselves from
One could argue, however, that most Americans possessed little concept of an identity even after
People without collective memories like sunshine or cold only know what they have experienced, which might not be an immense measure. Humans without any personal memories, like doing something for the first time, would not have much of a personality, individuality, or uniqueness. In Lois Lowry 's The Giver, the citizens in Jonas 's community do not know what snow, rain, wind, or what anything is for that matter. Humans without memories or personality are like a taco shell with nothing inside of it. This world is made up of differences, but in The Giver, sameness does not grant the diversity that citizens need to have contrasting identity, which is vital in a world full of similarity.
Human identity can be summed up by looking at it from two perspectives. Who we are in our natural state and who we are in Christ. Mankind in his natural state is driven by his sin nature. Romans 1-8 perfectly lays out who and what we are in our natural state. It also lays out who and what we are in Christ. “For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.” (Romans 3:9 NIV) In Romans 1:29-31, Paul gives a long list of wicked behaviors that are still prevalent in today’s society, which lets me know that we, in our natural state, are the same as we always have been. There are no exceptions to the rule, besides that of Christ. “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” (3:23) Paul emphasizes in Romans 1-3 how people have tried to free themselves from their sin nature by depending on the Law to no avail. The Law could not bring about justification (Acts 13:39), produce righteousness (Galatians 2:21), produce life (Galatians 3:21), bring about perfection (Hebrews 7:19) or free the conscience from a knowledge of sin (Hebrews 10:1-4). (Johnson, 1896) The fact is that God’s standards are perfect and we alone can never live up to them by any religious act or moral behavior. The good news is that God knew all of this. He knew that by our strength alone, we could not overcome our own sin nature. He sent us a perfect sacrifice to permanently fulfill the Law. That sacrifice was his only Son, Jesus Christ. “God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith.” (Romans 3:25) Through faith in Jesus Christ, the grace of God has been given to us. Now, rather than being bound we are made free. Instead of unrighteousness abounding in ou...
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spend an unusual amount of time at the surface. It also states that the whales also
Currently, live whale performances have become a main attraction for tourists. When visitors are at SeaWorld, they only see what is right in front of their eyes and do not care or want to know about the complications the whales go through just to make people smile. The documentary “Blackfish” exposes the truth about killer whales, their habits, and why they behave in the manner that they do when in captivity. The inhumane treatment of whales in captivity causes negative effects on the animals which, in turn, affects the humans who care for them.
major problems I believe that we would fall apart as people and would not be able to go
Whales are perhaps by far the most mysterious creatures of the deep blue. It is not that we do not know much about the whales; rather, it is the reasons behind the ways that they act and communicate that we do not yet understand. Their ways of life have been researched in the past and present. Many speculations have been made as to why they do what they do, but the speculations themselves have speculations. Everyone has their own opinion but an opinion is not enough to unravel the mysteries behind a personality.
Parfit readily admits that the idea that we can retain all that matters without identity is a counter-intuitive one. However, I believe that it stands up well to criticism and that it appears to have significant positive implications for morality and responsibility. In undermining the importance of identity, Parfit also attacks self-interested principles:
Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “blessed are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders.” We always think that forgetting is the solution to our misery and our problems. We indulge in the idea that ignorance is bliss and that what we don’t know won’t hurt us. But
well, there would be less blood in our world, and instead more conversations, more peace
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depends on the upper deep in the abysmal sea. Lord Tennyson describes about a Kraken