recently more and more Christian believers are saying that they believe in parts of the bible or their faith , but agree that some parts of their faith are not literal, just figurative. I call these people "pick and choose" Christians, because they only believe what they think is right- literal, and disregard the rest as just stories.

I have a huge problem with these "pick and choose" Christians.
How can you only partly agree with parts of your religion and not the rest, and still call your self a follower of that religion. In regards to religion, dont you have to take it or leave. Isnt it all or nothing? It makes no sense to decide that some parts of your religion are wrong, but to still believe in the rest. If you dont believe in one part of your religion or Bible.......then would you be implying that the part you dont believe in is wrong.........and wouldnt that logically loose creditablity in your eyes on your own religion.

According to the Association of Religious Data a poll conducted on beliefs of the origin of man, 41.9% of the U.S. population believe that Man has evolved, but God guided.

If you dont believe in Adam and Eve, then your not following your religion, your creating some kind of hybrid science religious view, which goes agaisnt the tradition and foundation of the bible.

I dont know, i guess i can understand how people can believe in evolution, which goes agaisnt the bible (word of God), and still believe that God had something to do with evolution.

Shouldnt you have to believe in every part of your religion in order to call your self a member?

I stumbled upon this statment, and i really was amused by it. "God created Man in his image, but really it was the other way around"


According to the Association of Religious Data a poll conducted on beliefs of the origin of man.
the results showed:
1) God created man in his present form 608 (42.6%)
2) Man has evolved 170 (11.9%)
3) Man has evolved, but God guided 598 (41.9%)
4) Other / Don't know 52 (3.6%)

THER ARE 1,341,369 SPANISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN CALIFORNIA OUT OF 1,570,424 ENGLISH LANGUGE LEARNERS TOTAL IN CALIFORNIA.

If we make English the official language of the United States all English Language Learner programs in schools will be shut down. We as a Nation will be turning our back on our own citizens who havent yet fully learned English. This will have devastating result on test scores, and quality of education that these citizens are to be able to get through public schools. They will be expected to learn english over night, and if not, will have to drop out of school, or get flunked out.

Evolution should be taught in schools!

Why Creationism should not be taught in public education
Creationism is not science it is a belief, and beliefs can never even be considered science because faith can never be proven wrong. All scientific facts can either be proven true or false, or in the case of theories, at least have supporting data of the theory that needs to be proven true.

Creation science is obviously seen as an expression of a religious belief being imposed on public education. In a 1987 case, Edwards v. Aquillard, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that these (creation science, to be taught in place in stead of evolution) laws were unconstitutional because they violated the 1st Amendment of the U.S. constitution.

Evolution is not theory its fact. Scientist can track the genetic change in a population over time, which is the basis for the evolution theory. Genetics change due to natural selection, can lead organisms to acquire adaptation such as mimicry or camouflage. All Evolution Thoery does is link the known fact of genetic change in a population of an organism, with human origin, history and other closely related organisms. This is real science, and is backed by scientific data.

If you do not want your child to taught scientific theories like evolution, then put your child in a private school or better yet church and stop this crusade for keeping science out of our school.

Knowledge is not Blasphemy!!!!!
-Michael “Nacirema” Preciado-

• Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day.

• The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.

• Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.

• Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.

• 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).

i was just thinking of very important philosophical question...............
If you fail to prevent something, are you therefore causing it?

- think about congress not passing the resolution to get troops out of iraq.
This is what the Republican propaganda marketing machince is doing, pointing blame of the Iraq war on to the Democrat controlled senate

YEP, I THINK ITS PRETTY MUCH A SURE THING THAT ONE DAY CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO WILL FORM A MONETARY UNION TO COMPETE WITH CHINA AND THE NEWLY EUROPEAN UNION.

THOUGHTS?

This blog is a random thought, i had when i was watching people talk about the return of christ. If Christ
ever did return to this world, or if we ever prove that God really does exist, then wouldnt that destroy our sense of free will? We were given free will on this planet in order to be judged by God after death. But if God reveals himself/herself then wouldnt we have to believe in God and Follow the ways of the bible in order to go to heaven? that is unless we really wanted to go to hell. If God ever appeared in modern life and proved his existence, than we would be slaves to him wouldnt we? knowing he controls everything we would have to follow exactly as the bible tells us too in order for us to live a prosperous after life. That wouldnt be free will, it would be rather more of a FORCED FREE WILL, and thus not free will at all.

Mike Nacirema

DOES GOD EXIST??
Translated into Spanish by: Michael Nacirema
This blog is a random thought, i had when i was watching people talk about the return of christ. If Christ
ever did return to this world, or if we ever prove that God really does exist, then wouldnt that destroy our sense of free will? We were given free will on this planet in order to be judged by God after death. But if God reveals himself/herself then wouldnt we have to believe in God and Follow the ways of the bible in order to go to heaven? that is unless we really wanted to go to hell. If God ever appeared in modern life and proved his existence, than we would be slaves to him wouldnt we? knowing he controls everything we would have to follow exactly as the bible tells us too in order for us to live a prosperous after life. That wouldnt be free will, it would be rather more of a FORCED FREE WILL, and thus not free will at all.

DOES GOD EXIST??
Translated into French by: Michael Nacirema
This blog is a random thought, i had when i was watching people talk about the return of christ. If Christ
ever did return to this world, or if we ever prove that God really does exist, then wouldnt that destroy our sense of free will? We were given free will on this planet in order to be judged by God after death. But if God reveals himself/herself then wouldnt we have to believe in God and Follow the ways of the bible in order to go to heaven? that is unless we really wanted to go to hell. If God ever appeared in modern life and proved his existence, than we would be slaves to him wouldnt we? knowing he controls everything we would have to follow exactly as the bible tells us too in order for us to live a prosperous after life. That wouldnt be free will, it would be rather more of a FORCED FREE WILL, and thus not free will at all.

DOES GOD EXIST??
Translated into Arabic by: Michael Nacirema
This blog is a random thought, i had when i was watching people talk about the return of christ. If Christ
ever did return to this world, or if we ever prove that God really does exist, then wouldnt that destroy our sense of free will? We were given free will on this planet in order to be judged by God after death. But if God reveals himself/herself then wouldnt we have to believe in God and Follow the ways of the bible in order to go to heaven? that is unless we really wanted to go to hell. If God ever appeared in modern life and proved his existence, than we would be slaves to him wouldnt we? knowing he controls everything we would have to follow exactly as the bible tells us too in order for us to live a prosperous after life. That wouldnt be free will, it would be rather more of a FORCED FREE WILL, and thus not free will at all.

DOES GOD EXIST??
Translated into Portuguese by: Michael Nacirema
This blog is a random thought, i had when i was watching people talk about the return of christ. If Christ
ever did return to this world, or if we ever prove that God really does exist, then wouldnt that destroy our sense of free will? We were given free will on this planet in order to be judged by God after death. But if God reveals himself/herself then wouldnt we have to believe in God and Follow the ways of the bible in order to go to heaven? that is unless we really wanted to go to hell. If God ever appeared in modern life and proved his existence, than we would be slaves to him wouldnt we? knowing he controls everything we would have to follow exactly as the bible tells us too in order for us to live a prosperous after life. That wouldnt be free will, it would be rather more of a FORCED FREE WILL, and thus not free will at all.

President Bush should have really been taught how to critically think in school

here are the basic benefits of critical thinking!!!!
• raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly and precisely;
• gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively
• comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards;
• thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thought, recognizing and assessing, as need be, their assumptions, implications, and practical consequences; and
• communicates effectively with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems.

wtf, as a tax paying American all i can say is seriously wtf?