Natalies Monday Post

I really enjoyed our discussion today in class. I had never sat down and actually thought about listening. As I said in class, I am probably the worst listener I know. I believe that humans are intrinsically selfish, and that's why it is so hard to listen to other people talk especially when it is not about you or anything relevant to my life. I don't know if that makes me a horrible person, but I really fit that description and I tend to zone out when people talk to me. It's really hard for me to pay attention to something that doesn't really interest me, but overall I thought it was really interesting how the concept was presented in NFTU. The discussion we had after about taking away the safety net from people (religion) and replacing it with science was really interesting as well. I can see how by taking away religion many people were sad because essentially what we are saying then is that people are alone. I think that loneliness is not something that many people cannot deal with. I think that there is something that's part of our human nature that makes being alone very unappealing and makes people constantly try to surround themselves with others. That's why when you take away religion you are taking this omnipotent being who was essentially watching over you, and you just leave man alone. Because of this is why I cannot fully understand why the opposite would be as painful for someone to endure (although I do understand the point people were making). I just think that if someone were to fully convince you that a God existed then I feel like it wouldn't be painful but instead positive, because again this whole issue of loneliness would be completely gone. (Does this mean I have a problem with being alone?)