I read an article on Yahoo about a little boy with autism who was bullied by his own teacher. Bullying is a big problem, not just in America but everywhere else too. Unfortunately, there is something that we all have to understand- no matter what, bullying is never going to stop. Technology advances every day and so does bullying, people don't just bully in person as you may know, they bully over the internet too now. 

When some one makes fun of another person it makes me feel really bad, especially when I don't have the guts to stand up for the other person. Most of the time I do, but I'm going to be honest- not all the time I will stand up for some one because I know the bully will come after me too if I do. But that stops right here, right now. Trust me, I know what it feels like to be made fun of. Everyone does-everyone knows how it feels. The questions is- Why do they do it to others then? I really don't know. Some say people bully others to make themselves feel better, some say they do it out of sheer meanness. 

There's another kind of bullying that really disgusts me. When people make fun of the kids that can't defend themselves. Now that is sad. How low can some one get to make fun of some one that cannot defend them self! How cruel can people get? Doesn't that bother you knowing that there are people who get made fun of everyday and can't even defend themselves? We have to try our best all the time to put a stop to it.

I know there is never going to be a final stop to it, but we can at least try. We can come together to show the victims of bullies that there is some one out there who cares about them. There are people out there who want to kill themselves to get away from the horrible words that people throw at their face when they get to school. If we all come together we can show them that somebody does care! I know what it feels like to be the victim of bullying, I know how much you long to get away from what some people call the safe place of school. It's not fun going to a place where you know that you will be treated awfully. I know how it feels, and I'm sure a lot of other people do too. 

It's amazing how many things you can learn from a bully though, they teach you what not to do to others.  They teach you what it feels like to feel down in the dumps. I know it's not fun, but at one point in our life we have to learn. A lot of people write books about teenagers who get bullied and all- I'm sure they wouldn't be able to write them if they didn't have the experience of some one bullying them. That's probably why I can write this blog because I know how it feels to not want to come to school because I know other people will be mean and hate me and know there is nothing I can do about it because I didn't do anything to them in the first place.

This part is directed towards those people who have been bullied and are being bullied right now-
You may not see it, but there is some one out there who cares. For starters, I care. Even if I don't know exactly who you are, I always pray for those who get bullied and made fun of. There's always some one you can talk to, remember. I know it sounds kind of lame because you hear it over and over but it's true: there is always some one to talk to whether it's your grandmother, grandfather, parent, counselor, teacher, or friend. 

Please remember there is always some one who cares about you and loves you. Remember it no matter how bad of a day you have there will forever always be some one who cares.

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4/10/2012
Some scientists believe that humans evolved from chimpanzees. I don't think we did, but I'll defend my side of the argument later. Scientists think that humans "branched off" from the ape about 5 to 8 million years ago. Where is the proof? Who came up with that information, you may ask? The theory of evolution is Darwin's. He did not believe in God and the Bible so he wouldn't know that his theory wasn't true. As it says in the Bible, humans were made in God's image. We weren't made in the image of an ape. We were made in God's image! Yes we were. Now you may ask, how do we know everything in the Bible is true? Well God told Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John what to write. God doesn't lie, therefore everything in the Bible is true. Apes have 48 chromosome and we have 46 chromosomes, therefore that is proof that we did not evolve from apes because then we would have the same amount of chromosomes. Also, if we evolved from apes wouldn't they all have evolved at some point then? Or at least most of them. Over the past few million years we have not seen any proof of this. How can we tell from a fossil that humans evolved from apes? Just because our human skull may have been similar to a chimpanzees skull long ago, it doesn't mean that we evolved from them.  "The skeleton of an early human who lived 4.4 million years ago show that humans did not evolve from chimpanzee-like ancestors, researchers reported on Thursday" (cited from). As I said before humans are made in God's image, as it says in the Bible, alone that does prove that we did not evolve from apes. 

I hope to do more research and add to this blog if I have time. Thank you for reading.

4/11/2012
I just found some more evidence supporting my side of the debate. "I reported earlier today that scientists concluded that we did not evolve from apes. In response, a source sent me a book review that appeared in the New Scientists I had missed. It turns out that apparent genetic closeness does not mean that we are closely related to chimps"(cited from). Also I read that mice share nearly as much genetic similarity with humans as apes do. I still believe (and will always) that humans did not evolve from apes just as much as humans did not evolve from mice, there is so much evidence saying that we didn't. Yet scientists can still say there is a lot of evidence saying that we did. I'm going to ask you to think it over a little bit- Did we really evolve from apes? Several scientists' answer is "No, we didn't." and so is mine.


4/12/2012
Okay. Looks like I need some more information to back myself up. I understand a few people that I talked to did not believe my quote from the Bible. They were asking "How do you know if it's all true? It was written by man." Well, I just do. I don't know, it's just that simple to me. I just believe it and that's all that really counts. I have to make it straight that I do support the theory of evolution for all mammals, except humans. I don't believe that humans evolved. 

Then there's the subject of humans having common ancestry. Okay, so basically what the scientists are saying is that the hominid eventually evolved into the human as we know it today. It was like this (as the scientists say)- The hominid had 48 chromosomes and eventually branched off into humans and apes. The humans that evolved had a mutation and had 46 chromosomes but the other species that branched off, the apes, had 48 chromosomes.


4/16/2012
I got some books on human evolution at the library the other day, but haven't had the time to read them yet. Once I read them I'll write more about my side of the debate. For now what, continued on from the 12th, I was talking about how scientists think we had a common ancestor. How do they know for sure how many chromosomes "our common ancestor" had? One can't tell how many chromosomes an organism has by judging the organism's fossils.

I'll continue after I read up on this subject more.  :)  


4/24/2012
Okay. I've decided that I'm going to finally end this post about human evolution. There's nothing really more that I can add. You have your views, and I have mine. For now we can just leave it at that. Although, I'm going to ask you to really think about it, and then maybe you will see why I think that we did not evolve from apes.

5/8/2012
I guess I might just add a little more to this topic. We've been going over this topic in my biology class and I've been thinking a lot more about it. I have an analogy, scientists have what they call "a lot of evidence" to support the evolutionary theory, they think because humans are similar to apes we have a common ancestor. My analogy is something like this- A television and computer are very similar, they both have screens and other things in common, but they are two completely different things. Just like the human and the ape, we have several similarities, but that doesn't make us related. 

6/3/2012
I just can't seem to let this topic drop. It's been bugging me as the topic has been coming up in science class a week or two ago, and at other times. There is actually no real evidence of the step from "ape to human stage", which is called the missing link. It's basically just a hypothesis, the scientists have no real bone evidence. So why exactly do we have this theory? I'm still asking myself that same question. If there is no hard evidence there should be no theory.  I think it should just be a hypothesis... If that.

I might take a little break from blogging about debate topics for a while so in the meanwhile you can enjoy Doctor Cat! 

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This topic kind of corresponds with abortion in a way. Although, there's something different about this topic- I can fully understand the other side of the argument. I can fully understand why scientists want to take an embryonic cell and perform research on it to cure others with a disease. Some one who I know really really well has a disease that could possibly be cured by stem cell research. She is still against it all, even though that kind of research could help her. 

There's a much better solution than using the embryonic cell for research-scientists can use a different stem cell-the adult stem taken from a person's bone marrow. This solution can work nearly just as well. I read in an article that using the adult stem cell has been more productive in research than using an  embryonic cell, that could have later developed into a living human being. It's a very controversial topic- If we don't do research on the embryonic cell than we may not be able to cure another living person with a fatal disease, but if scientists perform experiments to find a cure for a disease on the embryonic cell, than they can possibly save the suffering person. Some scientists say something like, "If we don't perform experiments on the embryonic cell we will be farther away from finding a cure." There are still some very generous people who donate cells from their bone marrow, which has actually helped more in stem cell research than experimenting on other cells, as I've said before. 

It's a very difficult topic to debate about, and very sad how we haven't found a better way to cure disease. Perhaps one day we'll find a way to cure diseases without hurting others in the process. That would truly be a wonderful day.

Over the weekend I saw the movie Courageous with my grandmother. I do have to say, it was a wonderful movie. Courageous is about how four men keep their faith in God and how they can work to be good fathers. I really recommend this movie to watch with your dad, it would be great. Click here to watch the trailer!

The four men stumble over many obstacles while trying to be a good father and keep their faith at the same time. They don't realize what they have till a tragedy occurs at home and it seems all is lost. They figure out that fathering is harder then keeping the city safe as cops. 

Warning, Courageous is a tear jerker. You'll laugh your head off and then it'll feel like a slap in the face because the next moment you'll have tears in your eyes. The director did a great job with the movie and it really touched my heart, from the beginning scene till the end. Click here to watch a hilarious scene from the movie. (Here's a tip-The Mexican man in the scene man is a a good guy who is trying to scare the man from the gang.) I hope you have some extra time to check out the movie, possibly with your father. 

Just thank your dad for everything he does for you. (And of course your mom too.)  They do so much for us and sometimes we don't even realize it. I strongly recommend this movie for those who are strong in their Christian faith, so maybe instead of hanging out with your friends Saturday night you can sit down and watch this movie with your father. It'll make you see everything in a different way and really be grateful for the time you have on Earth.

A song from the movie! :)

Flowers are electric in their own way.

My caption is an analogy for every day life, I guess. Well it could be. Every single flower is electric in their own way. Therefore, everyone is unique in their own wonderful way! That is just what's so amazing about this world. No one person is exactly alike, even identical twins are different. I guess what I'm trying to say is: Everyone person is special in their own way. Yes, I know we hear that a lot. But honestly- we don't pay much attention to it. It's so true though! I haven't met two people exactly alike and it's amazing! Every person I talk to has different views, and personalities. It blows my mind! And then bully's will come in and make one feel different in a bad way. That's just not right. We have to find a way to eliminate that. I know for a fact right now that bullies will never go away because sometimes we even bully ourselves. "Why am I so stupid?" "Why can't I be prettier?" Sound familiar? Don't say that! None of it is true! It's never fun when some one's hard on you, let alone when you're hard on yourself. Just be happy and with a smile tell yourself that you're electric in your own way. So have a nice day, and remember: God loves you because you're different in your own way.   :)