We can label ourselves as Republicans, Democrats, Muslims, Atheists, Christians, Libertarians, or Communists, but no matter what we consider ourselves to be, people have a tendency to label anyone other than what they are as "the enemy." One label in particular is one we often see in everyday media, on the shelves of bookstores, and even in many of today's churches; that is mainstream Christianity
A Southern Baptist convention during the summer of 2007 revealed a desire to see more research in the area of whether homosexuality is caused by genetic factors (as science and research indicates), or personal choice (as the Bible indicates).
This is an article about gun control I wrote for the school newspaper when I was a senior in high school. Just your typical conservative/libertarian argument against gun control. It's not necessarily 100% what I believe to this day, but I have love for all of my children.
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Even if there weren't so many terribly misbehaving children who haven't been taught to shut up for one hour, I wouldn't have been able to hear the preacher's low-volume microphone anyway. He was talking, I could tell that much. But what he was saying was anyone's guess. If there had been a clock on the wall, I could have heard it ticking better than anything that was supposed to be relevant.
Me: "Thank you for stopping, how can I help you tonight?"
Customer: "I'll have... two hardshell tacos, three Taco Bravos, and a medium Pepsi."
Who knew such a simple exchange of words could reignite a long-forgotten passion of mine.
Ever since Napster came around, people have discovered that an alternative to record stores exist: You don't have to pay for music anymore!
And artists should be grateful this technology exists. Bands like Metallica have no idea how much good the free mp3 business could potentially help the music industry, if used and taken advantage of correctly.
I am going to college at NDSU in Fargo, ND this fall for what I assume will be four years, from 2008 to 2012 when I graduate with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.
We are all based on the fixed template that is sheep-like, blind consumerism, and minor changes are made off of that template to give us the illusion that we're all different and unique; really, we are all based on the imaginary figure that the people running the world have created in order to tell us how to behave, and no matter how smart and enlightened you think you are, you are a part of that
