The Power of Written Word

I just finished reading a philosophy essay for the next section we are going to cover in class.  It is the philosophy of God.  Now as soon as I found out that we would be discussing God, I was not thrilled.  Based off my past experiences coming from a perspective of having no religious affiliation discussing God with people of a strong faith has never been fun.  For starters they always look down upon people who do not believe. Two they usually try to persuade and convince you.  And third they press their beliefs on you.  A main thing I view wrong with people of a strong faith is how judgmental they are.  I have never read the Bible but I am sure it says something along the lines of "love everyone".  So when I see "devote Christians" at gay pride holding signs saying "God hates you" or "God hates fags" I am disgusted.  Your religion and your beliefs does not make you superior to everyone else. As I mentioned in my last...

I am very happy with all the rain we have received this week because California needs it.  We have been in a severe drought for quite sometime now.  People think that one little storm like the one we are in the midst of right now will change the status of California's drought drastically but it won't.  Yes it does help but we still have so much more that we need, one storm really does not make that much of a dent.  I also do not understand people who do not believe that climate change is a real issue or that it is something that should be taken seriously.  If you watch a video of Earth through the years to now, it is obvious.  We are destroying this planet.  I can not help but wonder what will happen in the future if we fail to address climate change.  I feel like we are making the only planet that we know can sustain human life into a wasteland.  We are not being respectful to the only home we know.

I have always enjoyed learning about United States History.  This semester I am enrolled in a History course on Tuesday's and Thursday's and I love it.  It makes me wonder if I could possibly be a History major but what would I do with it?  I do not want to be a teacher at all.  As much as I enjoy learning about history, at times it is hard to hear.  Specifically the racism in the South. I know all about the Jim Crow South, the Civil Rights movement, the Klu Klux Klan, the "separate but equal".  Yet every time I hear the story of Emmett Till, I cringe shake my head and am overwhelmed with sadness.  I just have never been able to understand why and how people believe that one race is inferior to another.  The concept of superiority among races stems from arrogance because we are all identical physiologically.  Here I am a "white" girl talking about my deeply rooted belief of equality when other people assume by my looks ...