Ethnic Studies Banned
How can this happen in America? It happens when we as citizens fail to speak out. Fail to keep track of what’s happening. We have failed to say that equality matters and that everyone has the right to learn about who they are, where they come from and how they fit into society.
Arizona’s Gov. Brewer is a prime example of the Republican Hate Party. The not so pretty face that is leading Arizona back into the dark ages. A party that reflects the goals and aspirations of the Nazi’s.
What are we going to do as citizens to stop it from spreading?
Is God a Mathematician?
Let’s resist the desire to formulate such questions? When atheists do it, it’s misleading, and when believers do it, it implies that there is, without doubt, a god. I urge scientists not to use god or biblical language to explain natural phenomena.
Evolution speaks for itself. For me, it is the absence of certain patterns; the depth of diversity. Such that creatures may have no eyes, half an eye, one eye, two eyes, or antenna eyes. Where is the formula? By design, one would expect regularity, yet we don’t find it. Seems any creature is possible, and several are known to have odd genetic dispositions.
Without absolute faith in god or religion I am free to care about others, the environment, and most of all personal freedoms. This life is all there is, at the end no heaven waits. This view makes me responsible. The quality of human life is defined by society, economics, religion, politics, and to some degree geographical location. I do not attribute suffering to the ill effects of unseen forces. When you take god out, you begin to reason, and then you know that your actions may serve evil people. That you and you alone are in control of how you must live your life. There is no divine calculator, you must do the math.
Evil men pray to their gods, and then through politics, government, subjugation, or any other means set out to destroy lives. Today we attribute to god’s revenge natural disasters that destroy communities and kill thousands. This too is a fairy tale. We test nuclear weapons, and then, cry god, when that energy disperses itself in the form of an earthquake or tsunami. As the climate changes we refuse to resound, “It is I’ I am responsible.”
I often remind myself that some fish can fly and some humans can reason.
