i jsut watched the movie The Man From Earth for the second time. i must say that it is truly and amazing movie. it really made me think about alot of things. especially when they came onto the bit about religion. how it all fits into what he said and that it is things that you can look up on your own. i love history and philosophy. when i was actually going to class i was a religious philosophy major. i never had my own religion that i was like...a complete believer in. these classes dont really help you much so if thats what you are looking for then dont take those classes and if you are a true believer in any kind of faith i caution you in taking that kind of course. it made some people think that there was no supreme being and it made those true believers very angry because it made them think and they started to question their own faiths and they didnt like it. i believe that there is something supreme out there. cant say what it is but something. for me....i love philosophy. i know that my field has never made any kind of progress. ever. you ask how and if so why does anyone do it then let me explain. philosophy is about theories and how things work and then try and figure out why they do the things they do. once something is figured out and is either proven or dismissed it does one of two things....if it is dismissed then it leaves the philosophy field and we gain nothing from it minus what we know is wrong. if it is true then it turns into science and is studied more in the world of science thus leaving philosophy. and in that philosophy makes no advances. never has and never will.