Thursday, October 20, 2011

Westboro Baptist Church...

The Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas, is a small anti-Semitic group that protests homosexuality and state it is against God's law. The group pickets around the country and demonstrate their beliefs in public. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church believe that God hates those who are homosexual and he will not save them after they pass away. They also believe that God is sending messages through events such as September 11, 2011, the war, and soldiers that are losing their lives due to it to signal that homosexuality is wrong, and we, his people are disappointing him.


The Members of the Westboro Baptist Church  show how they feel.

It just does not make sense to me. How could someone live their life immoral like that? With those kinds of thoughts, those beliefs, those opinions on people? I cannot find a motive for this kind of behavior. Why focus in on the homosexuals? They have never done anything wrong. Haven't the members of this organization ever heard that God is all seeing and all forgiving? He made us in his own image and will love us no matter what. What ever happened to morals and living the life of Christianity?


The Westboro Baptist Church members need a reality check, as well as an evaluation of their human dignity. Their values and ideas are just plan wrong. What happened to ideas of charity, respect, understanding?


I just do not understand their motive and their reason is to behave like this, if there is one. I'm speechless.




beware of the link above. it causes some hard feelings! 

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Cyb3r Bullying: Read it & Weep

Every minute of everyday, technology is used,  and not just for work related tasks. Computers are logged on to Facebook or Twitter, emails are being sent, video chats are in session. Cell Phones are constantly sending text and picture messages, and even being used for telephone conversations. Yes, these things are generally used in an appropriate manner, but they also help fuel the flame of Cyber Bullying.

Cyber Bullying causes victims to feel helpless, trapped, alone.
Why do people feel the need to use technology to bully others and make them feel uncomfortable and embarrassed? It's because they feel they have the freedom and courage to say something humiliating and just plain rude to people without saying it to their face, and they believe that's okay. Cyber Bullying allows people to act in a cowardly manner and put others down, only to bring themselves up. Over the past years, Cyber Bullying has become one of the top ways to hurt someone, zeroing in on the younger generations. Statistics show that about half of the young people have experienced some form of cyberbullying, and 10-20% experience it regularly. They also show that girls are at least as likely as boys to be cyber bullies or their victims, and boys are more likely to be threatened by cyber bullies than girls. In most cases, it was found that the cyberbullying victims are more likely to have low self-esteem and consider suicide.

Cyber Bullying has a major effect on the mind and body.

In  most cases, victims of Cyber Bullying often ignore and keep what is going on to themselves, in fear of something worse happening or aggravating the Bully even more. Others choose to talk about it, which usually helps. Some may even think there is nothing else to do besides to stop giving the Bully a target...themselves.  

Cyber Bully does nothing but show people's true colors and who they truly are. In order to stop Cyber Bullying, one must take the first step: imagine themselves in the victims shoes. Really makes you think, right?

Think of this as a message about to pop up on your cell phone screen....


Links about Cyber Bullying: