Gene Gu

Where do you get your moral standard of reference? Is it from your teachers, family or your friends? Maybe from your culture or society. If the moral standard from these sources change, are these changes really right than? Is good and evil, right and wrong really arbitrary and can change as often as the latest fads and trends? In the past, certain ancient civilizations had no issues with sacrificing babies, is whether this practice back than good or evil relative?  In the tale about the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, these two cities had rampant mob aggression, violence, wickedness, pride, homosexual and indiscriminate group sexual activities taking place. Outside a man named Lot and his family who God considered righteous, and who were escorted out of the city by a angel, God rained down " brimstone and fire " and absolutely destroyed these two cities and everyone living there.  The people who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah can state their case and make excuses all day o...

When I was kid I loved the anime Dragon Ball Z and I wanted to be Goku. I would imitate all of Goku’s moves: the famous Kamehameha , the intense squats, the muscle flexing, and the yelling. I genuinely believed that if I tried hard enough—if I believed strongly enough—I could become a Super Saiyan. But no matter how loud I shouted or how intensely I believed, I couldn’t become Goku. It didn’t matter how much I wanted it. It's impossible to become a fictional character. That childhood experience taught me something powerful that I’ve carried into adulthood: desire does not determine identity. Which leads me to point #1, you are not your feelings and thoughts . Feelings and thoughts are fleeting, they come during one season of our lives and they go away in another season. They never stick around forever. They trick us in believing we are, or can be people that we clearly can't become based on all innate and external evidence. Feelings, desire and thoughts don’t equate to reality....