What you need to know about sin

"This happens at the beginning of salvation history when Adam and Eve disobey God's direct command not to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge"

This quote tells us that sin has been around since the beginning of time and the first human beings even sinned against God. This quote also tells us that we sin to help ourselves and to get what we want for ourselves in Adam and Eve's case they wanted knowledge and they got it by disobeying God.

"I am the Light of the World"

This quote simply means that we should follow Christ because he is the good of the world and will show the evils that there are. It also means he will always be right and he will lead us away from the darkness of sin.

"From out the heart come evil thoughts murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and blasphemy"

This quote means that all the evil comes from ourselves and will cause us to commit many other sins. This also means that we should keep our hearts clean with our faith if we do not want to have sinful lives.

"Sin is an offense against God as well as a fault against reason, truth, and right conscience"

This quote tells us how sin is an offence to God and to ourselves. It tells us how sin can harm our reason and blur our conscience. When our conscience is blurred by sin then we are not able to choose the right way.

"The sum of those conditions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members ready to access their own fulfillment"

This quote tells how our social lives give us and easy access to what ever we want. In today's world we can be fulfilled anytime we want and not much is said because others are committing sin just for their pleasure.

Political Party Platforms

Democratic Platform

• Putting Americans Back to Work
• Protecting rights and freedoms

I agree with the Democratic Platform because America needs to have more jobs open for our citizens who are in need of a job to support their family. I also agree about protecting our rights because our nation was made because we wanted freedom and we should not loose our freedom or our rights. 

Republican Platform

• Job Creation: Getting Americans back to Work
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
• More American Jobs, Higher Wages and A Better Standard of Living

I agree with the Republican Platform because America needs to get back on it's feet and get rid of the economic crisis. We also need to support small business to get the economy on the right track and make sure that there is much less large corporations taking control of smaller businesses. We also need to get to the point were all jobs can increase the wages to the employees and that we can have better living conditions.

High School Bullying

High School Bullying

“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.”

I have recently read about High School bullying and one of the stories was about Robert Wayne Gladden, a student at Perry Hall High School. This student and a friend came to school with guns and shot the bullies that were bullying them and I found it shocking that bullying is not taken seriously in schools. Another story I read was about how PSA are trying to bring awareness to High School bullying. I hope that people will see these PSAs and realize that bullying causes more mental damage then physical damage. Another article I read was about a report of ongoing bullying at Enumclaw High School and how the staff is having meetings about the incident.

“Could a scar be like the rings of a tree, reopened with each emotional season?” 

One of the biggest stories about bullying that I have read was about Jamrey Rodemeyer, a student at a Buffalo High School and committed suicide because of bullying. Jamrey was at the focus of homophobic remarks from bullies at his school because of his sexual orientation. Lady Gaga stood up against bullying after she heard about this story and heard

that the boy was a fan of her and her music. Many more celebrities should stand up and help the fight and have the bullying problem brought to the public. People should also realize that this is not a one time occurring problem and that it happens everyday to many more children and young people.

“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”

Bishop Kearney High School has a very strict policy about bullying, intimation, harassing, hazing, name calling, verbal and or physical confrontations. These altercations will receive disciplinary action including suspension and or expulsion from the school. I think more schools should have this policy to stop bullying in schools.