Originally posted by mattp

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I think idiots are holding america back.

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Corporation lobbies to presidents and congress men and women and forces their hands to make decisions that benefit corporations instead of society.

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This is why large scale farms throw away tons of grain every year, because it keeps grain prices high, where they very easily could ship that grain to Africa and help fight the horrific poverty and starvation that plagues that continent.

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Originally posted by Jomb

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But you are a Christian right? So you'd be saved, especially if your god has any compassion on a true believer at all. But seeing as how its all already worked out and predestined then its just going to happen one way or the other and there is nothing you can do about it, thus no point in worrying about it.
I don't believe in prophecy or an all-powerful god, so i'm not so much worried about the rapture coming. Massive natural disasters on the other hand...
But if i were a believer, i would not be worried in the slightest about any of this, because however things are, they are that way because God made them that way and has all this in the master plan. An all-knowing God made you knowing all the choices you'd make, so why make someone just to send them to hell?

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Originally posted by Crayola

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Ok there are three main things that I think hold back further improvement of the usa or the world in general.Pleese keep in mind that I have formed only opinions so far and not full blown belief in what im about to list,I just wanna here your opinions and or other things you guys might consider harmfull to americas growth (not talking about population but intellectually,financially,and freedoms in general)

1:religion:dont get me wrong religion is good and blah blah blah,but I think religion holds us back alot and I think when they say seperation of church and state that what they should have said was seperation of church and state except christianity.
reasons why I feel this way is because we have a moment of silence in class everyday,hmm that silence is supposedly to show respect for those who died in the 911 attack but what it really is,is a moment for prayer.anyways I dont pray in clase and I am forced to be silent.that is not the part that bothers me I think that they hide behind 911 as a ruse when what there really alowing time for is prayer in class,I dont care if they have prayer in class for that min but I think they should at least be honest about it and say what it really is.I know at this point most of you are like he is an atheist but this is not so If I had to pick a religion it would be christianity,I believe there is a omni-present being out there somewheres. ( and check out gods debris by the guy who draws dilbert)i loved it.there are also religious overtones all throughout the country mostly the bible belt you may have heard this term in history (blue laws)if you dont already know what they are ill explain.blue laws are basically laws based on restrictions in the bible.
most of the refer to restrictions on the day of the sabbath (sunday),there is many blue laws that restrict the sale of alcohol on sunday.

I have reached one conclusion with blue laws --its that there is a contradiction between separation of church and state ,and living in a democracy.
there is alot more I could wright about religion but i wont this post is big enough already. and I think they should keep GOD in the pledge,just sayin.and the catholic church is corrupt a s*&t how can they abolish limbo to attract more followerers aka:money ,anybody remember the Crusades I do and how indians and others were killed for not believeing the christian beliefs ,and how many states restricted other religions from entering them when america was first founded ,because of religious differences.ok ill stop now



#2:Government:no suprise here ,government is corrupt as can be almost as much as the news or the catholic church.Freedom of speech my ass .Ok I got kicked out of school for five days went to court twice and did 20hours community service cause I flipped off my principle,ok I know it wasnt the smartest thing to do but point is,is that i got in trouble for a finger ,does anyone else see how stupid that is?but i got off subject just a little what I really wanted to talk about was CORRUPTION............cough..cough...nixen...cough...bush....*
Let me be a little more to the point why would we need to go to war umm lemme see OIL!! there was 911 and I myself was all for restitution but not by killing innocent people.america is hated all over the world dont believe me learn a forign language and watch their news.the government abuses our american loyaltiy by taking our people and throwing them in a war which they dont belong over money,Im broke as I dunno what and I wouldnt risk someone elses life over it.
And at this point you would call me an anarchist but anarchy doesnt work (watch slc punks) .what I would really like to see is a reform we have kept the same basic laws for 400 years why not take a chance with something different ,with a new generation comes an accelerated need for reform because the beliefs of a new generation arnt the same as an older one .Think about the conflicts you have with your parents over difference of opinion ,what im saying is that we have a 400 year span of differences.THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS REFORM even if i have to be a dirty politician to reform it i will.

#3-human nature in itself holds us back I think we should all take a position as a Stoic or a Taoist ,ever seen a riot its a pretty nasty thing point is there isnt enough reason in this world today.Common sense-I hate this term the name itself makes me think about Conformity.I act of my own freewill I place no restrictions on myself and by doing that place no limits on achevements ,goals.exc..they say a man responds better in the job below the one he is qualified for because he feels limited and that he cant improve any further so there is notthing to work towards.It would be like winning the lottery and getting everything you could ever imagine what next,what could you offer a man that owns the world?what would improve his day?notthing point is ,is that he is restricted by his money in the amount of happiness he can have.I have personally never experience love itself by which im mean loving another person besides family any friends.I have made love but it was not anything near the deffinition of love since I met the chick like 3mins before it happened.me being a sceptic (because i was brought up around lies ,damn santa clause) I do not believe that love exists I have never felt it .but then youd say something like you cant touch air but its there.bulls*%t I have come to two conclusions love is either non-existant or over exadurated.but back to the main topic how does this hold us back?we spend the betterpart of our life looking for love (still am its like bigfoot to me) what could we have acomplished in the time it takes to comb our hair are wax our backs,could have cured cancer or aids by now(which im pretty sure the government has the cures to they make to mush money$$ from it to want to cure it)I have resolved to stop searching for love and let it find me (if it exists) that seems like the best solution,



Oh there is so much more I could wirght but ill wait for your responses to add them sorry in advance for the crude examples and bad spelling and ghrammer(i think i misspelled it ) but I apologize for nothing I said these are my opinions and I wouldnt ask for an apologie for anyone if they dissagreed or thought different than me,thats what makes america great differences.

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Originally posted by Wurl

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What do you consider biased? Maybe this is just me, but I support or don't support a politician on his/her actions and philosophies. And isn't favoring an ideology biased then? And if so, what's un biased? Agreeing half-half?

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