By Will on November 7th, 2008 | Religion | No Comments »
“… And even though we view the conservative lifestyle as an unusual way of life, we’ll still let Republicans marry each other.”
A quote from the Rose Thorn expressing the author’s opinion that the election outcome is good for everyone.
What I see (in the whole article, but especially in that sentence) is a complete moral turnaround from the values America held such a short time ago. Not only are those who believe homosexuality is wrong mocked, but the very heterosexual lifestyle is deemed as strange and unusual. We’re the one’s who need to be tolerated.
If that doesn’t scare you, I doubt anything ever will.
As for me, seeing the moral changes the past decade has brought about, I tremble to think what the next decade might bring.
By Will on November 5th, 2008 | Personal | 2 Comments »
Yesterday marked a historical moment for our nation. I am proud to live in a country that can elect someone to our most honored office without regard to race. The color of a man’s skin, though so trivial, has divided our country for centuries. I’m glad to be able to witness this great step our country has taken in the journey toward acceptance and inclusion of everyone, regardless of race.
My excitement and optimism ends here.
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By Will on September 9th, 2008 | Religion | 2 Comments »
Glancing through the New York Times today, I noticed an ad who’s title read “Imagine a World Free From Religion”. That got my attention a little so I paused to read some more. Below the heading a picture of New York City (taken before the 9/11 attacks) was displayed. The implied message? A world without religion is a world without war and terror. The ad then went on describe the “growing threat of religious fanaticism here at home”. Beyond wondering whether pastors across our nation would agree with the claim that religious fanaticism is on the rise, I sense that the authors of this ad feel that anyone who is crazy enough to disagree with someone about whether God exists is crazy enough to blow up a building. It’s like someone who feels they were given the wrong change at the supermarket. Whether they are right or wrong, they’re probably not going to stab the sales clerk just because they disagree!
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