File under "U" for "Useless"

"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Maffia"
-Winston Niles Rumfoord

The object of our being is not a purpose per se, but much more a problem -this problem having unbelievably powerful consequences. All sorts of scholars, theologians, and arm-chair philosophers will offer their suggestions as to how we are to define our purpose or those characteristics humans ought to develop. One human form will declare the mind to be the only muscle worth exercising, while another will explain the mind to be dependent on the strength of the body -so body and mind are of equal importance and both worth developing. What they falsely assume is that we are worth a damn to begin with, as if we are so special that we were meant to serve some greater good -arrogance is a powerful drug.

So it will continue like this until we have categorized every last thought and dream we have in our heads -filing them all away in alphabetical order of course. It is this idea of categories that interests me. Basically, I believe the concept of "rationality" to simply be our amazing ability to organize and categorize. I will even go as far as to dare anyone to consider a facet of our existence that is not built entirely on organization.

Let's look at concepts and objects we are familiar with. Starting with these characters and symbols I am tossing around, making words; the same symbols you are decoding in order to make sense of all this chaos. When we use language we are shoe-horning concepts and experiences into commonly accepted forms (i.e. words). Studying a singular word can continue until the end of time if anyone has the interest. Words consist of letters that having meaning and the words have symbolic meaning and that meaning is built on another and so it goes. Using words we have created existence. "I" is an easy way to categorize all the infinitely useless and complex attributes of Man.

Math is just an example of Man..s desperate passion for making sense of things. Arithmetic existed before someone defined the word and studied it as a discipline; so should we really feel special for having codified it so nicely? I would say "No." That brings up an interesting point -the justification for "right and "wrong"; for "yes" and "no" Look, we did it again! We have constructed more categories, two separate files for what is acceptable by others. The first of these files is embedded, or perhaps more accurately overlapping, into that category of ours that seem to bring us pain. The second file overlapping and tied into that which brings us pleasure. You add to that the category titled ..empathy.. and just like that, you have Morality. Damn, we are good.
For all the holes in what I just said, I apologize.