Day 3 After-Class Discussion

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Do you think history move toward a certain goal—i.e. the manifestation of

God or the realization of human freedom?  (175-250 words)

2020-08-05

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  张雯清
  We can’t avoid this question if we say that history is developing into a certain goal: whose goal? Or to put it in another way, who set the goal? Who is the goal working for? Human history is, to now, proceeding in a developing way, that’s for sure, for we are living much easier than or ancestors. But what about switching the standpoint to the nature? I mean, it’s at least to some extend weaker than before, we broke its balance, change the circumstances, tame the species... If the goal is for nature, then it is turning towards a worse situation. And more astonishingly, this switching is now just limited on the earth. What about looking beyond our planet? Will there be other subjects that history seems to work for? This problem can’t be solved from our confined sight, because it’s endless, while we can just observe. We observe that A is developing, but maybe its development is for the degradation of B, and B is degrading, but it’s degradation might be for C’s development... I can’t make a conclusion actually.

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  王宝玥
  第3天。 Up to now, the history of human development has been in the direction of more advanced modernization and mechanization. And these developments will gradually turn into history. Therefore, from this perspective, the development of history will move towards a certain goal, but there are many uncertain factors in the process of social development. The crazy actions of many crazy leaders will make history change in a distorted direction. However, with the continuous enhancement of the current trend of globalization, I believe that the community with a Shared future for mankind still exists, and the major historical development process of our mankind will surely develop towards a more harmonious and better direction.       Personally, I don't think God really works to change human history. In my opinion, all religious activities are the embodiment of the will of authority, which is fundamentally human behavior. In my opinion, it is nature and human beings that can make history. The power of nature is extremely powerful, and it is also unpredictable and uncontrollable. The force of nature is like a car, and human is the driver who controls the car. The combination of the two makes the wheel of history drive in a certain direction, but the car also breaks down sometimes. Human's destruction and influence on nature may hinder the direction of history. We don't know when the car will break down, so what we can do is to love and protect it as much as possible, so that we can make history develop in a good direction as much as possible.

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