Archive for the 'Culture' Category

On God and Allah

February 10, 2009

Okay.  I’m taking this one from my other blog (leftback92.wordpress.com) because I just wanted to.
One thing I hear people say often is that Jesus and Mohammed are the same.  This is not true whatsoever.  Muslims believe that Jesus Christ was just a man, a prophet of less importance than Mohammed.  Christians (true Christians, at least) [...]

What a Terrible Day

January 13, 2009

I was scanning CNN and happened to wonder over to the U.S. news.  On the side they have little sub-categories for the different regions.  As I was scanning them, it popped out to me that they were all negative stories!  Check out some of the headlines:  “Radio to blame for apartment fire” from WPRI.   “Teen [...]

Conflict in Gaza

January 12, 2009

In my own personal opinion, which I know does not count for much, Israel has every single right to be in Gaza, hunting Hamas.  Hamas is a terrorist organization that has been firing rockets in Israel for as long as I’ve been alive.  Is it any different than the United States attacking Afghanistan and getting [...]

On Racism

October 21, 2008

First of all, for an introduction, I am not an Obama fan.  However, very few things disturb me more than when people claiming the title of Christian throw racist comments in Obama’s direction.  Even I, who has very little political respect for the man, will not bow to such low levels as to harass a [...]

“Abortion: the newest trend in skin care”

September 23, 2008

On the cover of this magazine was an advertisement for a brand new, age-defying skin treatment. Curious about why something of the sort would be enough to make the cover, I began to read. It did not take me long to get through their tricky language to what was the key ingredient to this anti-aging breakthrough. This key ingredient was the skin tissue of a fetus.