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Writing is my outlet for things in life that I care about. After reading and listening to wise people for many years and practicing what I heard and read I formed my character and I feel grateful in a way that I want to share my thoughts with as many people

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Religion & Spirituality > Comparative Religion Is there one, true religion that is better than all the others?: 4 of 85

Religion means to reconnect again. If we were in peace with God we wouldn't have the necessity to reconnect with God. But we are not, except Christianity. That doesn't mean that everyone that calls him or herself a Christian is. Christianity has a particularity that no other religion has. It is "born again", "justification",...
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Are teenage Americans influenced by conservative pundits like Limbaugh, Beck, and O'Reilly?: 2 of 31

Somehow teenage Americans are influenced by conservative pundits like Limbaugh, Beck, and O"Reilly. Many of them got their basic understanding of conservatism at home already. In what grade they have been influenced by these three radio talk show hosts, I don't have an idea, but we can do the numbers. Limbaugh's a...
Health & Fitness > Emotional Health & Wellbeing The problem with high self-esteem: 2 of 23

What came first the egg or the chicken? What came first achievement or self-esteem? Within the last decades we have been inundated at school with the belief that in order to achieve you need a good dose of self-esteem. Sociologists are now finding out that there has been an overdose of self-esteem in our children and are mak...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Political theory: The needs of individuals vs. the state: 1 of 9

Individuals have many needs. What needs does the State have? We have become so confused that we don't even know the different between individuals and State. The State is there to serve our mutual needs while we engage in prospering. But to be fair let's say the State needs two things: Money and human resources to serve the i...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US Elections 2008: Obama tries to explain his spiritual mentor, the Rev. Wright: 1 of 8

OBAMA,The Pied Piper of AMERICA It is presumption and foolishness to aspire to the highest office in the world if we have wrong motives. And we have had many that were wrongly motivated to reach the office of President of the United States of America. Today we have become so brain washed by feelings that we have become an ig...
Relationships & Family > Tips for Marital Happiness What every married man should know: 1 of 7

A married man should know the same thing a married woman should also know and that is among others that marriage is not an easy thing. Men and women should know that we as different genders react to life differently. In order to make marriage work love should be what lead the way to solve many problems that are going to come...
Health & Fitness > Hypertension & High Cholest A look at the causes of high blood pressure: 1 of 7

The causes of high blood pressure could be many and the health care professionals had already come up with a diagnosis for all of them. About 10 percent of all the high blood pressure diagnosis are called secondary hypertension and that means that there is another problem that is causing the hypertension, Among them are Kidn...
Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Reasons men cheat on women: 2 of 12

There are differences in character between both genders that make one gender more vulnerable to cheat than the other. In this case males are more vulnerable than females. Females will find it repulsive to have sex with a stranger but not a male. Repulsiveness is a feeling and as such females are more dominated by them than m...
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Should trans fats be banned?: 1 of 6

It is sad but it seems we are still children waiting for daddy government to do things for us. Why don't we ban it if we know it is bad for us? We keep giving more power to government and they will take it to our disadvantage. Let government do its job according to its job description and we do ours. The only thing we need g...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Courage: 5 of 27

Courage is what keeps family together, build strong individuals, strong nations. Courage brings respect and honor. Courage is standing for what is right even if it means loosing your physical life. Courage is doing the right thing in spite of being fearful. We can have many good thoughts and intentions but we can't accomplis...