Time Travel

Yesterday I was watching Sci Fi Science on the Science Channel and it was like the most amazing thing that was beginning to be discovered.  They discovered that in space, time goes by more slowly than on Earth, sooo if you were to spend 10 years in space, when you came back to Earth 70 years would have gone by! :o.  Also black holes hold some sort of capability to bend the space-time continum, so that can also send up to the future.. minus the tiny fact that a human would be ripped apart into tiny sub-atomic particles in the process :). Amazing much?

The Cold Within

Six humans trapped by happenstance, in bleak and bitter cold,
Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story's told.

Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held is back,
For of the faces 'round the fire, he noticed on was black.

The next man looking 'cross the way saw one not of his church,
And couldn't bring himself to give the fire his stick of birch.

The third one sat in tattered clothes, he gave his coat a hitch,
Why should his log be put to use to warm the idle rich?

The rich man just sat back and thought of the wealth he had in store,
And how to keep what he had earned from the lazy, shiftless poor,

The black man's face bespoke revenge as the fire passed from sight,
For all he saw in his stick of wood was a chance to spite the white.

The last man of this forlorn group did naught except for gain,
Giving only to those who gave was how he played the game.

Their logs held tight in death's still hand was proof of human sin,
They didn't die from the cold without-the died from the cold within.
-Anonymous

The Theory of Predestination and Free Will :)

Mmmkay so the theory of Predestination basically says that it is predeterminded who will reach salvation and who will not.  So do I agree with this theory?  It's difficult for me to say.  I like that think that I am in control of my own destiny and so is everyone around me.  Otherwise my actions would control me and if I did something wrong, it would be proof that it was predestined that I would not reach salvation.  The thought of predestination seems to put certain people who live a certain way on a pedistal above the rest of us who don't seem to be as lucky as them seeing as they are the "chosen few".  The entire concept creates a gap in the social status and contridicts the idea that all men are created equal.  What happens when people turn their life around half way through?  Would the first half prove that they wouldn't reach salvation, or would the second have prove that they would?  The idea seems slightly discriminatory in my mind. 

What has our world come to?

I know that sounds kinda cliche, but honestly sense when can we not go to highschool football games without having to worry about being shot?  It could have easily been me that was shot at the game on friday instead of Melody Ross.  Some think the shooting was for a gang initiation.  The person had to fire into a random group of people to be able to be part of the gang.  Gang in general are stupid and are for people who have no family or attention at home.  The gang is the closest thing to a family they know and I really wish people didn't have to go through such hardships in life.  Although I can empathize, it doesn't excuse the fact that a 16 year old girl with her entire life ahead of her is now gone.  It brings me tremendous pain to imagine the trauma that has been thrust upon her friends and family.  I wish only the best for them and I thank God that it wasn't me or someone I know.  I certainly could not have handled it.

Teen Girls

Why has it become okay for teenaged girls to be sluts that are constantly under the influence? The party girl image seems to be praised by our generation.  why is that cool all of a sudden?  I personally think it's disgusting, annoying, and shows self esteem issues.  Girls think that having oral sex with a boy will make the boy "love" them.  If you have to go through such extents to get love, then you obviously aren't getting the love you need at home.  Oral sex is risky.. sex in general is risky.  No contraceptive is 100% effective or safe and what if something goes wrong?  I'm not saying that sex is bad, but if you choose to have sex, make sure you can handle the consequences.  This includes the emotional attachment that comes along with it.  What if those feelings aren't reciprocated?  Then what?  Be smart, not a steriotype. ♥

Okay so an interesting subject came up at school today..

Is it possible to be considered Christian, but to still believe in the Big Bang Theory? Is it possible to be Atheist and still believe that Jesus was an actual man? Who confines us to these boxes in which we must try and fit perfectly to be the label that society give us?