Angsty

Well as usual, there are things that bug me. I'm sure there are things that bug you. But this is my blog, so I'm going to write about me.

In English class, we read a story called "The Broken Globe". A good story and all, but I'm not going to take the time to scan it.
The thing that bothers me is this: The story is about a geophysicist and his father. Now his father is an old guy who has lived on the prairies pretty much his whole life. And for that reason, has always believed that the world is flat. Now his son KNOWS better, but there's one point of conflict: The father is Christian, and since he was taught by a bishop (or something) that the world was flat, anyone saying that the world is round is being sacreligious (sp?). So now these two men won't even look at each other because of a conflict of belief.

Maybe it's not the greatest example, but really, Christians are quite often cast as the "crazy zealots" and the "nutjobs for God". That really bugs me, because well, I'm certainly not crazy, nor a nutjob (no comments, please), yet I still whole heartedly believe in God. So why am I faced with this stereotype Christian attitude?

Really, everyone faces a stereotype. Blonds, blacks, jocks, cheerleaders, whatever. They just happen.

One more final thought before I go, is that when I'm looking at Facebook, it's almost startling to see how many people have some form of Christianity listed (I don't care if it's Catholic, Protestant, or whatever else. It's the same thing to me). I like to think of it like this: If there are so many people who believe it's true, I think there's at least some sort of a chance it's true. I mean, really.

Now, a video clip that I found really insightful:

Duelity


And finally a poll. Please take it so I can get (a) a survey of how many people actually read this, and (b) so I know if I'm writing what people like.