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I think a lot of adults who believe in God believe in him because the thought of a life with nothing to believe is too much for them. I don't know maybe it's me and not everyone else who has it backwards when it comes to religion. But I can't help but feel that believing in something with no way of knowing that you are right in that belief can only last so long. Like early this morning when I couldn't sleep I thought back to my days in christian school and I remembered how we were always taught that God gave man the gift of free will. In the same breath though they would teach us that believing in God was the right the thing to do and if we chose not to we were making the wrong decision. Where does free will factor into that equation?
I also got to thinking how the only things I wanted to do in school were read and write. So rather than concerning myself with things like math and bible class which served no purpose to me all I did was read and write. When the school picked up on this they actually had a conference with my parents telling them they shouldn't let me read at home since I was reading rather than doing math homework. They also wouldn't let me read in school unless it was for a class. So I would just like to thank you BCCS for stunting my intellectual growth. Because all that did was made me give up completely. That happened in 6th grade and it took me until about 11th grade to start feeling like school was worthwhile. I think that school should be shut down. They did nothing but kept us from developing our own personalities. I can't even remember how many times I got detention for asking questions, because the teachers though I was trying to cause trouble when really I just couldn't believe things without knowing why I should.
I slept for about an hour this morning and even though I was awake I couldn't bring myself to go to my Educational Theory class. I hate having that class at 8 in the morning because my brain just isn't functioning then. I have turned in only one paper on time, because most of the time I don't even remember going to class. I see myself sleeping through History and Psychology today.
I also got to thinking how the only things I wanted to do in school were read and write. So rather than concerning myself with things like math and bible class which served no purpose to me all I did was read and write. When the school picked up on this they actually had a conference with my parents telling them they shouldn't let me read at home since I was reading rather than doing math homework. They also wouldn't let me read in school unless it was for a class. So I would just like to thank you BCCS for stunting my intellectual growth. Because all that did was made me give up completely. That happened in 6th grade and it took me until about 11th grade to start feeling like school was worthwhile. I think that school should be shut down. They did nothing but kept us from developing our own personalities. I can't even remember how many times I got detention for asking questions, because the teachers though I was trying to cause trouble when really I just couldn't believe things without knowing why I should.
I slept for about an hour this morning and even though I was awake I couldn't bring myself to go to my Educational Theory class. I hate having that class at 8 in the morning because my brain just isn't functioning then. I have turned in only one paper on time, because most of the time I don't even remember going to class. I see myself sleeping through History and Psychology today.