Abortion

The statement that funding abortion with taxpayer’s money is the same as funding the war in the Middle East is absurd. I would first like to say that this comparison is horrible. How do these relate to each other at all!? Funding wars with taxes have been apart of our culture for many decades. The reason we are in the Middle East is because of 9/11, which was over 10 years ago now. At that time the president thought it was is America’s best interest to go to war with the people who did this to us. While I did think we should go to war with them then, I know think that we should pull out because now we are just fighting a war with no end in sight. We are fighting a war with no clear goals or objectives. But that’s another topic for another day. My point is that in order to maintain America we will always have to put some of the taxpayer’s money towards war and defense because that’s what keeps us safe at home and our brave soldiers properly equipped out on the battle field. This is a necessity for our survival as a Nation.

On the other hand using taxpayer’s money to fund abortion is completely different. Aborting babies does not help our nation in any way. I will first start by addressing abortion itself. To abort a fetus is to prevent life. And a synonym for prevent is to stop, therefore I conclude that to stop someone’s life is murder. For whatever reason someone wants to have an abortion they are making that decision for the baby. The baby, while still a human being cannot talk so he or she cannot speak for himself or herself. Sense when is it ok to chose if someone should die or not without committing a crime? What did the baby/fetus do wrong? Why should he or she be punished for what his mom or dad did? My answer would be that he or she should not be punished. Give the baby a chance! Someone gave you a chance to be born why can’t you do the same? I can’t believe that the world has come to this; this goes to show how corrupt our world is. Our taxpayers fund the murders of millions or babies. It’s embarrassing that our culture has come to accept this. And in believing in this, I will do my best to vote against abortion at any opportunity that may present itself in the future. I will always support the rights of those who cannot defend themselves, the young innocent babies..  

Politics

Having a global secular government would be a negative thing. In the Bible when it talks about the Tower of Babble, God had different people go their separate ways. This is evidence for Christians to not believe in one big government that rules the whole world. God  is the ultimate authority and in a secular government when you throughout all of God’s commandments and beliefs then you have nothing firm to hold on to without a God you have no foundation to fall back on.

If we had one central government it would have to be something similar to a Utopia. A Utopia society is supposed to be the perfect civilization. However people fail to come to the realization that we live in a fallen world. So in a fallen world without a God you are entrusting solely on a fallen person/government. On the other hand if you have a Christian leader if they truly follow Christ and live according to his Laws then you have some common ground and you can then know how he or she will base their choices. In a fallen world there is no such thing as a perfect society. In a Utopia everything is expected to be equal. But is it really equal? So in this society a Janitor would get paid as much as a Doctor? This is not fair because the Doctor had to go through strenuous classes in school whereas the Janitor only graduated from high school. This is not right and that is why having a smaller government is better. In American we have the freedom to choose whatever carrier we want and get paid accordingly for the level of difficulty or the amount of time we spend on something. This is the fare way because what you put in is what you get out.

ART

The video and the article are both very compelling. They both convey a common idea; art is important. Art can hold so many different meanings. It can elucidate truths and bring a deeper meaning to things, which couldn’t be seen without art. While they both agree upon this, they disagree on many other notions.

The video and the article have many similarities. To start off, like I have previously states they both of course believe that art is important. They also both agree with the fact that art in unique. They is something about art that can’t be attained through a mathematic equation.  Art can enrich life and make it more enjoyable.

The video and the article start off similar but they couldn’t end any farther apart.  The article states that art expresses worldviews. So if you are a religious person you would probably incorporate some religious message or aspect in your art, so it has a deeper meaning then you just made it because you felt like it… However the video stated, “art is impractical.” They think that art is just supposed to look cool or fancy. While a lot of art does look cool and fancy I believe that in art a worldview is also being carried through the artwork. So while it looks cool it also sends a message whether negative or positive.

Both of these also touched on modern art. The video called it “anti-art.” I think this is absurd because while a lot of it is simple, I think in simplicity there is beauty.  An example for this is a simple pick and roll in basketball. While everyone that has played basketball has heard of it, it still works. It is so basic but yet when ran to perfection it can be so beautiful. In succeeding or executing with a simple play it demoralizes the other team because they have been preparing all week but yet they managed to over-look such a simple thing. God made many complex things that is considered art, and he also made simple things that is art as well. Therefore I conclude that simple things man creates can be acknowledged as art as well as the complex.

  

In conclusion I would have to agree primarily with the article over the video. I believe that the article held more true to the Christian belief. Complex or simple, art is art.

Shariah Law. LOL

Shariah law is the moral and ethic code that all true Muslims follow. The code is given to all people in Islam's most sacred book, the Koran and was shown by the prophet Mohammad. This brings us to our first big question. If America is a country that has very few Muslims in comparison  to the rest of the population, why would putting Shariah law into action be a good thing? I guess this would follow being "politically correct" but it certainly would not help anything. On top of this, Shariah law does not stand for anything the founding fathers of this country stood for. They stood for religious freedom and people being able to express and have faith in anything they wanted to. This is the primary reason we are even a country today. Shariah law goes directly against that and encourages the punishment of infidels. It encourages the persecution of homosexuals and women that are caught in things they should not be involved in. I'm sorry but America is already heading down a path that is pretty much going to be impossible to reverse and by adding Shariah law to the mix would make everything even worse. We are not a Muslim nation and should therefore have nothing to do with laws of countries that are. In addition, all devout Muslims hate everything the west stands for. Since this is the case why would they want Shariah law to take affect? Maybe to take over America and make it a Islamic nation? That's about the only thing I can think of.

At the same time, Shariah law are just not laws in and among themselves. Along with Shariah law comes a whole different set of values and beliefs America has no idea about. If this type of law were to come into play it would without a doubt ruin everything we know as a society. It is already a huge problem right here in America and it is going to get worse and worse as time goes on. The last thing we need is Shariah law taking affect on the precious lands we all  call home.