A Quick Note on Changed Views.

The last 6 months have almost been life-changing, I've discovered a new view on the world that I never had before. In changing my major from Nursing to International Studies I have a whole new interest in politics, international development, the UN, current wars, natural disasters and diplomacy. The complexity of this tangled web of world affairs has indeed served a challenge for me to understand, not only that, but to form my on liberal opinions on such matters. I have not only changed in this sense, but a religious sense as well. With the influence of great and brilliant friends, I have come to learn that there is no God. No Allah, no Absolute Being,  no Divine Creator, no Yahweh or Lord. There is just the bright and brilliant universe that has evolved over the billions of years. I put it in the sense of, why would a God, make the wonders and the complexity of the universe, to just pay attention to us? To listen to our prayers? To take some people to the great beyond which is heaven and not others? Why do we look to the bible, a 2000 year old book, that contains so many contradictions to live our lives off of? It doesn't make sense. The entire philosophy of life is so much bigger than that, so much more amazing. The evolution and concept of time and what it has accomplished is so perplex that it cannot even be fathomed by the human mind. And now that I have come to realize this, this burdensome weight of God has come off my shoulders, it's a breath of fresh air. I no longer worry about if God will be mad at me if I sin, or if the eternity of my afterlife will be spent in Heaven or Hell. There is no such thing, no such evidence. Because now that I have shed this weight I can focus on the true philosophy of life taught by our great leaders, scientists, geniuses, and Buddha. All atheists. 

"Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached a conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true....Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this experience...an attitude which has never left me." -Albert Einstien

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." - Albert Einstein

"The first requisite of the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion." -Karl Marx

 "Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense."
– Chapman Cohen

"The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window."  

-Stephen King

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Seneca 
“Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual; and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.” -Albert Einstein

Its been a little long overdue to stop believing at the ripe age of 20. Especially versus Einstein who figured it out at 12, but it's better late than never. I am about to divulge myself into my area of study, and figure out what to specialize in, and what I want to accomplish in life. Everything, what I will learn, study, explore, dissect, seems so much bigger now than it was before, so much more important. In the absence of a God, life has such a greater meaning. I have lost friends from this, but I try not to look back. I have really meditated on the fact that such things as lost friendships, lost relationships, lost material items and a wonderful childhood that is never coming back really bothered me in the past. I was always trying to make people happy, trying to fix things that were never meant to be fixed. But now I move past it, and think that I was grateful to have such an experience. And as fast as it came, it left just as fast. Nevertheless I am still faced with a lifetime of learning, and at the end of it all, I just want wisdom and a great sense of accomplished knowledge.

How the Stimulus Package Works: Some good examples.

A good example on how the Stimulus Package works. In the economist view of politics, I am still a beginner and still learning. And examples like this and the video I put up gives me and I hope everyone a clearer view of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0lc1dg8MVg