When people think they have wisdom its important to understand their view of ‘wisdom’ and how they define it. Mr. Pausch says this about his brand of wisdom: I had the feeling that I had more in me, that if I gave my all, I might be able to offer something special (6). So this professor’s wisdom is special according to him. Let’s be clear this wisdom is humanistic since he never mentions a higher power or anything close to it. The fact is I can say his wisdom is without God because he never mentions a Christian faith in The Last Lecture. He in one line mentions he grew up Presbyterian but that’s like saying you’re a Jew or Catholic it means nothing without fruit. An example of fruit in the book would be how his faith affected people in his life and the change it caused but there is none of that. In addition, saying you have a pastor means nothing, if you do not explain the pastor’s beliefs. Further, he says in The Last Lecture that he didn’t mention faith in his talk so he wouldn’t offend anyone. Woo hoo, Charlie Brown way to be a coward. What didn’t you want Lucy to take you to the p.c. police? What did you miss the football so much it dulled your senses? Give me a break! Hell, I would have respected Dr. Pausch if he would at least said, “I’m a Hindu, Jew or Whatever.” Instead we get a bunch of narcissistic thoughts on wisdom. I guess he missed this in his college reading: even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue (proverbs 17:20).
“I’d been yearning to find ways to leave a legacy for the kids” from the Last Lecture (9). I respect that and I hope you did (videos, recorded messages, etc), since you have been dead for over 4 years. However, I hope your kids don’t follow your path when expressing their faith. I hope they find Christ.
When we arrive in life and die it’s an accident (13). I’m sure when the Jews entered the gas chambers, they thought the same thing. The Nazi’s were kings of “accidents.” Sarcasm aside, the Nazi’s planned their massacre with cold brutality – mass murder doesn’t happen by accident. I guess this statement – for you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb – is inconvenient and trivial. I guess Moses hitting the rock out of anger and dying before entering the promise land was a coincidence. When Judas stabbed Jesus in the back and sold him out for thirty pieces of silver. His first thought before his neck broke was I’m accident prone. I suspect Randy took Darwinism 101… nope that was another accident. I guess your death was an accident. Cancer had nothing to do with it. The fact is life and death is not accidental. In Ecclesiastes, it says “a time to be born and a time to die.” If you see accident in that your blind. Plus in it says in Job 14:5 - a person's days are determined; you have decreed the number of months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
“It’s easy to look smart when you’re parroting smart people” from the Last Lecture page fifty-three. That may be so but that doesn’t make it right. What happens if those people are wrong; what if their just brainwashing you? I’ll tell you, you’ll think everything is fine and fail to realize the danger you’re facing.
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An idea in this book is how important a positive attitude is in life. This belief is true in that if you’re negative all the time it will hurt your health and relationships. However, being positive without God in your life is concealed vanity and a positive attitude will not save you only Christ’s atonement will.
“Time is all you have (111)” according to Mr. Pausch. The problem with this statement is time is temporal. Humans think of time in life spans. Like 80-years is a long life. However, in the Old Testament (or Torah) people lived a lot longer. Enosh 905-years (ge 5:9-11), Mahalel 895-years (ge 5:15-17), and Lamech 777-years (ge 5:28-31) are just a few examples. Those time lengths are long compared to today’s really long lives, like 120-years. Still they are not long in God’s eyes. I may be called crazy or smart by saying this but God’s idea of time and humanities idea of time does not match up. Since God created time (Ge 1:3-5) and by giving us the choice of accepting or rejecting his Son’s sacrifice. We all have the opportunity of living beyond what humans’ understand as time (rev 21). When we embrace Jesus and his death and believe that he rose again and that his blood cleanses us of sin, then that opportunity is fulfilled. However, when we reject that sacrifice we get sent to a lake that burns forever and we can’t escape (rev 20:14-15). Death is not the end it is just the beginning. You do not have to agree and I’m not pointing this out to condemn people, I’m doing it because it is the truth.
Dr. Pausch thinks that living your life you should live it the right way (206). What does this mean? In the world’s system ‘right’ is subjective. For instance what’s right for you might not be right for me and according to the world that’s fine and dandy. The world loves it when lines are blurred to the point of it being unrecognizable. However, as a follower of Christ I realize the importance of absolute truth. That means that truth is not subjective but black and white. This makes some people uncomfortable, because it means that if the bible says its wrong, its wrong, whether they like it or not. Christian’s lives shouldn’t be about moral ambiguity it should be about following the truth.
“If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself (206).” So I get it if I’m a nice guy and do not mock deaf people for their dance moves. I win a car and get to marry a hottie! Yipee! What, there are goons who say I did this (mock deaf people) in Atlanta
As a Christian I can not believe in karma since they do not mix. Since Jesus said (paraphrase), that the rain and sun falls on the good and the bad (mt 5:45). I fail to see circular vengeance in what Jesus said. So the whole “what comes around, goes around” is just another crack pot idea. Does oil and water mix? I think not and neither does Christianity and karma. However, I do find it sad when ignorant Christians act like karma and Christianity do mix. That belief is like throwing water on a grease fire and like a dumbass expecting it to go out. Why would you embrace a Hindu (India
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