Why I Choose Political Science

People often ask me why I want to major in political science. They know I love to write, and so usually assume I am going to be an English major. I do love to write; it’s a part of me that will never fade, but there is another desire that is close to my heart, and this is a desire for justice. I see injustice all over the world, but nothing frustrates me more than seeing injustice and corruption in America.

America is the home of the brave, but also of honor, liberty, truth and justice. I believe that all five of those intrinsically American ideals are in danger, and I feel strongly called to take action personally. I am an ardent patriot and I think it is the duty of Americans not only to take what America can give, but to uphold her values with our own lives. It is a crime to murder, steal and cheat. I believe it is also a crime not to confront those offenses. However, the biggest crime of all is to allow an innocent person to be convicted or repressed, whether by a fellow citizen or even the government.

Acquiring a degree in political science would prepare me not only to fight injustice, but to quell the corruption I see developing in our government. America is a strong, beautiful nation founded on strong, beautiful principles. However, every day I see more of those founding principles violated or ignored. Government officials find ways to circumvent the system of checks and balances; they take more unapproved power every day. I believe this is not only an unjust use of power, but a demonstration of a lack of integrity.

America is headed in a direction that is not brave, honorable, free, true or just. The question I ask myself is “What can I do?” I go back to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, looking at the founding principles of America. So many virtues that were once upheld strongly have fallen. I believe it is the duty of the people to look at their God-given rights, at the principles the country was founded on, and take action. America can only do so much without the help of her citizens. Action must be taken to restore integrity to our country, and to save her people from the injustices that mount daily. That is why I chose to major in political science.

~Kendra Logan

Does Capitalism Lead to Socialism?

"Karl Marx said that capitalism is a step along the way to socialism. This is a very uncomfortable thought to me, I must confess. To gain some perspective, it helps to look at a little history..." ~ "Maybe Marx was right" by David Bailey.

I thought this was a pretty interesting post, especially considering I love philosophy. Check it out if you want!

1: A Definition Disaster

Sorry I didn't post yesterday like I was supposed to. It was the Fourth of July, you know, and things were really busy. I'm posting now, though, so yay.

This is the beginning of my first series of posts, Myths (or Mistakes) About Evolution. There are probably quite a few, but I will only be dealing with four.

The first mistake is getting mixed up in the definitions of Evolution. I covered this a little in my last post.

According to the National Association of Biology Teachers, the definition of Evolution is this: "An unsupervized, impersonal, unpredictable, and natural process of temporal descent with genetic modification that is affected by natural selection, chance, historal contingencies and changing environments."

Basically, that definition says that life began as an unguided fluke and evolved into all the beings we have today by chance, strategic inheritance of helpful traits, and changing environments.

Some people, even Christians try to believe in both Evolution and creation by relying on different definitions. Some Christians, fairly well-educated Christians, say that they are Creationists as well as Evolutionists. They do not realize how utterly incompatible the two beliefs are, and one of the ways they confuse themselves is by getting mixed up with the definitions of Evolution. Some Evolutionists will even let such people make that mistake, not bothering to correct them.

Now, if the definition of Evolution were something like "a gradual process of God-guided creation", that might be something worth looking into. Unfortunately, that is not how the intellectual elite of today's society define Evolution.

In short, this post is saying, "Watch out. Check your defintions before agreeing with something." Evolution-believing scientists will go out of their way to make Evolution appeal to people, sometimes even bending the facts and definitions. If they think feeding you a slightly (or extremely) altertered definition of Evolution will make you a believer, they will do it.

I'm certainly not saying that all scientists are scamming little hypocrites. Not at all. I'm not even saying that all EVOLUTION-BELIEVING scientists are scamming little hypocrites. I'm just saying be careful. Don't take things without at least thinking them through. I'm not suggesting you Google and look up every piece of information you come across, but DO use your good sense.

If someone tells you the word gullible isn't in the dictionary, just laugh, okay? If someone tells you that you can be an Evolutionist and stil retain your Christian faith, feel free to laugh at that as well.

Because sorry, folks, that's just not happening.

Before I end this post, I want to get into one more thing: creation itself.

Now, I've (obviously) read the Bible's version of creation in Genesis, and I, too, have noticed that God creates light before he creates the sun.

Don't ask me! I don't know how that's possible! Who knows how literal the creation is supposed to be taken?

I don't.

And some people argue that God couldn't have created the whole universe in SIX DAYS.

My answer is, well, seeing how he's GOD and all, I guess he could if he wanted to.

But, maybe he didn't. Maybe that part of Genesis is figurative. Maybe God counted days differently than we do. But, here's the bottom line when it comes to stuff like that:

It doesn't really matter.

Yes, I wonder. Yes, I'm curious. I don't know how literally that part of the Bible is to be taken. We can't exactly waltz up to Moses and ask him.

But, if you're just arguing over HOW LONG it took God to make the universe, who cares? The important thing about that is that he did, that it wasn't just an accident.

I know I haven't given evidence for or against Evolution or Creation yet, but, all in good time. I want to do this series the right way, and that means taking things one step at a time. It's important to start with a good foundation and then build on that.

I think all of us, Evolutionists and Creationists alike, agree on that, don't we?

And that's what this series is all about: starting with a foundation of solid facts, and exploring the world of true science from there. Thanks for reading, and I hope you stick around for the next chapter in this series, Caring vs. Detatched God.