Opinions, Hypocrisy, and Much Much More!!!

Due to peer pressure unknowingly applied, I have created a blog. I'm not a great writer, and my life isn't really that interesting, but whatever. I kind of avoided making a blog because it always seemed to me like the only people who had blogs were the people who were in desperate need of someone to listen to the garbage spewing out of their brains as well as their useless opinions. But after thinking about it, everybody seems to be desperate for that anyway, so here I am, spewing garbage as well as my opinion.

Opinions are funny things. For most people, they are difficult to change by force and argument, but suprisingly easy to mold through influence and example. Just look around, nearly everyone's opinions and beliefs are based upon their parents', either formed from their parents' ideas or in opposition to them. An educated opinion is based upon the largest amount of information from the most varied sources possible. It really bothers me when people spout their opinions about things in which they have absolutely no knowledge on which to base their opinion. Actually, it's a lot of fun to challenge people who make hasty claims such as, "George Bush is an idiot". I don't necessarily agree or disagree, but when followed up with a simple, "Why?", usually the ensuing reasoning is not only unfounded, but you make the other person look like a bigger idiot, which of course is exactly what you want.

Everyone is a hypocrite to some extent. I am a hypocrite. That being said, hypocrisy bothers me, especially coming from religious people. However, thinking about it, perhaps the reason so many so called "Bible believing Christians" are hypocritical is because they simply set their moral and ethical standards higher and therefore find themselves struggling to practice what the preach. So perhaps hypocrisy isn't the worst thing, maybe it's simply a byproduct of perfecting oneself. I think I despise hypocrites so much because I see so much hypocrisy in the way I live. I could make a list, but I won't. I think I need to live in poverty. In that regard, I hope I go somewhere poor and underdeveloped on my mission. Anyway, I live a highly priviledged life, and so do most of you. Don't forget it.