Why I will vote Pro-Life this year

This is the first year I am old enough to vote. I actually did not know how I stood on some issues. For example, with the abortion issue, I always told myself that I would never actually have an abortion, but I would also never impede someone else's decision to.

And then I saw this film and I never made the mistake of being apathetic about the issue again.

This video also sealed the deal.

When I learned about the Holocaust in class, I wondered "Where was the world when all of this was happening?" Was there anyone who said "enough is enough"? I'm realizing the same thing is going on with the abortion. There's a great possibility that kids are going to read about us in the future and say "Where was the world when all of this was happening?"

It's time for believers to stand strong on the issues and their faith. It is TIME. The world is going mad.

(This photo was shot by a man named Michael Clancy during a utero surgery to correct spina bifida. The uterus is taken out and surgery is performed.The baby came out from underneath anesthesia and reached his hand up out of the womb. Life magazine would not publish the photograph. The image negates the argument that life starts once you're out of the womb. )
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Photo: http://michaelclancy.com/

MOVIE REVIEW: New Jack City

This is a movie that explains how crack cocaine flooded the streets of Detroit and the climate of the area during the Reagan administration. 

Cult classic within the Black film community. 20 minutes into the movie, it is evident that the story is rich.

I understand the attempt of this movie. It explores the growth and effects of drugs in the urban black community and it does so quite well. However, I feel like this movie also helped to glorify the dealing of drugs unintentionally. Call me crazy but this film released in the early 90's could be one of the causes for the shift of hip hop from gritty urban art form into womanizing, drug-dealing pimping because it seemed to appealing in this film. I'm supposed to hate Nino Brown, but he gets the women, money and the glory? Hmm.... 

Also, Chris Rock played a believable crackhead in this film. His acting was superb and his character was the one I felt the worst for in the film because he represented the many victims of the epidemic.

The film begins with a scripture plastered on a brick wall: 1 Cor. 6:8-9 "Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be decieved: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers..."

Quotable quotes:

"1/3 of the cops is on Nino's payroll, the other 2/3 don't care unless it affects their community."

"Let's kick the balistics. Ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business."

"Idolater! You're soul is required in hell!" 

In director's commentary: A candle that burns twice as bright burns twice as fast.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

Movie ends with: "Although this is a fictional story, there are Nino browns in every major city in America. If we don't confront the problem realistically--without empty slogans and promises--then drugs will continue to destroy our country."

BOOK CLUB: Sense & Sensuality by Ravi Zacharias

 So I read this awesome book over the summer, "Sense and Sensuality" by Ravi Zacharias and it was amazing. It explores a fictional conversation between novelist Oscar Wilde and Jesus Christ. The main theme of the short book is pain versus pleasure and answers the question "If it feels good, why not?" Anyone who is confused about the purpose of pleasure for mankind will enjoy the book. Below are some quotes as well as some accompanying pictures from all over the internet. Enjoy!

One's own spirit and body, one's kinsmen and friends and enemies, wealth and poverty, disgrace, prosperity, good reputation, health and so on- anything, in short, that endures for a shorter than the soul does is incapable of satisfying the soul...{p.70}

In seeking pleasure, you pursued the body and lost the person. You sought the sensation and sacrificed the individual. {p.71}

Pleasure took you astray, and pain brought you back. {p.77}

Wanting someone without a commitment to that someone is always one step away from hate; you exhaust the sensual and then want your potential accuser to just be gone from your life. My laws were designed out of love for each and every person so that none would be abused. {p.55}

The truth is that whenever a fence is removed, it's wise to ask why it was put there in the first place. {p.56}

Ultimately, children will be sacrificed at the altar of a wicked and perverse will. {p.57}

I just loved this image

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