Buying new eyes and selling the old brain
written and submitted
by
EDWIN RYAN DE LEON
(ABMC ONE)
by
EDWIN RYAN DE LEON
(ABMC ONE)
REACTION PAPER on Chapter 85 – Epilogue of the da Vinci Code Deception)
Doubt everything you hear, you see and feel.
Anonymous
I have to say with all the time that brown has been talking in circles, this statement is the one I’ve proven right. I’ve learned to have faith in my doubts. This may sound ironic but these kinds of statements are the one selling. Hehehe trust me! For the 18 years of my existence, my life has been fed mostly by handed down traditions, beliefs dos and don’ts. Now I reflect; my used to be innocent mind was abused badly by mislead beliefs and unproven truths that people perceive to be right. And unfortunately I believed them. For a child to believe these things is still acceptable. But for someone who is a grown-up living with a sense of individuality in what he thinks and what he believes, such thing is stupidity!
This makes no difference in psychology at first you teach the child how to live and grow day by day year by year. When the child learns how to live you equip her with things she might need in surviving the lion’s den. When a child learns how to think you offer the norms of the society. But in my equation you must also offer her the freedom to scrutinize why such things are morally accepted. You don’t make a child parrot every word you say without her dimmest understanding of the things she is mouthing. You don’t stop her from developing her critical thinking and her sense of individuality. You don’t get a child to set the echoes of our traditions to the fullest. Remember, you are rearing a new life in this world, not the next whoever of whatsoever!
Now let me connect my avowal with Dan Brown’s “da Vinci Code”. Most of the things he unveiled are unbelievable. Some say they are unacceptable. Some believe them easily. These are the fruits of his doubts. He made researches and claimed that they are right. These are assertions and their credibility depends not on his hands actually, but in yours. You are the one to judge if he is right in bringing down the major religion of the world. Martyrs have died in the pursuit of keeping these beliefs afloat. So it’s actually your decision and this is an easy job.
Now let me look at you. Yes, you people who are criticizing the people who believed in what Dan Brown said. Why did you have to curse them? Why did you call them gullible? For believing this person who doesn’t even have mandate from heaven to proclaim? Well I’ll give you that and I will judge you no more as long as you also see the obvious. You, YOURSELVES, are gullible! Why do you believe the opposite of what this people believe? Because of the sacred book written for you? You have this as your proof? Well they have “da vinci code” as their proof. And is your book really credible? You were told and you believe and you call that faith, something which shouldn’t be questioned. Maybe this is going to be an endless verbal sparring between us but believe me and embrace the fact, your faith is making you adorably gullible.
In contrary to many I am now starting to admire Mr. Brown. He had the nerves to write about such things and break free from the NORMS and the MORES. He wasn’t camouflaged like us. He knows for sure that people may not believe him and what could he be doing is wrong. But again I doubt what he is saying is true and some how I’m sure he is too.
In the end it all came to one thing, “What you believe in." Brown looks at it differently and so as everyone. But the only thing we must all have is the intersection of individual thinking and conviction of what we believe. Someday we will all pass and we will realize it doesn’t really matter who we believed and which theories we fought for. What will matter is how we dug into them and how these things made your life a better place to live than the world we have found.
The da vinci code you asked? It’s an opinion… or maybe a conviction. Nah… it’s a crap and a challenge for us think.
This makes no difference in psychology at first you teach the child how to live and grow day by day year by year. When the child learns how to live you equip her with things she might need in surviving the lion’s den. When a child learns how to think you offer the norms of the society. But in my equation you must also offer her the freedom to scrutinize why such things are morally accepted. You don’t make a child parrot every word you say without her dimmest understanding of the things she is mouthing. You don’t stop her from developing her critical thinking and her sense of individuality. You don’t get a child to set the echoes of our traditions to the fullest. Remember, you are rearing a new life in this world, not the next whoever of whatsoever!
Now let me connect my avowal with Dan Brown’s “da Vinci Code”. Most of the things he unveiled are unbelievable. Some say they are unacceptable. Some believe them easily. These are the fruits of his doubts. He made researches and claimed that they are right. These are assertions and their credibility depends not on his hands actually, but in yours. You are the one to judge if he is right in bringing down the major religion of the world. Martyrs have died in the pursuit of keeping these beliefs afloat. So it’s actually your decision and this is an easy job.
Now let me look at you. Yes, you people who are criticizing the people who believed in what Dan Brown said. Why did you have to curse them? Why did you call them gullible? For believing this person who doesn’t even have mandate from heaven to proclaim? Well I’ll give you that and I will judge you no more as long as you also see the obvious. You, YOURSELVES, are gullible! Why do you believe the opposite of what this people believe? Because of the sacred book written for you? You have this as your proof? Well they have “da vinci code” as their proof. And is your book really credible? You were told and you believe and you call that faith, something which shouldn’t be questioned. Maybe this is going to be an endless verbal sparring between us but believe me and embrace the fact, your faith is making you adorably gullible.
In contrary to many I am now starting to admire Mr. Brown. He had the nerves to write about such things and break free from the NORMS and the MORES. He wasn’t camouflaged like us. He knows for sure that people may not believe him and what could he be doing is wrong. But again I doubt what he is saying is true and some how I’m sure he is too.
In the end it all came to one thing, “What you believe in." Brown looks at it differently and so as everyone. But the only thing we must all have is the intersection of individual thinking and conviction of what we believe. Someday we will all pass and we will realize it doesn’t really matter who we believed and which theories we fought for. What will matter is how we dug into them and how these things made your life a better place to live than the world we have found.
The da vinci code you asked? It’s an opinion… or maybe a conviction. Nah… it’s a crap and a challenge for us think.
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