Why is it important to analyze what you believe? Today, most people choose not to think too critically about certain subjects. Often times one of those subjects is everyone's personal worldview. A worldview is described as, "the way someone thinks about the world." This one specific outlook held by each individual is perhaps the single greatest philosophical perspective. A worldview acts as a foundation for every other belief held by that individual. Every belief or idea has an origin, and it is important to challenge, test and evolve this foundation. If one believes too blindly and ignorantly, then he is a fool. If one believes too strictly and unquestionably, then he is indoctrinated. Just as anything else in life, there has to be a balance.
For one's worldview they must find a balance between the blindness and deafness. Blind believing is a symptom of the fool and intellectually lazy. One must never blindly believe something because it is pleasing, or agreeable or politically correct. People must not conform to the "herd mentality" but analyze, process, ponder and question philosophies and ideas. On the other end of the spectrum, one must not believe too strictly. The one who believes in their philosophy and is not willing to test, challenge or evolve their belief is indoctrinated. When people become indoctrinated, their philosophy can sometimes become hostile or extreme. Take the German Nazis, Communism and North Korea as examples. Indoctrination often times leads to extreme or hostile idealism. One must find the balance between these two extremes.
Each individual should critically and logically think through each of their personal philosophies and the foundation for those philosophies. Unfortunately, modern society in general seems to have forgotten the necessity of analyzing, processing and testing. Take the modern movement of third Wave Feminism, for example. While I think women's rights is an important issue worth discussing, modern feminism has moved from a topic of equal rights to female gender superiority. Another example of an often untested belief is the "Trigger Warning" culture plaguing modern university campuses. Believers of this idea have become somewhat indoctrinated and swayed by a corrupted form of idealism.
Instead of accepting the world for what it is and its inherent problems, they seek to aid it by censoring vocabulary. They don't want to accept the world, so they seek to change something unchangeable. It seems they don't challenge the belief that has no real social, philosophical or realistic validity. So are they blind or deaf? Many problems plaguing modern culture are symptoms of a lack of challenge and testing. People must realize the necessity of evolving, processing and analyzing their own worldview for themselves.
