Category Archives: Social Issues
The Good Samaritan
In the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus speaks about a good deed being done by a pagan while two God fearing Jews ignored the peril of a beaten and robbed man. Does this parable hint that God would look favorably upon a good pagan and poorly upon uncompassionate God fearing men? Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Social Issues
Tagged Christ, Christian, Christianity, compasionate, gentile, God, good, Good Samaritan, heaven, Jesus, Jews, love, Parable of the Good Samaritan
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Of Modern Times and the Caveman
The brain of man is an absolutely fascinating organ designed well ahead of its time and seems in a way to defy evolution. Its development was a quantum jump in evolutionary development. Though our brains have changed little since man lived in caves the amount of new information needing to be processed by man today is many orders of magnitude more than our caveman ancestors. Continue reading
Posted in Social Issues, Society
Tagged cancer, caveman, couch potato, diabetes, exercise, health, junk food, lazy, obesity, stroke, technology
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Is there a God out there?
I reveal my struggle with a faith based God and my break with my Christian roots. I don’t know if there is a God, the creator of all, but I have curiosity about the possibilities. I feel that if there is a God like some Christians profess, Christians in general are extremely poor representatives of that faith and fail to understand the meaning of grace, compassion, forgiveness, unconditional love, turning the other cheek, and letting God be the judge. Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Christ, Christian, Christian Church, Christianity, faith, God, grace, Jesus, love
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Women’s Right to Equality Way Overdue
Women have made great strides in equality over the last 100 years but there are still areas where they are not yet the equal of men. They constitute 50% of the population yet still do not play an equal role in government, business, and management. More than half college students are now women yet there career aspirations are still less then men. Thus inequities still exist. Continue reading
Posted in Inequality, Social Issues
Tagged discrimination, equal right, equality, inequality, job, sex discrimination, women, women right
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The War on Drugs – Another Losing Battle
The war or prohibition on drugs has been raging since the early 1900’s but was not seriously addressed by the federal government until the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 was implemented by the Nixon administration. During … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Justice, Domestic Issues, Government, Social Issues
Tagged addict, addiction, crime, drug, enforcement, illegal, law, marajuana, medical, pot, social, traffic, war
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Education, Another Perspective
Much has been made about America being the center of innovation. Proponents of our educational system have claimed that it is our emphasis on the arts and creative thought as opposed to memorization and focusing on the mechanics of science … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Social Issues
Tagged education, inovation, mechanic, schools, sound education
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Innovation in America – A Limited Perspective
America prides itself for being a nation of innovation, but are we really? Indeed we are a nation of innovative technology and commercial ideas. Silicon Valley is the birthplace of some of the most innovative high tech and social network … Continue reading
Posted in Science & Technology, Social Issues
Tagged creative, government, industry, inovation
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Definition of Marriage – The LGBT Argument
There currently rages a social debate by both the LGBT community and conservative religious group whether same sex marriage should be the law of the land. Currently the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) enacted in 1996 defines marriage as being … Continue reading
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