If a group of people don't have any values or expectations for themselves they will make society very stolid and full of violence. When people believe in a religion they usually have very strong feelings about their religion and will do almost anything to stand for what they believe in. When a person practices a religion they set values and expectations for themselves based on the religion that they practice. When a person doesn't have values or expectations for themselves all they do is search for habits that please them and will do whatever just for the fun of it. It doesnt matter how violent or distasteful their acts may be if a person doesn't have values they will do anything. Just like the book Fahrenheit 451, you see lives that have no values and what those people do in society. Specifically the teenagers, they go around killing each other and causing random havoc and chaos. Adults like mildred also dont have any values and we see that when she admits to running over animals at high speeds in a vehicle for fun. The whole society in Fahrenheit 451 has absolutely no values and their socieys is stolid and is full of violence, the people are worthless lives and just taking up space on the face of the earth.
-Kody Heitz
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Kody,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very insightful post. By definition, religion is "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe." By this definition, everybody (faith in spirituality or not) has a religion, and yes, that religion--or set of beliefs about life--is going to drive what the person does. You are very right about the fact that high expectations and high morals are essential to holding us accountable as humans. Without a sense of right and wrong, what's to stop us from becoming like the violent teens in the book? That's a scary thought, isn't it? So the question may be, "What beliefs drive my life?" and from there, we construct our choices moving forward.
~Mrs. Stoller