This is truly ridiculous! Student gets F grade for mentioning God, it is said. The atheist professor had prohibited her from using the word in an essay on the role of religion in government. How would this be possible? When you permit a student to write a paper on religion, you should expect to find [...]
Archive for June, 2005
Student Getting an “F” for Mentioning God
Posted in Religion on June 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Consistently Pro-Life
Posted in End-of-Life, Politics and Current Events on June 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I’m getting so sick of people who contend that pro-life entails only being anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia. While this is true – pro-life means respect for every human being’s life -, I don’t see why this respect for life ends once a person is accused of having killed someone, or why respect for life is fine, [...]
The Bible, Sin, and Homosexuality
Posted in Gender and Sexuality, Religion on June 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The same conservative Christian I wrote about before is now claiming that homosexuality is wrong according to the Bible. Before I studied the Bible too extensively, I thought so as well, simply cause Leviticus says that homosexuality is wrong. However, if we had to follow everything that’s in Leviticus, every single person would be sinful [...]
Does Morality Come from God?
Posted in Philosophy, Religion on June 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I am seeing some extremist Christians claim that all morals come from God, and specifically their God, or Jesus. They say that morals have to come from somewhere, since otherwise there would be no Absolute Truth and if there weren’t, nothing would be good or evil. Agreed, there have to be some universal values that [...]
Thoughts on Gay Pride
Posted in Gender and Sexuality on June 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Gay Pride day, and that makes me feel a little weird. As a person having been in love with more than one woman, I have absolutely no problem with the GLBT community. I think gays are equal to heterosexuals, and they should have the same right to show their love and pride. They should [...]
On Comparign the Dutch Euthanasia Policy to Nazi Germany’s
Posted in End-of-Life on June 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Why is it that so many people seem to read only the information they can use to support their standpoints on important issues? I mean, I came to my position on abortion (pro-life stance) after reading this article, a thoroughly pro-choice paper on abortion. Why is it that no-one seems to be able to do [...]
Graduation Ceremony
Posted in Blindness, High School, Personal on June 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I got my diploma today. At 3:00 PM, the ceremony started. Some folk from the parent council first congratulated us, and then the principal called each of us to be spoken to and receive our diplomas. It took very long and it was warm, but it was still interesting. I’ve a last name with a [...]
Thoughts about Legislation Protecting Patients like Terri Schiavo
Posted in End-of-Life on June 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I just found out that the AMA opposes legislation that would ensure disabled people are not refused life-saving treatment. Such legislation would mandate doctors to offer life-saving treatment to those who cannot make their wishes known, except when they’ve previously let known what they want. It would forbid withdrawal of food and water from people [...]
Open House at Guide Dog School
Posted in Blindness, Personal on June 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I went to the guide dog school today for its open house. When we (Mr. De B. and I) arrived at 1:00 PM, we started out with a walk. We could walk with real guide dogs, which I considered quite weird since I assumed they would be distracted if they had different people work with [...]
On Terri Schiavo’s Burial
Posted in End-of-Life on June 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Terri Schiavo’s remains were buried yesterday, fifteen years after her death, if we have to believe Michael Schiavo. Can we now decide when we think that our loved ones (?) have gotten in such a state that we don’t consider them to be with us anymore? February 25, 1990 was the day Terri Schiavo collapsed [...]
