Monday, October 17, 2011

Westboro Baptist Church Bullying?


In a church you would imagine to see it as a place of peacefulness, and happiness. You would never see it as a hatred, hurtful place to discourage or harm people about their beliefs or interests. In the Westboro Baptist Church they are known as "bullies." They were established in 1955 by Pastor Fred Phelps. Still existing today, as an old school church. They are known for picketing the funerals of US soldiers who died during the wars. Westboro Baptist Church engages in "peaceful" daily walks opposing the homosexual lifestyle of soul-damning and nation destroying filth. They adhere the teachings of the bible, and they preach all forms of sin. They teach no way of the Christianity life styleThe WBC makes colorful signs with horrible, disgusting sayings and words. For example, they say things like, "God hates Fags", "AIDS cures fags", "Fags burn in hell", "Fags doom nations", "God blew up the troops" and so the list could go on. They say that when God says "he loves everyone" that it is a lie made up from the bible, "Jesus died for everyone. They say if your church is teaching you these type of things that your church does not teach what the bible teaches. They think what they do is a moral thingDoes this seem like a type of church you would ever want to attend or be apart of? In our eyes everything they are doing is beyond immoral. Why do the WBC act like this? Why do they think it is okay to protest against homosexuals and gays, or protest against the US soliders who have died for us? 



They feel as if since soldiers are already doing the killing then why can't they? They say that the other churches are destroying the world, and that everything is a lie so they need to spread around the "truth." They have no human dignity for other people and show none, even though they feel as if they are. They feel as if everything they do is good or a charity but no one thinks or cares about what they do. As people who are not part of the WBC protest, what do they think? They thank them for doing it. They think it is stupid, but they thank them for doing it.. As of my opinion, i think it is down right horrible. Yes, i know we have a free will and free rights in society but what makes it even right to do things such as this. First off, a church is the one protesting against such a thing, and people apart of the church are agreeing. 


There are definitely people out in this world who completely agree and completely disagree. It is not right for someone to say such things, or bring the bible and the church into it. A church who thinks sin is the right thing to do is completely stupid. I myself as a Catholic will never understand on how a person would ever think it is right to go and protest at a military funeral. Just because you think God has killed them. Yes that is your opinion on the situation but you have no right to just go and interrupt a family in their deaths funeral service. It is ridiculous, and just not right for something to happen in society. In my opinion society has got some really stupid people in it, even after they have gone through the education process.  




Thursday, October 6, 2011

Cyber Bullying needs to end.

                                                                                                        When a person thinks of bullying in our thoughts we normally think bullying as verbal abuse of physical abuse from another person. There are different types of bullying and this specific one is called Cyber Bullying. With technology becoming a bigger and bigger part of society teenagers tend to use this ability to be able to bully someone over a computer, or cell phone. Just like regular bullying, cyber bullying can just be as bad and harmful as regular bullying. Cyber bullying is more of an attempt to get a teenager or child to feel bad about them self just not face to face. People who are the cyber bully can make threats and think it is okay for that them to do it without even thinking about that persons feelings.

     Some bullies are actual victims of the real world, and they just go online and feel powerful when they bully other teenagers. Some bullies keep to themselves and just wanted to extend there sphere of influence and power on the "world." Then there are bullies who just like showing off and think it is cool to hurt another persons feelings over the internet. To stop cyber bullying we need to make sure parents understand and know what their children are doing on the internet, make rules for them, make sure they understand the dangers of the internet.         


     
      Nothing on the internet is between you and just one person, everyone on that specific website or even just on the internet can see what you post to a person. Things like Myspace, Form spring and Facebook are most well known websites on where cyber bullying can happen. Statistics show that cyber bullying is among one of the most serious problems among teenagers in this generation. Just like bullying, cyber bullying can lead to things such as depression, anxiety and even suicide. To many "cyber bullies" they think that making fun of another teen is funny over the internet and harmless. But they never understand the consequences of what can happen if you are caught bullying another person over the internet.