Today is an awesome day. One, it's beautiful outside, and two, Dr. Tucker just gave us 100% on our cultural critiques! Besides that though, I really enjoyed Pope's Essay on Man. While some who read this may not agree, I agree with Pope. I believe that there is a natural order to things and there are some things that we can not understand. However, this is not to say that we strive to understand, it just means there is only so much that is comprenhensible to the human. If you dig deep into the things of God and spirituality, you will find yourself confused and frustrated. Our concrete world can not truly justify the spiritual world. We must just have faith and hope that our time here on Earth is rewarded by God. As he says "...this hour a slave, the next a diety."
Another point I found really insightful and that I believe to be true is we are the way we should be. In my opinion there is no "imperfection" in people. It's hard to think that when our world is bombared with "perfect" people in the media, but it is true. We are unique and designed for a purpose, what that purpose is might be a mystery but that is not to say that there isn't a purpose. "Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought". That is not to say that our actions are perfect, because in that sense no one is, but our make up is perfect. We are who we ought to be.
The final section that really made me think was that which discussed our unsatisfactions. Why do humans think nature treats them unkind? I believe it is the very same thing that we so often seek, and that is reason. While God wants us to reason because it takes reason to make good or bad actions, we shouldn't rack ourselves over things that we will never be able to understand. Unlike the bear who is content with being a bear, and the rabbit that is content with being a rabbit, we are always looking at the world around us and the heavens and wanting more. Reason can sometimes lead us to foolishness, which is a dangerous path to get on.
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