Josh Plovanic's Writings and Thoughts

As a Christian, I have heard many views of heaven from many different believers. I have heard that it is all-consumed with the glory of God. I have heard we reside in his presence forever. I have heard it overflows with the love of Jesus. I have heard we get to do things there that bring him glory. I have heard we get to experience the most perfect of happiness, holiness, and purity. I have heard that heaven is everything you could ever want that is not sinful. I have my own desire of God when I face him after this life. I would request that I get to spend eternity exploring his creation. I view that God created an infinite existence, just as He himself is infinite. I want to go from world upon world and experience culture upon culture, with countless places to see, people to meet, and games to play. I want to be able to explore the depth of knowledge and history that each world and culture holds. I want to study the different life of these countless worlds, see the different terrain s...

The universe is made up of many forms of information, and the conscious beings within it are the receivers of this information. The information human beings in particular receive helps program our brains to understand reality in a particular way. Ideas are a form of information, as are the keys I am typing with and the table I am sitting at. The table is substantial information, i.e. information that has concrete substance that you can touch, see, hear, taste, and smell. Pretty much anything you can encounter with your senses is substantial information. Now ideas are information that is not substantial. You can't detect them with your senses, yet they still exist. They are abstract. They only exist verbally and in systems that they are utilized in. They can have substantial images or things represent them, but you can't measure concepts like freedom as concrete substance. Now information is how a brain is programmed and educated to understand the world from a particular worldvi...

If someone believes a lie that is beneficial to your agenda, why tell them the truth? Sometimes delusions are advantageous to the people who foster them and stand to lose something if the deception is discovered. From my experience, every human being has had delusions or lived under false pretenses at some points in their lives and many still live highly functional lives while believing in total nonsense. Im not talking about religion either. Religion is different. There is a nature about faith that destinguishes it from delusion, and that is the complete inability of people to invalidate it entirely, as well as its socially, culturally, and psychologically beneficial nature to the people who have it. The truth is not always in the eye of the beholder, but your perspective on the truth is. Truth is what actually exists, a lie may exist as a lie, but it is based on something that does not. There are many truths that we cannot see or have not encountered that are waiting to be discovered...

The psychology of culture is a developing and often fascinating subject within the field of psychology. It encompasses people and groups across the globe and how culture influences behavior, cognition, and the mind. Culture can be defined as the activities individuals within the society and the society as a collective partake in, as well as the entertainment we indulge in, the myths and legends that we are introduced to as members of this society, and the festivals and traditions that give people's lives purpose and enliven the daily experience of life for the individuals of the society. In cultural psychology, there is something called mutual constitution that states how individuals and the society as a collective mutually impact one another and alter the culture of the group. Individuals may have different interests that they partake in that may influence other individuals to change their cultural behavior and take an interest in a different theme or activity within that culture....

Who is held to more accountability? If someone is tempted to do something and they do it, are they any more liable for their actions than the thing that tempted them. Just like is someone really responsible for their actions if they are under a spell of deception put upon them by an external agency. It is a moral quandary for me and my faith. I have heard that all it takes is one sin to cause you to enter into eternal damnation for all eternity. I have difficulty with this, as many people are deceived into thinking that it is ok to commit some sins and they are led astray by certain people and certain ideas. I personally think the tempter is more at fault than those who fall into temptation, as had the tempter not tempted the person, the person would never have fallen into temptation. At the same time, I think the deceiver should be held in greater accountability than the deceived, because the deceived person would not have committed the act that he did in regards to the deception had ...

I am trying to pursue I career in writing, which should be obvious by this point!! So I am going to write about my desire to pursue a career in writing. I was thinking at some point to be an editor, although I am not 100% sure what an editor exactly does. I could go into journalism, but I don't have the academic credentials or achievements that appeal to employers in that field. I would love to write more research papers, but I need to be in school to do that and I can't afford it right now. I think that if I remain diligent and dedicated in my writing, something will open up, as long as I am honest and truthful with people. My faith requires that I am. I probably should clean up my language a little bit if I am going to write about spiritual and religious subjects, but also because it is highly unprofessional to use the kind of language I occasionally use. If I am going to be a good writer, and a successful one, I am going to have to narrow down my focus a little bit, and deve...

Religious Wars, gods, God, or belief systems in general have been the primary cause of many wars since the dawn of civilization. Homer wrote about how the gods took sides in the Trojan War. Islam was primarily spread through warfare throughout the middle east, north Africa, and parts of Europe after Mohammed passed on. The Catholic church ordered crusades, the goal of which was to retake the holy land from Muslims and create a christian order there. Many lives have been lost because of religious conflict. There is a reason for it, and this is coming from a christian perspective. The reason for these conflicts is because of deception. A force is deceiving people into believing that it is ok to kill in the name of God. The reason for conflicts like this is the dichotomy of good and evil. There are usually two sides to a conflict, and even if there are not two sides, it eventually boils down to two factions. I have talked about the dichotomy of conflict. Now I am going to talk about the r...