Philosophy is FUN!

I just started doing all this research on philosophical ideas and WOWZA are there a lot of them. All of the ideas that are syndicated from Candide are all very christianity based, which I find quite interesting. I always thought of Voltaire as a cynical, atheist which is obviously untrue because the people of that time were almost all believers. The ideas of the manichees were especially interesting: both good and evil have always existed in the universe and goodness doesn't come from evil and evil doesn't come from goodness, its just there. I believe that is true. There are people that seem almost purely good and people that seem almost purely good and then there's a lot of people who are all mixed up in evil and good. So its hard to put it all together. Let's talk a little Saint Augustine, imitate the good, bear the evil, love all. I like it! It is a bit hippie, a bit Bob Marley. Funny how someone who seems so against the grain of things (Bob Marley) is right a long with Saint Augustine. (That rhymed FYI). I'd like to think that I could try to love all but it's just plain tough. Maybe that's what philosophy is. Some crazy ideas to be good people. How about this one, courtesy of Blaise Pascal: God can bring forth good out of evil and we bring forth evil out of good. What does that mean? We all suck? I suppose that's a very cynical philosophy but also a good idea to get people to do what you want. If I had a philosophy I would do along with Earl of Shaftesbury: There are evil tendencies in the popular presentation of Christianity. I would like to think we have evil "tendencies." It kind of softens the blow, eh? I mean I do not mean to be a terrible person, but hey, stuff happens. Pretty much overall, philosophy is kind of goofy. I suppose if I was going to make my own philosophy on life it would go like this: If you have done everything you can do, you can sleep at night. Simple, concise, fantastic. I SHOULD BE A PHILOSOPHER! Basically when I have a huge test and I know it's going to hurt my pride, I say those words in my head because without thinking like that, you'll kill yourself with over work and under pay. If my philosophy was a band it would be 311. Chill, easy-going, you can jam to it anytime, who can't appreciate it? If my philosophy was a food it would be sushi. Not everybody can live by it, but if you can, it makes you very happy :) Basically philosphy is fun to make fun of but I'm not sure if it is even real. It's like a really short version of the Bible or a very concise religion. Can you even do that? Apparently you can. I'm not 100% sure if you can follow anybody else's without modifying it in your own head to make it fit your own life. ANYWAY, philosophy seems kind of ridiculous but maybe I'm too immature to understand it. Maybe no one understands it because their not supposed to. Maybe that's the point.