I have been running dry on ideas to post on the blog, so in a moment of brilliance I decided to look around on youtube. The first video that I clicked on looked interesting, and by some act of fate it contained some philosophy...sort of. It was also funny...sort of. I thought that I would share this video, and try and pull some issues from it. Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksKIq9mP5Tw
In this video there is a opening with a dog talking about Machinima, and then it gets into the deep stuff *cough* when the dog explains his new Machinima. It is the game pong, but with living paddles. The paddles talk about the meaninglessness of their lives, they can only move up and down, and every time they hit the "ball" it hurts them. They wonder if that is all there is to life, and are profoundly saddened by such a notion. This brought me to think about the point of view of an atheist. Some people live very hard lives, filled with sorrow and grief. They just can't catch a break, and with no god to turn to, life presents itself as sad and unbearable. One paddle even asks the other: "Is there a god?" Does he ask this question with hope or anger? If he starts to believe in a god, than he can have hope that a god who loves him will help him from his life of pain and restriction. The paddle like many people, may be looking for god and salvation when at the lowest point in his life. The pong paddle could also take the other well trodden path of anger agaisnt god. He could be asking in anger if there is a god so he can have someone to blame for his poor lot in life. When things don't go well in life, its easy to blame someone who claims to have control over all things.
Another interesting part of the video is the very end. The dog is back and he himself asks the question: "Is there a god?" He is then hit by a pong ball and it zooms out to show him in a computer looking grid/cubicle. I admit that I'm not sure what this part is trying to get at so I'll leave it up for the class to discuss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksKIq9mP5Tw
In this video there is a opening with a dog talking about Machinima, and then it gets into the deep stuff *cough* when the dog explains his new Machinima. It is the game pong, but with living paddles. The paddles talk about the meaninglessness of their lives, they can only move up and down, and every time they hit the "ball" it hurts them. They wonder if that is all there is to life, and are profoundly saddened by such a notion. This brought me to think about the point of view of an atheist. Some people live very hard lives, filled with sorrow and grief. They just can't catch a break, and with no god to turn to, life presents itself as sad and unbearable. One paddle even asks the other: "Is there a god?" Does he ask this question with hope or anger? If he starts to believe in a god, than he can have hope that a god who loves him will help him from his life of pain and restriction. The paddle like many people, may be looking for god and salvation when at the lowest point in his life. The pong paddle could also take the other well trodden path of anger agaisnt god. He could be asking in anger if there is a god so he can have someone to blame for his poor lot in life. When things don't go well in life, its easy to blame someone who claims to have control over all things.
Another interesting part of the video is the very end. The dog is back and he himself asks the question: "Is there a god?" He is then hit by a pong ball and it zooms out to show him in a computer looking grid/cubicle. I admit that I'm not sure what this part is trying to get at so I'll leave it up for the class to discuss.
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