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Okay so, when I finish a major assignment and am aware that I kicked ass at it I get pretty stoked about going to school the next day. Though...not so much anymore. It's not school that I'm starting to loathe...it's the walk from the car to the building. The weather doesn't even bother me much and the UK campus is beautiful especially in the fall. As I round the corner to the classroom building on north campus it's not unusual for me to hear yelling. It used to be just a not so uncommon thing but for the past two weeks the bastard is standing there "faithfully" every morning...waving the Bible in the air and sporting a T-shirt that says FEAR GOD! Now, yelling scripture out in public and threatening the world's condemnation to hell to everyone in ear shot doesn't really bother me I actually find it incredibly amusing I like sticking my tongue out at the old holy rollers or sporting my mean face when they approach me.
But this particular one has started to cross a lot of boundaries that I and what seems like the majority of the campus is not comfortable with. At first, when he called attractive students that walked by whores and that they were going to burn in hell for drawing attention to themselves I felt sorry for the man I thought he obviously was sexually frustrated. Standing around campus and taking his frustration out on young and beautiful people. But then one morning he yelled out and picked a boy out from the rest of the kids and said "I can see that look in your eyes me and Jesus, we know, we know you beat your meat, repent now or you'll burn in hell for it" the boy stood still looking at him completely puzzled. I looked around...is this some sort of joke?! Where are the cameras...this guy can't be serious. How is the university not doing something about this problem?
As the weeks have gone on the man will get in people's faces and wave his finger and scream into your face making some students run away crying. In my sociology class I heard that he went as far as spitting in a group of kids faces for defending themselves after he verbally assaulted them. Lately, he yells louder because groups of students surround him and argue with his beliefs and ask him to leave campus. The school newspaper even complained about him on the front page wondering why the university has not gotten rid of him.
I'm upset because while it is funny and amusing it's also threatening. One of the reasons why I go to a public university is to get away from trash like that. I don't like being threatened to eternal damnation that I don't even believe in every morning while preparing myself for a day of classes. I honestly feel like if god is all powerful and all good then evil wouldn't exist and if god has the power to get rid of evil then he/she is not all good and if he/she doesn't have the power to remove evil then he/she isn't all powerful. Some argue that god "allows" evil to exist to grant mankind free will. Though, why would god create a place like hell to damn creations eternally for not doing things the way society "planned." Though, if he/she was all powerful then he/she planned our fate? so wait...god's got the list of who goes and stays made up before we're created so wait...what free will again? When I take this into consideration I cannot help but wonder how in the HELL the Christian god could possibly be good.
Oh and another thing, if this god is all knowing and beyond human reason then he/she would have no problem much less damn eternally one of their own creations for doing such a petty and natural act like masturbating. I do believe in a higher being but I honestly don't think this god cares about girls dressing provocatively or is partial to any of western society's values in general.
Tomorrow if I see him I'm going to give it a chance...it is a public university and he does have a right to speak about his beliefs like everyone does- I completely respect this and think it's important for people to speak their views. BUT if I hear one offensive thing come out of that bastard's mouth directed at one of the students I'm going to go all out. I will contact campus I'll nag the dean I'll complain to the school newspaper I’ll take it to Lexington's local news station I'll get the Herald leader in on it I’ll call campus police. I want to do whatever it takes to get that creep away from these students. The things he's saying to us void out his right to be anywhere near an institution of knowledge. Tuition isn't cheap and we shouldn't have to try and find a way around north campus because we want to avoid what has become a blemish to the university and in many of our day to day lives.
But this particular one has started to cross a lot of boundaries that I and what seems like the majority of the campus is not comfortable with. At first, when he called attractive students that walked by whores and that they were going to burn in hell for drawing attention to themselves I felt sorry for the man I thought he obviously was sexually frustrated. Standing around campus and taking his frustration out on young and beautiful people. But then one morning he yelled out and picked a boy out from the rest of the kids and said "I can see that look in your eyes me and Jesus, we know, we know you beat your meat, repent now or you'll burn in hell for it" the boy stood still looking at him completely puzzled. I looked around...is this some sort of joke?! Where are the cameras...this guy can't be serious. How is the university not doing something about this problem?
As the weeks have gone on the man will get in people's faces and wave his finger and scream into your face making some students run away crying. In my sociology class I heard that he went as far as spitting in a group of kids faces for defending themselves after he verbally assaulted them. Lately, he yells louder because groups of students surround him and argue with his beliefs and ask him to leave campus. The school newspaper even complained about him on the front page wondering why the university has not gotten rid of him.
I'm upset because while it is funny and amusing it's also threatening. One of the reasons why I go to a public university is to get away from trash like that. I don't like being threatened to eternal damnation that I don't even believe in every morning while preparing myself for a day of classes. I honestly feel like if god is all powerful and all good then evil wouldn't exist and if god has the power to get rid of evil then he/she is not all good and if he/she doesn't have the power to remove evil then he/she isn't all powerful. Some argue that god "allows" evil to exist to grant mankind free will. Though, why would god create a place like hell to damn creations eternally for not doing things the way society "planned." Though, if he/she was all powerful then he/she planned our fate? so wait...god's got the list of who goes and stays made up before we're created so wait...what free will again? When I take this into consideration I cannot help but wonder how in the HELL the Christian god could possibly be good.
Oh and another thing, if this god is all knowing and beyond human reason then he/she would have no problem much less damn eternally one of their own creations for doing such a petty and natural act like masturbating. I do believe in a higher being but I honestly don't think this god cares about girls dressing provocatively or is partial to any of western society's values in general.
Tomorrow if I see him I'm going to give it a chance...it is a public university and he does have a right to speak about his beliefs like everyone does- I completely respect this and think it's important for people to speak their views. BUT if I hear one offensive thing come out of that bastard's mouth directed at one of the students I'm going to go all out. I will contact campus I'll nag the dean I'll complain to the school newspaper I’ll take it to Lexington's local news station I'll get the Herald leader in on it I’ll call campus police. I want to do whatever it takes to get that creep away from these students. The things he's saying to us void out his right to be anywhere near an institution of knowledge. Tuition isn't cheap and we shouldn't have to try and find a way around north campus because we want to avoid what has become a blemish to the university and in many of our day to day lives.