Feb 26 2013: I think that humans can just get greedy, so that is why we have to go to work. The ants and bees can all work together because they all have the same goal--to improve the group as a whole. Humans think, "Oh, hey! I worked really hard and I should get rewarded for that!" We are only concerned with earning enough for ourselves and our families. If someone gets a paycheck, do they go around and divvy it up to everyone in the office so that everyone gets an equal salary? That is why we cannot live how other animals live.
Feb 26 2013: I think that it is great to be called a global citizen, but not in place of a citizen of one's own country. Of course, we should all be proud of our own countries respectively, but we cannot be too much as to drown out our global citizenship. We are all inhabitants of earth, whether we like it or not. So why should being a citizen in one country drown out our global awareness? In my view, everyone should be both, since being an active global citizen gives us a unique view that can help us solve the problems in our own country.
Jan 23 2013: Every time we discover something new, yes, it does add knowledge and understanding. I can still say, "I don't know!" for things, even while believing in religion. I do not know the answer to every question, neither do you, or any other person in this world. Its just that religion helps to provide a possible solution. I think that religion supports the knowledge that we already have.
Religion isn't something that can be proven. Science isn't something that can be proven. Everything we have right now in science is a theory. So there is no way for me to walk up to someone and say, " Here is religion, and it is all true, because of x,y, and z." I can give them reasons as to why I believe what I say to be true. It is the same for science--we can't prove it. I can come up to you and say, "Here is evolution and it is all true, because of x, y, and z." But we can't go back in time and prove it to be completely true. Now, wait one minute. I never said that I don't think evolution happened and is still happening, that was just for the purpose of an example.
I don't see religion as a plug to fill in the missing bits of information. I see religion, if nothing else, as a source of hope. That way, instead of seeing the world as an awful place where things are "very wasteful, and cruel. ... and animals surviving by killing and wasting other life, competing to reproduce, disease etc " we can see the world as a wonderful place given to us as a home away from home. We can see death as the last time we will ever see anyone again or we can see it as a temporary separation, our relationship with that person to be continued in heaven. I also don't think that Heavenly Father is just sitting around setting out rules for us to follow. He is placing guidelines that we can choose to follow or not. It is like if you are driving and someone gives you directions to their house. You have the steering wheel and the agency to choose to follow the directions or not.
Jan 21 2013: I guess that what I said was phrased wrong. I didn't mean that the Big Bang didn't happen, just that maybe it was God's method of creating the world, since everything has to have order. I just meant that there is no way that a random explosion could create this wonderful world we live in.
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Jan 11 2013: I definitely agree with the no homework aspect. The way I see it, we spend so much time on our homework after school that it cuts into our sleep hours. Then the next day at school, we cannot focus as well because we are too tired. Studies have shown that people do not learn as well when they are tired. If we had no homework, we would be able to focus better in class, thus learning in class what we would have had to struggle with as homework. I also think that people nowadays don't learn in the linear fashion that is still being used. People want it to apply to their lives and be interesting. We should be able to learn in a more creative way. Great idea Gabriella!!
Jan 11 2013: I think that the answer to this question is a personal one, and no one can force their opinion on someone else, but here's mine:
I'm going to start with the big bang. Explosions are usually associated with destruction. If something blows up, it is destroyed and scattered in millions of tiny little pieces. I can't picture in my head an explosion creating something so beautiful and complex as the world that we live in. Everything is so interconnected and perfectly balanced. Use this analogy--does an explosion in a printing shop produce a dictionary?
Also, God is everywhere and knows everything, but He cannot physically be inside of us. We are human and have a body of flesh and blood. He has a body of flesh and blood. What comes to us is the Holy Ghost, since He is a spirit and can communicate directly to our spirits and give us comfort.
I don't think that you get sick when you have sinned. Sure, that could happen, but really, people get sick when they don't get enough sleep, or are stressed, or don't wash their hands. If someone sins, they can feel a physical burden, but it is mostly a spiritual "sick".
Those are just some of my beliefs... =]
Jan 11 2013: I will try to have an impact on my community every day, even if it is a small impact. I cannot just all of a sudden do something that would change the world, but I do have an influence on myself and my community, so I will change my personal attitude and my community. It is a ripple effect.
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Religion isn't something that can be proven. Science isn't something that can be proven. Everything we have right now in science is a theory. So there is no way for me to walk up to someone and say, " Here is religion, and it is all true, because of x,y, and z." I can give them reasons as to why I believe what I say to be true. It is the same for science--we can't prove it. I can come up to you and say, "Here is evolution and it is all true, because of x, y, and z." But we can't go back in time and prove it to be completely true. Now, wait one minute. I never said that I don't think evolution happened and is still happening, that was just for the purpose of an example.
I don't see religion as a plug to fill in the missing bits of information. I see religion, if nothing else, as a source of hope. That way, instead of seeing the world as an awful place where things are "very wasteful, and cruel. ... and animals surviving by killing and wasting other life, competing to reproduce, disease etc " we can see the world as a wonderful place given to us as a home away from home. We can see death as the last time we will ever see anyone again or we can see it as a temporary separation, our relationship with that person to be continued in heaven. I also don't think that Heavenly Father is just sitting around setting out rules for us to follow. He is placing guidelines that we can choose to follow or not. It is like if you are driving and someone gives you directions to their house. You have the steering wheel and the agency to choose to follow the directions or not.
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I'm going to start with the big bang. Explosions are usually associated with destruction. If something blows up, it is destroyed and scattered in millions of tiny little pieces. I can't picture in my head an explosion creating something so beautiful and complex as the world that we live in. Everything is so interconnected and perfectly balanced. Use this analogy--does an explosion in a printing shop produce a dictionary?
Also, God is everywhere and knows everything, but He cannot physically be inside of us. We are human and have a body of flesh and blood. He has a body of flesh and blood. What comes to us is the Holy Ghost, since He is a spirit and can communicate directly to our spirits and give us comfort.
I don't think that you get sick when you have sinned. Sure, that could happen, but really, people get sick when they don't get enough sleep, or are stressed, or don't wash their hands. If someone sins, they can feel a physical burden, but it is mostly a spiritual "sick".
Those are just some of my beliefs... =]
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