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Writing has always been one of my biggest passions. From the time I was going through elementary school in both Arlington and Kennedale Texas, I can always remember coming up with a new story idea. At first this passion led me to college with a desire to graduate

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Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Faith and reason: Search for truth: 7 of 111
For many the idea of faith and reason are divorced from each other. Like oil and water they cannot coexist. Unfortunately many have bought in to the notion, and have missed out on a wonderful truth. Being a student of the Scriptures I have closely studied Hebrews 11. Beginning in verse 1 we come to the understanding that f... More..
Relationships & Family > Marital Conflicts Why marriage is so hard: 8 of 66
My five-year old daughter watches a lot of Disney movies, you know "Cinderella" "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast." As I watch them with her, I sometimes wonder if many people watch such moves and think to themselves that married love is like that. You meet, you fall in love, and life is happy from then on. Yet how many wom... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Who's to blame for the surge in gas prices?: 5 of 38
Why are we in this problem of high gas prices? I believe the problem is much more complicated than answering "George W. Bush" or "Big oil companies." Let's face the facts. When you want to know why we are paying high prices at the gas pump all we have to do is look in the mirror.That is correct. We all drive around in vehicle... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Is God an invention of man's mind or true being?: 32 of 121
No one would argue, at least I have not heard the argument that man is not the most dominating species on the planet. Granted, I have seen the article about the monkey in the zoo that likes to gather rocks when the zoo is closed and then throw them at people when the zoo is open. Many people champion such behavior as proo... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ethics Defining morality: 10 of 35
Morality, it is the leash that binds us to our god. For the atheist, morality binds the individual to his own thoughts and perceptions about what right and wrong are, and what they feel they should be. In other words they are their god and they will do what ever they please. For the religious, morality binds the individual to... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Is Humanism a religion?: 10 of 32
As I was walking around my house one day, my brother noticed that I wobbled when I walked. This was due in large part because my front toes were spread apart from each other instead of parallel with each other.This naturally caused my brother to tease me and say that I was a duck."I am not a duck," I angrily responded.His rep... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Sacrifice: 8 of 23
Things could never have been better in my life. I was in love, I was becoming a well respected scientist in the world, and my partner and I had just found the missing link. We had spent years of research in digging in the deepest jungles of Africa, when we made the greatest discover the world has ever known. Things were perfe... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: God: 9 of 22
"God is dead!" There is no doubt in my mind that if you had asked me what I thought about god, that is how I would respond. I had no need for god. Why would I need him? My family is destroyed, people are divided, and people suffer needlessly because of god. People, who claim that they need god, only do so because they have pr... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Reflections: Choices for the future of America: 4 of 9
As America decides who they want to support and vote for in this election, one thing is perfectly clear. We do not have any idea who we want to run our country. Even with all of the publicity that Obama is getting, he is not even 5 points ahead of McCain. McCain being the Republican's choice, and the Republicans being conside... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Are the US and Israel bluffing Iran with an attack to force changes in policy?: 14 of 29
On June 7, 1981 while Iraq was not suspecting a thing, the Israelis flew under their radar, bombed their reactor, and got out of there with out any time for the Iraqis to respond and defend themselves. The global response of the attack ranged from outrage, to a few private pats on the back. What we can take away and learn fro... More..