Comments by "A A Q" (@AuroraBoarder1) on "Academy of Ideas" channel.

  1. Primitive people are too busy struggling to survive to care about existentialism.
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  2. You have some valid points, here. I used to be a devout Christian; inadvertently joining a cult turned me into an atheist. I do not advocate rebelling against religion; that is what brings on mental illness. However, I believe it's perfectly OK to replace religion with science. After all, religion was originally used to explain the unexplainable. As science advanced, it proved some points true, and others false. Religion needs to be open minded enough to accept new discoveries. Being rigid can bring on mental illness just as readily as rebellion.
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  3. In some instances, it does.
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  4. I, too, have lived most of my life in fear. I'm trying to overcome it. Once, at my snowboard camp, I had a coach who didn't believe in helping people. You weren't supposed to ease into situations; you just charged in and did things. His theory was that only scared people get hurt, and he gave the example of the drunk driver who crashes his car and walks away without a scratch. At camp, we get to hang out with snowboarding pros. I have a collection of their autographs (unfortunately, I never met Shaun White, but I do have Kevin Pearce's autograph.) I look up coaches on the web, and if I find a picture of one, I print it out and ask for an autograph. I found this coach's picture, and approached him while the campers were having dinner in a restaurant. He was at the bar, totally snockered. "I'm really flattered! No one has ever asked me for an autograph before. Wadaya want me to write?" I said something about conquering my fears. He wrote, "Here's to conquering your fears!!" and signed his name. After dinner, I got on the bus to return to camp. Guess who was sitting at the wheel? He gave me a look if ABSOLUTE TERROR!!!
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