Showing posts with label partisan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label partisan. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2014

My First Post

I am a managerial economics major at Oregon State University. I don't have a goal for this blog except that I enjoy to write, it keeps my mind sharp. My views and opinions are just that, opinions. I don't believe in God, but do believe in the right to worship how you chose, whether you are Christian, Jewish or, dare I say it, Muslim. You can worship the devil for all I care, but when you religion hurts others, then it is a problem. However, just because some Muslims extremists hurt people does not give anyone the right to condemn the entire religion. I can name many cases where Christians have hurt people, so no religion can say it doesn't have crazy people. With so much death in the world, all religions are guilty of crimes against humanity, but that does not mean I condemn all religions.

As I said, I am basically writing for me. If no one reads these posts I really don't care. I am not trying to build a brand for myself and I am not worried about future employers finding out that I am an atheist democrat. If they don't want to hire me for those reasons, I don't want to work for them anyways. My goal is to get thoughts out of my mind and onto a forum that people can read. Many might disagree with my views just as I disagree with many of your views, but that is what makes this world such a wonderful place to live in. This country was founded to escape religious persecution, something we are seeing more and more each year. Muslims being persecuted because of some fanatics that they don't even know or agree with. Each year there is apparently a war on Christmas fabricated by Fox News. Atheists are persecuted as well, treated as if we are insane. There is a saying that Christians love, "if I am wrong, I will die and nothing happens, but if you are wrong, you will burn in hell." I see it another way though, I see it as you are living your life in servitude of a stranger, not being able to enjoy the freedom that I feel. I am not bound by an ancient book, however I am bound by my morals. I don't pray to God to protect my family and thank him for the food I am eating. That food was bought by my family and I will protect them.

I started this blog with a religious tone, but this is not what it is about. It is simply the mood I am in today. Tomorrow, perhaps I will talk about the economic state of this nation, the environmental disaster we have created on this Earth, maybe about democracy and how it has been distorted into some sick joke in this county. Perhaps I'll talk about education and how we are failing our children and condemning millions to a life of perpetual poverty. Those trillions we are spending destroying the Middle East could go a long way to help teach our kids how to thrive in a changing world. Who knows how I will feel the next time I post. Feel free to say what you want. I enjoy a debate, but I will not respond to ignorant people. If you want to cuss me out, then go for it, but don't expect to hurt my feelings or ignite some sort of ridiculous flame war. Although, I have a feeling not many will read this as I am doing nothing to promote it. However, I have enjoyed writing it, so I hope some may enjoy reading it.

I'll leave you with this. Put aside your differences, because we will always be different. No one will convince me to become religious or Republican, and I am not trying to convince you to become atheist and a Democrat. However, together, you might be surprised what we could accomplish. Both sides have great ideas. Helping those in need is a great thing, but trying to build a free market, for the most part, is also important. The way things are going now though, we will be screwed if we don't reach out to each other, embrace the differences and come to an agreement. The future of the entire world depends on it.