What Does Being Human Mean?

Being human means being created by God. Genesis chapter one verse twenty-seven says, "Thus God created the man in his own image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female." The quoted scripture specifically says, God created man in his own image.

God created all living things. Man was created last, but man was Gods greatest creation because God created man in his own image. How do we know that man is superior to the animals? One way we know is, no animal has ever invented anything, men are always inventing things. For example, Bill Gates created Microsoft computer software. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. There are many examples that could be cited. However, I challenge anyone to show me an example of anything invented by an animal. Another reason is, God gave Adam, the first man, the responsibility for naming the animals. Genesis chapter two verse twenty states, "the man therefore gave names unto all cattle, and to the fowl of the heaven, and to every beast of the field."

Being human means being accountable to God and to others. In Romans chapter fourteen verses eleven and twelve it says, "For it is written, As I live saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Since every knee bows to God and every tongue confesses to God, the question is WHEN? Animals are not under the same responsibility to confess or bow to God. This fact alone, proves that man is superior than animals. Being accountable to others involves many things. For instance, when someone joins a local church or some civic group, they agree to live by certain rules of that organization. A church rule might be to abstain from drinking alcohol. A rule of a civic organization might be to attend all of the meetings. If we are accountable to these organizations, we will try our best to obey the rules.

Charles Darwin who wrote "The Origin of The Species", tried to prove that all things evolved from one little organism. In the book "Frankenstein", a "living" creature was created from dead body parts and was called the Monster. If you believe Darwin, you must then accept the fact that it is impossible to create something from dead parts. Darwin, on his deathbed renounced his claim that all living things came from a single organism. Therefore, we are left with our original statement that God created all things.

In conclusion, one must decide, what do you believe? Do you believe there is a God in Heaven or do you believe when you die, you are just dead with no meaning to life? I choose to believe life has meaning and God gave us life.

Creating Life

If I was given the power to create life like Frankestein did, I would choose not to create life. The following are the reasons I would not creat life.

One of the reasons I would choose not to create life is because God created human life in his image. I believe God and God alone is the only one that has the authority and the power to create life. In Genesis, chapter two, verse seven says, "and the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul."

The other reason is, I would not want the responsibility of creating an imperfect thing that might do harm. I do not believe in taking chances in areas that are unknown to man and clearly reserved for God. Some people might think that it is okay to take chances, hoping the results would be good. I prefer not to take chances when I am dealing with the unknown.

In conclusion, I believe that there are certain things that are reserved for God and mankind would be better off if we learned to respect and leave alone those areas of our lives that God controls.

School Uniforms

Assertion- I think school uniforms are good for us.

Evidence:

• "One of the advantages of wearing school unforms is that there is no need to figure out what children are going to wear everyday."
• Commentary 1: For example, I am always late for school because in the mornings I go through so many outfits before I can decide on what I want to wear that day.
• Commentary 2: I think it is easier for the children if they know exactly what they are going to be wearing the next day instead of having to take more time in the mornings deciding.
• "Many times, kids are ridiculed because of the clothes they wear and it seems that no matter how hard parents try, kids know who is more poor in school."
• Commentary 1: Last year, some people I know would look at this one girl if she ever walked past us and they would comment about how she dresses.
• Commentary 2: I feel if we have school uniforms, we would all pretty much look alike in the way we dressed. Most people's feelings would not get hurt about how they dressed.

Opposing Claim:

•  Bobbi Vickers argues that "having school uniforms takes away peoples rights to express themselves."

My Rebuttal:

• Though I agree that the way people dress does express peoples personality, I still think uniforms are good because then some kids will not get tesased the way they do.

My Paragraph
School uniforms are good for us. "One of the advantages of wearing school uniforms is that there is no need to figure out what children are going to wear everyday." For example, I am always late for school because in the mornings I go through so many outfits before I can finally decide on what I want to wear that day. It would be easier for the children if they know exactly what they are going to be wearing the next day instead of having to use up more of their time in the mornings deciding on which pair of pants and shirt look best. Another reason to why I think we should have school uniforms is, "Many times, kids are ridiculed because of the clothes they wear and it seems that no matter how hard parents try, kids know who is more poor in school." Last year, some people I know would look at this one girl if she ever walked past us and they would comment about how she dresses. To me, I feel if we had school uniforms, we would all pretty much look alike in the way we dressed. Most people's feelings would not get hurt about how they dressed. Thus, our school should consider having uniforms.

My Thinking: This paragraph is deductive because of the facts.

Wounded Warrior Project

Our society needs people to make charitable contributions.
The cost of providing medical treatment to wounded warriors is expensive. Wounded warriors suffer from a wide variety of problems ranging from loss of limb or eyesight to mental problems.
Many wounded warriors have lost the ability to earn a good living when they go back into civilian life. Can you imagine trying to work on computers without eyesight, or the difficulty the firefighter would have if he only had one leg?
Our charitable dollars help these wounded warriors. It takes a lot of money to teach a blind person how to read brail or a person who has lost a leg how to walk using an artificial limb. And then they have to be retrained into new job skills so they can earn a living.
When we as Americans send our young men and women into battle, we should do so with the understanding that when they come home we have a responsibility to help them in whatever way is necessary so they can live normal productive lives.

War is...

War is scary, watching people get hurt.
War is costly, spending money.
War is destructive, destroying peoples lives.
War is thinky, knowing what to do.
War is sad, dying people.
War is painful, hurting others.
War is bloody, bleeding everywhere.
War is loud, bombing everywhere.
War is red, painting with blood.
War is dangerous, risking lives.

Remembering 911

When 911 happened, I was super little and I didn't really know of anything that was happening that day. Alot of people lost their loved ones and the things that meant something special to them. When my daddy died, it felt like the world was crashing down around me. Now, I understand how the people that lost their family feel.