There are a lot of controversies between science and relgion. One of the biggest controversies is the formation of the earth. The Bible states that the earth was formed in seven days, but science believes in the Big Bang Theory.
According to the Bible, God made the earth in seven days. On the first day God created the heavens and the earth. The heavens include everything outside the earth like outer space. On the second day God created the sky. On the third day God created dry land and plant life. On the fourth day God created the stars and heavenly bodies. On the fifth day God created all the life that lives in the water. On the sixth day God created all the life that lives on dry land and man, and the seventh day was a day of rest.
Scientist believe in the Big Bang Theory. The Big Bang Theory says that the earth was created by a bunch of atoms floating around in space, and all of a sudden, they all line up perfectly and BAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNG! the earth started to form. Honestly, I think that idea is just a little bit stupid.
I actually do not know what I really believe when it comes to religion vs. science. I usually believe more in religion because my family is very Catholic. I grew up learning that the earth was made in seven days by God. I guess that could be true. Honestly there is no way anybody really knows how the earth was formed. I am actually starting to get really frustrated thinking about it. Science vs. religion questions are really deep thinking question. I do not really like to think about them. I do not really want to type anymore about this. Do I have enough words yet? No. Boo.
So pretty much when it comes to science vs. religion I believe more in religion. All the science people are so contradictory, and I think they are annoying. Religion is good. It is good to have faith in something. Like religion.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Puritan Exam
The Puritans were a simple group of people. Their writing style was very plain and simple. They did not use very elaborate metaphors or anything like that. The Puritan's writings were very factual and had a lot of religious beliefs in them.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Journal #9 Organized Religion
Organized Religion? What am I supposed to write about? Ummm, I am Catholic. I go to a Catholic church. We believe in God. We believe in the Bible and that Jesus was resurrected from the dead so that our sins could be forgiven and so that we could go to heaven. That is pretty much the base of our religion. I do not know pretty much anything about any other religion. Except for that weird "religion" that just believes in science stuff. Whatever religion Tom Cruise is, that is what I am talking about.
So an hour at church goes as follows:
We walk in and bless ourselves with holy water with our right hand doing the sign of the cross. Then before we get into our pew we genuflect. Genuflecting is getting down on your right knee and doing the sign of the cross again. Then you sit in your pew until the music starts. When the music starts everyone stands up and the priests and alter boys/girls walk down the aisle. One priest is holding the Bible at the level of his head, and one alter boy/girl is carrying a pole with Jesus on the cross at the top.
The priests and alter boys/girls stop before the go on the alter and they bow. Then there is an introduction thing then a first reading then a second reading then a reading from the Bible then the priest says some story they made up. In between a bunch of these the choir sings some pretty boring songs. At some churches the songs are cool, but my church is super boring. At some point we all kneel. Then we finally get communion. Then mass is over.
I guess some of the main points of the Catholic church today are to help other people. Obviously. We have fundraisers to help people in 3rd world countries. We try to make our church better too. We pretty much just do things to help the community.
So an hour at church goes as follows:
We walk in and bless ourselves with holy water with our right hand doing the sign of the cross. Then before we get into our pew we genuflect. Genuflecting is getting down on your right knee and doing the sign of the cross again. Then you sit in your pew until the music starts. When the music starts everyone stands up and the priests and alter boys/girls walk down the aisle. One priest is holding the Bible at the level of his head, and one alter boy/girl is carrying a pole with Jesus on the cross at the top.
The priests and alter boys/girls stop before the go on the alter and they bow. Then there is an introduction thing then a first reading then a second reading then a reading from the Bible then the priest says some story they made up. In between a bunch of these the choir sings some pretty boring songs. At some churches the songs are cool, but my church is super boring. At some point we all kneel. Then we finally get communion. Then mass is over.
I guess some of the main points of the Catholic church today are to help other people. Obviously. We have fundraisers to help people in 3rd world countries. We try to make our church better too. We pretty much just do things to help the community.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Journal #8 Proofreading
In class we watched a youtube video about proofreading. The video was called "The The Importence of Proofreading". It was really funny. The video was about a man who was kind of giving a lecture about proofreading, but he was speaking like he was reading from an essay that was not proofread. It was pretty terrible actually. It was funny because of all the mistakes that were in the essay. If you do not proofread your essay you really do sound pretty dumb.
Obviously, proofreading is very important. That was what the man in the video was trying to get across. After typing or writing anything you should proofread it. I will admit, I sometimes do not proofread certain things. I usually do not proofread these blogs, so sorry if they are kind of bad. I just try to get them done in class because I do not want to do them at home. I always proofread my essays though. Well, sometimes I do not proofread my reflections, so sorry if those are kind of bad too. But I do proofread really important papers. Any paper that I know is probably going to be worth a lot of points and stuff I will proofread.
When I proofread papers I usually go over it a few times. I reread everything and make sure the paper flows nicely and that everything is spelled correctly. I also make sure I do not have any "you"s in my essay because you can not have those, and I make sure I do not have any contractions because you can not have those either.
Most teachers say you should have someone else read your paper too. I used to have my mom proofread my papers, but she would always change things a lot and make it all messed up. Usually now I do not have her proofread my papers. Sometimes I might send it to a friend or have one of my older siblings read it. Unfortunately, all my older siblings are out of the house now though, so they can not exactly read it. I used to have my brother read them because he is pretty good at English.
Obviously, proofreading is very important. That was what the man in the video was trying to get across. After typing or writing anything you should proofread it. I will admit, I sometimes do not proofread certain things. I usually do not proofread these blogs, so sorry if they are kind of bad. I just try to get them done in class because I do not want to do them at home. I always proofread my essays though. Well, sometimes I do not proofread my reflections, so sorry if those are kind of bad too. But I do proofread really important papers. Any paper that I know is probably going to be worth a lot of points and stuff I will proofread.
When I proofread papers I usually go over it a few times. I reread everything and make sure the paper flows nicely and that everything is spelled correctly. I also make sure I do not have any "you"s in my essay because you can not have those, and I make sure I do not have any contractions because you can not have those either.
Most teachers say you should have someone else read your paper too. I used to have my mom proofread my papers, but she would always change things a lot and make it all messed up. Usually now I do not have her proofread my papers. Sometimes I might send it to a friend or have one of my older siblings read it. Unfortunately, all my older siblings are out of the house now though, so they can not exactly read it. I used to have my brother read them because he is pretty good at English.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Journal #7 Superstitions
I do not particularly believe in superstitions. There are many different superstitions that other people believe in though. There is, of course, Friday the 13th. There are black cats, walking under a ladder, opening an umbrella indoors, braking glass, throwing salt over your shoulder, stepping on cracks, and a lot of other things. There is also the number 666 that people believe has to do with the devil. I guess you could also say that believing that the world will end in 2012 is a superstition.
So pretty much I think all superstitions are dumb. I do not think any of them are true. I will admit though that I do not walk under ladders. I step on cracks all the time though. Also, all that stuff about ghosts and goblins and witches and stuff are superstitions too.
I remember a story thing my friends and I used to tell when we were younger at sleepovers. We thought it was fun to tell ghost stories and do all that stuff like Bloody Mary, the thing where spirits are supposed to come and levitate you in the air, and this one story that I will tell.
I was at a friend's sleepover birthday party, and we were in her basement having fun, playing truth or dare, and telling ghost stories. My friend told us a story about a cat. To tell the story she needed a volunteer. The volunteer had to lay down with her head on the storytellers lap. The storyteller would then tell the story to everyone while massaging the volunteers temples. The volunteer also had to close her eyes. This is how the story went:
There once was a family that just moved into a new house. Every day the father would go out and get the paper, and he would see a black cat roaming around the outside of his house. He told his wife about the cat, and they soon decided to adopt the cat.
During the day the cat was good, but at night he did weird things. They cat started to really hate the father of the family, but he loved the mother. One night, the dad woke up and say the cat staring at him in his bed. All of a sudden the cat jumped on the dad and started clawing away at his face and body. He left three big slash marks on the father's back then ran away.
Once the story was finished being told, the storyteller made the volunteer sit up and lift up the back of her shirt. If the story was told correctly, there would be three huge red marks on the volunteers back.
So pretty much I think all superstitions are dumb. I do not think any of them are true. I will admit though that I do not walk under ladders. I step on cracks all the time though. Also, all that stuff about ghosts and goblins and witches and stuff are superstitions too.
I remember a story thing my friends and I used to tell when we were younger at sleepovers. We thought it was fun to tell ghost stories and do all that stuff like Bloody Mary, the thing where spirits are supposed to come and levitate you in the air, and this one story that I will tell.
I was at a friend's sleepover birthday party, and we were in her basement having fun, playing truth or dare, and telling ghost stories. My friend told us a story about a cat. To tell the story she needed a volunteer. The volunteer had to lay down with her head on the storytellers lap. The storyteller would then tell the story to everyone while massaging the volunteers temples. The volunteer also had to close her eyes. This is how the story went:
There once was a family that just moved into a new house. Every day the father would go out and get the paper, and he would see a black cat roaming around the outside of his house. He told his wife about the cat, and they soon decided to adopt the cat.
During the day the cat was good, but at night he did weird things. They cat started to really hate the father of the family, but he loved the mother. One night, the dad woke up and say the cat staring at him in his bed. All of a sudden the cat jumped on the dad and started clawing away at his face and body. He left three big slash marks on the father's back then ran away.
Once the story was finished being told, the storyteller made the volunteer sit up and lift up the back of her shirt. If the story was told correctly, there would be three huge red marks on the volunteers back.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Journal #6: Blaming People
It is not a good idea to blame someone for something they did not do especially if you are the one who actually did it. Like many other children, I used to blame others or even objects for doing something that I actually did. Not only does it probably hurt the person's feelings that you are blaming, but you also sound pretty dumb when you blame an object. In The Crucible there is a lot of blaming going on. Once someone lies about something they did, the lies just keep piling on and everything just goes downhill.
A prime example of a character who is accusing other people of witchcraft in The Crucible is Abigail. I really do not like her. At first she manipulates the other girls into saying that all they did was dance around a fire. Soon though, the story was changed because Parris saw them doing other things. Abigail then blamed Tituba for performing witchcraft. Tituba, not wanting to get in trouble, said she did perform witchcraft, but the devil made her do it. She says she wants to go back to Christ, and then she is forgiven for what she did. At the end of Act I Abigail and Betty are shouting names of people that they said was with the devil. All of this is pretty much a lie. The reader knows that Abigail, Betty, and the other girls have something to do with the witchcraft, and they are blaming everyone else so that they do not get in trouble. Their lies get bigger and bigger, and their accusations get worse and worse. Abigail even accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft because Abigail wants John Proctor to be with her again.
The girls keep accusing innocent women, and soon, I think, they will get in trouble for it. I at least hope they do. They deserve to get in trouble for blaming innocent people of terrible crimes. They were to be found guilty of witchcraft all they would get is a whipped. The other women could actually be hung for being accused of witchcraft.
A prime example of a character who is accusing other people of witchcraft in The Crucible is Abigail. I really do not like her. At first she manipulates the other girls into saying that all they did was dance around a fire. Soon though, the story was changed because Parris saw them doing other things. Abigail then blamed Tituba for performing witchcraft. Tituba, not wanting to get in trouble, said she did perform witchcraft, but the devil made her do it. She says she wants to go back to Christ, and then she is forgiven for what she did. At the end of Act I Abigail and Betty are shouting names of people that they said was with the devil. All of this is pretty much a lie. The reader knows that Abigail, Betty, and the other girls have something to do with the witchcraft, and they are blaming everyone else so that they do not get in trouble. Their lies get bigger and bigger, and their accusations get worse and worse. Abigail even accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft because Abigail wants John Proctor to be with her again.
The girls keep accusing innocent women, and soon, I think, they will get in trouble for it. I at least hope they do. They deserve to get in trouble for blaming innocent people of terrible crimes. They were to be found guilty of witchcraft all they would get is a whipped. The other women could actually be hung for being accused of witchcraft.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Journal #5: Fair Punishments
I think taking away internet and other electronics is a good punishment for our time period. A lot of kids today use a lot of electronic toys. Technology is becoming very advanced, and it is an important part to our every day lives.
Some examples of the the technology that kids use today are the computer, TV, x-box, Wii, PlayStation, hand-held gaming devices, and cell phones. The biggest of all of these is cell phones. Almost every child in our modern time period has a cell phone. If you ask me, that is really ridiculous. I did not get a cell phone until my freshman year, and I only got one because I was on the soccer team and I had to contact my parents a lot. The biggest part about kids have cell phones is texting. Teenagers and pre-teens are constantly texting. Some people even text their friends when they are sitting right next to them.
I think a great punishment for today's world would be to take away texting. It does not really bother me because I do not text a whole lot. I do not really care about the whole texting thing. Usually if I text someone I am just asking them a question about homework or if they want to hang out, but to other people, texting is their life. There are some cases of teenagers who do nothing but text. Their social skills go way down because they do not know how to have a regular conversation with someone verbally.
Besides taking away electronics as a punishment, I also think doing a big clean up job around the house is a good punishment. A big clean up job would be like cleaning the garage, the whole house, washing the windows, power cleaning the outside of the house, something that would take a really long time to do. Those are the kinds of punishments that my parents give out. If we get in a lot of trouble, we have to do one of those long and boring jobs, and we can not see our friends until it is done. We may also get the car taken away. I think doing a big job like that is a good punishment because it gives you time to think about what you did. It makes you tired, and yeah, you will be really mad at your parents while you are doing it, but when you are done you feel pretty good about the work that you did, and your parents are usually pretty happy too.
Some examples of the the technology that kids use today are the computer, TV, x-box, Wii, PlayStation, hand-held gaming devices, and cell phones. The biggest of all of these is cell phones. Almost every child in our modern time period has a cell phone. If you ask me, that is really ridiculous. I did not get a cell phone until my freshman year, and I only got one because I was on the soccer team and I had to contact my parents a lot. The biggest part about kids have cell phones is texting. Teenagers and pre-teens are constantly texting. Some people even text their friends when they are sitting right next to them.
I think a great punishment for today's world would be to take away texting. It does not really bother me because I do not text a whole lot. I do not really care about the whole texting thing. Usually if I text someone I am just asking them a question about homework or if they want to hang out, but to other people, texting is their life. There are some cases of teenagers who do nothing but text. Their social skills go way down because they do not know how to have a regular conversation with someone verbally.
Besides taking away electronics as a punishment, I also think doing a big clean up job around the house is a good punishment. A big clean up job would be like cleaning the garage, the whole house, washing the windows, power cleaning the outside of the house, something that would take a really long time to do. Those are the kinds of punishments that my parents give out. If we get in a lot of trouble, we have to do one of those long and boring jobs, and we can not see our friends until it is done. We may also get the car taken away. I think doing a big job like that is a good punishment because it gives you time to think about what you did. It makes you tired, and yeah, you will be really mad at your parents while you are doing it, but when you are done you feel pretty good about the work that you did, and your parents are usually pretty happy too.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Journal #4: Traveling
My family travels a lot. We go on maybe two big vacations each year. We usually like to go to Florida because we used to live there, so we have friends that we can visit. We drive everywhere we go. I have a lot of people in my family, so flying would cost a fortune.
I actually really like to go on long car rides. I like to look out the window and see things that I do no see every day. My family goes to Maryland a lot because my oldest sister and her husband lives there. The drive to Maryland is one of my favorites because we go through the Appalachian Mountains which are so beautiful.
Besides Maryland, my family likes to go to a lot of other states on the east coast. We have been to almost every state there. My favorite states to go to on the east coast are South Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, and New York.
Driving to New York for the first time was a great experience for me. Once we got to New York, it was awesome because New York is so different from Illinois.
Usually I really like to go on long car rides, but there has been one car ride in particular that was absolutely terrible.
My family and I were driving down to Texas for Christmas to visit a bunch of aunts and uncles that live down there. In a mini van, we had my mom, dad, Laura, Robert, me, Emily, and my little brother Matthew. So yes, it was pretty packed. When we got to Texas everyone in my family started to get sick one at a time. We had all caught some nasty stomach bug, and we were all throwing up. When we finally left to go home after Christmas was over, we thought we were all healthy again. We were wrong. For dinner we pulled over to a buffet, but a lot of us younger kids did not eat a lot because our stomachs were still hurting a little. After eating for a little bit, my little sister Emily started to throw up. She vomited right into a bowl from the buffet. All of the rest of us kids started to freak out because vomit is nasty (obviously). We pretty much made a huge scene, and after Emily settled down a bit, we left. For the rest of the car ride home, Emily was throwing up the whole time. I felt so bad for her. We had to pull over several times so that she could go out of the car and relax. We also had to air out the car a bit. It was one of the worst car rides I have ever been on in my life.
I actually really like to go on long car rides. I like to look out the window and see things that I do no see every day. My family goes to Maryland a lot because my oldest sister and her husband lives there. The drive to Maryland is one of my favorites because we go through the Appalachian Mountains which are so beautiful.
Besides Maryland, my family likes to go to a lot of other states on the east coast. We have been to almost every state there. My favorite states to go to on the east coast are South Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, and New York.
Driving to New York for the first time was a great experience for me. Once we got to New York, it was awesome because New York is so different from Illinois.
Usually I really like to go on long car rides, but there has been one car ride in particular that was absolutely terrible.
My family and I were driving down to Texas for Christmas to visit a bunch of aunts and uncles that live down there. In a mini van, we had my mom, dad, Laura, Robert, me, Emily, and my little brother Matthew. So yes, it was pretty packed. When we got to Texas everyone in my family started to get sick one at a time. We had all caught some nasty stomach bug, and we were all throwing up. When we finally left to go home after Christmas was over, we thought we were all healthy again. We were wrong. For dinner we pulled over to a buffet, but a lot of us younger kids did not eat a lot because our stomachs were still hurting a little. After eating for a little bit, my little sister Emily started to throw up. She vomited right into a bowl from the buffet. All of the rest of us kids started to freak out because vomit is nasty (obviously). We pretty much made a huge scene, and after Emily settled down a bit, we left. For the rest of the car ride home, Emily was throwing up the whole time. I felt so bad for her. We had to pull over several times so that she could go out of the car and relax. We also had to air out the car a bit. It was one of the worst car rides I have ever been on in my life.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Journal #3: Held Hostage
It would be a very scary situation to be held hostage. It really kind of depends on who is holding you hostage though. If there is a really terrible and cruel person holding you hostage it would be super scary, but if it was someone who is not really bad it might not be as scary. No matter what being held hostage is just a terrible situation to be in. I do not think it will ever happen to me, but if it does here is how I might act.
Say I was being held hostage by a big scary perverted man who wants money from my father(in this situation my dad is filthy rich). The man blind folds me, puts tape over my mouth, and ties my feet and hands together. When he captures me he throws me in the back of his shady white rapist van, and I try to scream, but he and his creepy followers knock me out.
When I awake, I am sitting in the chair in the middle of a nasty warehouse with yellow flickering lights overhead. The man who has taken me hostage tries to interrogate me. In the situation of being interrogated I would most likely tell the truth. It is pretty hard for me not to tell the truth, especially if my life is at stake. If he asks me where any of my family or friends are though, I would probably not tell him. For the most part, if I was taken hostage by a super creepy man I would probably cooperate. The only times I would not cooperate is if he asks me anything shady about my family or friends, if he tries to hurt me, or if he tries to rape me. In the case of him raping me, I would have to use the self defense moves that my big brother or Mrs. Jenkins taught me. If none of his nasty followers were around, and he was trying to hurt me, I would try to kick/hit. whatever him where it hurts the most (you know where that is) and maybe I would try to make a run for it. I am a pretty fast runner, and I am a champion at hide n go seek.
Say I was being held hostage by a big scary perverted man who wants money from my father(in this situation my dad is filthy rich). The man blind folds me, puts tape over my mouth, and ties my feet and hands together. When he captures me he throws me in the back of his shady white rapist van, and I try to scream, but he and his creepy followers knock me out.
When I awake, I am sitting in the chair in the middle of a nasty warehouse with yellow flickering lights overhead. The man who has taken me hostage tries to interrogate me. In the situation of being interrogated I would most likely tell the truth. It is pretty hard for me not to tell the truth, especially if my life is at stake. If he asks me where any of my family or friends are though, I would probably not tell him. For the most part, if I was taken hostage by a super creepy man I would probably cooperate. The only times I would not cooperate is if he asks me anything shady about my family or friends, if he tries to hurt me, or if he tries to rape me. In the case of him raping me, I would have to use the self defense moves that my big brother or Mrs. Jenkins taught me. If none of his nasty followers were around, and he was trying to hurt me, I would try to kick/hit. whatever him where it hurts the most (you know where that is) and maybe I would try to make a run for it. I am a pretty fast runner, and I am a champion at hide n go seek.
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