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power is because each man has a sinful nature. In the beginning of Genesis, God gives Adam and Eve the responsibility of taking care of the garden. However, Adam and Eve disobey God and are cast out of the garden. From that point on, sin enters the world. Each man has the mentality of being better than the next person. Therefore, the more power he has the better. Also, man often wants things to be done his way. The job cannot get done his way if someone else is in control. An example of…

At the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony president Obama made a speech, while giving Degeneres her Presidential Medal of Freedom award. "’Ellen has shown us that a single individual can make the world a more fun, more open, more loving place,’ said President Obama at the ceremony. ‘She reminds us to be kind to one another’" (Bried). Moreover, this is something that has became a kind of catch phrase at the end of each of her talk shows. Later in…

Response to Frontline’s Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier At no other point in history have we all been as immersed in technology as we are today. The wired world we live in has had an incredible impact on the human race. However, as exciting as it often is, a question lingers: is it all too much? Is it hindering us more than helping us? The Frontline produced video, Digital Nation – Life on the Virtual Frontier explores this issue and the impact technology has had on many different…

{As humanity continues to grow and social media overtakes young mind. }Rumors begin at the tip of our tongues day and night. How do rumors affect our lives? Is it plausible to believe everything we see, read, and hear? How will forming opinions be possible if we do not know if the truth is being told? Or if it's simply a rumor? Truth be told...if we are already thinking a rumor is the truth, then it must be true right? {According to Gregory Rodriguez the author of “Truth is in the Ear of The…

on the human mind. The term “Losing one's innocence” has been largely discussed around the world and it can be interpreted in a multitude of ways. Some may take it as having new understanding of the world when some may attribute it to having experienced something that may change the way we see the world. Some examples may be when a child experiences such as the loss of a loved one which makes them realize that the world is not as happy as it may seem to them as a naïve child. Whichever way the…

perfectly fine in your bustling urban metropolis? Where you know that a cold stare, is the cold stare reserved for every stranger. Where every building held a face that looks just like the one reflected back at you every morning. Where every color of the world, learned to accept the fact that every color is beautiful, that every tongue is just another way of saying something familiar, that every flavor is a unique interpretation of grandma’s recipe,…

alone save for the other person trapped inside of me. My soul even begins to churn at the sight of Nina due to her obstinate resistance. Belief in possibility is the only thing I hold close, and I am working for the dragging lives and sins of those around me to cease controlling me. Looking at this flag is inflicting unnecessary discomfort within me. I take to my gardens, the only place the banging slows. Slows, but never stops. I think he likes the pure blue of the sky, the cool texture of the…

as a nation - and the globe altogether - back into the “small-village” mentality with first-hand accounts and reliable, trustable sources. Because of the industrial Revolution, society has drifted away from this form of consumerism. But now, in the world of Social Media, the most trusted of sources are right at our fingertips, with information readily available. The Pre-Industrial Revolution Mentality Before the industrial Revolution, the size of the average…

to remember what the world was like before major corporations turned the entire human experience into a means of making a profit. As a potential future, this is entirely possible, considering the current economic and environmental climates that are suffering as a direct result of late capitalism and the disaffectedness of the corporations causing the most damage. Feed explores issues perpetuated by these major corporations that have become far more prevalent in today’s world such as the effect…

This may seem vague or even common sense, but I believe there is nothing more important in the world than the decisions we make. Every day there are billions of decisions being made that all effect one another and everything around them, deciding what will happen to the Earth. Every decision is important and can decide the fate of the world, such as the decision of a British soldier named Henry Tandey in World War I. His one small decision to be humane and spare a German soldier, a young Adolf…