Philosophy

I wonder how upset Dr. Payne would be if he found this blog entry about his "theory", or should I say opinion about the eye, and how nonsensical I find the whole thing. Dr. Payne’s opinion is that we would do better with a cephalopod eye, the flaws in our eye are too great, and the design in amateurish. The fact that a bundle of nerves penetrates the optic nerve is too much of a problem because it creates a blind spot that is not present in a cephalopod eye. If the design was changed to that of a cephalopod eye the blind spot would be eliminated. I guess I can’t see what Dr. Payne sees, but my eyes work fine, if he feels as though he should complain, I suppose that is his problem. I personally would not like to have a cephalopod eye, could you imagine how they would look on our faces? About that blind spot in the back of our eye; well I guess it must be a problem because all of us walk around running into things because our eyes miss them based on the blind spot. Well actually that is not what Dr. Payne said; he said that the brain must compensate for the blind spot constantly, as if that is an exhausting chore.
The more I think about what Dr. Payne has said the more I realize how amazing God is. According to evolution should we not have the higher more advanced eye of a cephalopod? Evolutionarily speaking aren't cephalopods less evolved then us, and if so shouldn't we have the cephalopod eye if it is, so clearly, more advanced and they in turn should get ours? I have to admit I think I should submit a complaint to God about this, or Dr. Payne should, seeing as how he disapproves of the current design. One thing I keep failing to mention is that Dr. Payne does not believe, or so I have come to believe, that we were created by an "intelligent being". He is more of the opinion that we have evolved in the manner of evolution. So either way he does not make sense. Although I suppose that in him claiming the eye was created by an amateur at least he admits we were created by something, so maybe he will get there eventually.
I think people who refuse to see a creator should stick to that, and not blame the characteristics which they don't like on an ignorant "god" who "doesn't exist”. God isn’t there to complain to or about, He isn’t someone who exists when we have a complaint, he is a relational God and wants to know more than just the complaints. He wants us revel in how he made us, and all the care he put into our design. Things about us may not make sense about us, and you may think that we could be improved but isn’t Gods glory shown in the parts of us that should not work but do because of who God is. When God made the earth and all that inhabited it did he not say “and it was good” after he finished his handiwork? I think God knew what he was doing, for those that don’t I am sure there is some doctor out there who would be more than happy to experiment on your eyes and replace them with that of a cephalopod.

Mari-Jo on work and school

We all do it, right? It also tends to be a love hate relationship, but it is almost always 100% necessary. Work. On days that we have to work we complain, but those times when we don't have a job, for example over Christmas break, and we are completely broke we complain. We complain for many reasons, on one hand we complain about not having enough money when we don't work. We also complain because on the days when we work those are the days when we actually could have slept in. It goes that way for school or on days that are not Saturday or days we have to work. If only we could wake up everyday with the energy that we have on Saturday mornings.
I can say though that I do enjoy where I work. I have great colleagues, and great bosses, and there never seems to be any drama. It also helps that I work where I am taking classes. Oh yeah classes, so I Am taking Chemistry, Developmental Psych, Death and Dying, and Intro to Philosophy. I am enjoying all of my classes and I have learned some very important information thus far. I will give a list of my favorite things teachers have said. Topping the list is a comment from my Philosophy teacher he informed the class that the eye was made by an amateur. Dr. Payne, I think that is how you spelled his name has supported evolution in this class, what gets me is that if he claims the eye was made by an amateur he acknowledges that it was made by someone. Evolution and creationism, in they he uses them, are contradictory. The amazing thing to realize is that God made the eye just the way that hey wanted to, and even though I am sure Dr. Payne could have done it better it works just the way that God wanted it to. This comment about the eye made me more in awe of how God made the eye, I mean that God would create the eye in this manner shows His glory, it shows that He can put a twist on his creation just because he can. Anyways, enough on that, actually I don't even remember what else I was going to write about. The eye has just kind of blown me away, God is awesome. Think on that.

*Look for God, He is everywhere, you just have to look*
Mari-Jo

Mari-Jo On The Various Uses of Scarves

I developed a thing for scarves when I lived in Mexico in 2008-2009. Since then I have started collecting them. My favorite is a gray one with a Celtic design that I got at a shop downtown. I love combining a scarf with almost any outfit, of course there are certain outfits you cannot combine a scarf with, I have not seen a scarf look good with a turtle neck, but then again I have not tried. I just think it is kind of redundant; the neck of the shirt serves the same purpose as the scarf. I recently made a discovery about scarves as a result of a broken wrist, they have many more uses then I thought. If any of you have ever broken your wrist you will know that they don’t give you a hard cast right away unless the swelling is not very bad, they need to wait until the swelling goes down, so they give you a splint, which can be easily removed. Has anyone ever tried taking a shower or doing any activity, such as washing dishes, which requires both hands, with a hematoma and/or a broken wrist? Washing your hair is really difficult! My only real problem was that I did not know what to do with my left wrist, which could not support itself. I was going to cut up a sheet that I had turned into a New Years banner, but I did not want to wreck it. I then decided to fashion a sling out of a pink scarf my mother had gotten me a while back. It worked, I had a way to support my wrist and in a very fashionable way. There are also many other things you can do with scarves besides the original purpose. You can tie you younger siblings to a chair, and I am sure if you tried hard enough and owned a sufficient number of scarves you could probably create a rope ladder to climb out of a window, but who would actually try this. Anyways, scarves are very handy accessories, they keep you stylish and warm and have many other uses, just be creative.
This first entry might be kind of boring, but hey I am just getting started. If anyone has anything that they want me to blog about just leave a comment and I will write about the topic if I know anything about it.

*Stay out of the snow*-Mari-Jo