Creation vs. Evolution

Today I was reading David Warlick's blog "2 Cents Worth" on "The Evolution of Evolution". This brought up many questions in my mind. Is Mr. Warlick an evolutionist? Where did Darwin get his facts? How have Darwin's ideas of evolution changed in modern day? I soon learned that Mr. Warlick is an evolutionist and I strongly disagree with him. The main reason I don't believe in evolution is because how could things as beautiful as people, passion, animals, personalities, life, and love all come from a big bang? The complexity of the human mind is unbelievable and so to believe that that we came from apes, to me, is insane! Scientists with PhDs coming out of their ears have calculated the possibility of this world being created by evolution, and it is a number so small that it is impossible.
How can this universe be made from nothing unless a force outside of the universe created the world? I believe the answer is God. I believe the world is impossible to make with out His miracles and creation. Everything on this planet has been planned out so meticulously that it is impossible to be an accident. I have realized that since I am coming from a christian school to a public one that teachers might push me to believe in evolution. However, I think I will be able to stand my ground and defend what I believe in. I believe that us as humans and this entire world has been created for a purpose and isn't one big accident. Notice I say the word "believe" a lot. This is because believing is having full, faithful trust in something that is unproven, and I believe in creation.

Learn Vocab While You Increase Your Vocab

On Mr. Fisch's blog "The Fischbowl" he posted a blog about "Free Rice". I went to check this website out for my self because I thought it was possibly a scam. However, it turned out to be true! This website is a win-win situation because you receive increased diction while feeding starving people across the world. I don't know who created this website but they must have a big heart. On the website you match multiple choice synonyms and you receive twenty grains of rice for everyone you answer correctly. Every time you answer three in a row it goes up one level higher, but no one has made it past level forty-eight. I advise anyone who is reading this to check out this unbelievable website and see the greatness for yourself. The website is http://www.freerice.com/. Just think of it, if we told all of our friends about this site and they told their friends (and so on) a numerous amount of people all around the world would possibly live just because we all took fifteen minutes a week to get them free rice over the web. The web has now made so many things possible and this new website is another one of its great creations. Actually it isn't the web. It's us.

Suprising Execution in Ohio

As I was reviewing the article "Ohio Plans to Try Again as Execution Goes Wrong" by Bob Driehaus I learned that the third execution that failed at killing its subject took place today. In the state of Ohio Mr. Broom, a convicted rapist and murderer of a 14 year old girl, was planned to be executed by a deadly IV injection, however the executor couldn't find a good vein for the IV. When the IV was finally injected Broom didn't die but instead he just showed a bit of pain. I believe that everything in our lives happens for a reason or purpose and that Broom living is no coincidence. I also strongly disagree that execution should even be legal. Killing someone who has killed another doesn't bring back or make-up for the person that is lost. Instead you end up with two dead people instead of letting the killer have a chance (in life long jail) to understand what they did was wrong and seek forgiveness. If a small boy was mischievous and punched another small girl do you punch the boy to make him learn his lesson? No! Murdering a murderer isn't much different (in theory). Broom's execution is supposed to be tried again on Tuesday however it is unlikely that this will pass the court. Most likely he will continue in jail for life. I believe that is the way it should be.

My Thoughts on the New Literacy Today

Thinking about the article "Clive Thompson, The New Literacy" and the YouTube video "Web 2.0 The Machine is Us/ing Us" brings up numerous questions. Where will our technology be in 30 years? What jobs will be available? Is this a new age of literacy? Is the new "text" diminishing our writing skills or helping them? Most of our questions about the future will remain unanswered until they reveal themselves when the time comes. However this doesn't mean we can't prepare ourselves for what is coming. I believe in Lunsford's thoughts (The New Literacy) of this new age of literacy. I believe that this era is more exposed to writing and ideas than any other era because we have the benefit of web 2.0. Everyone who is making scoff remarks about how we use "text language" and waste time on the internet are avoiding one crucial fact: regardless of where we are writing on the web we are still using our minds to create our own ideas and publications. In this new era we aren't just limited to text but we also have pictures, videos, and more. I feel like it is a privilege not a disadvantage to be in this new age of literacy and I need to use it for my own and others benefit.