Thursday, May 12, 2011

HEY! HEY! HEYYY!! Everyone here just listen up and listen to me! The things that piss me off a lot that you teenagers do everyday of your lives, you go to a party get drunk and piece all the guys there. The next day their shit going around the school with the things you did that night. Things that go around the school with the things you did to other guys or other girls like no one care personally I don’t really give a shit what you do. But the things that go around saying you got fingered and gave head. Its really disgusting hearing that a 14 or a 15 year old sucking dick. The things that really get to me that I think is sick when a girl this ages is getting fingered, got eaten out, run brains, gave hand, and felt up. Things like that should not been told to other people to make you seem like a whore. At school or going to the mall or somewhere seeing girls having theirs boobs out and their ass sticking out like honestly do you want to get laid or WHAT?! When you meet a guy and you start going out with them, they are mostly only in that relationship just for the things they heard about you, so they can get some of your treats you gave to other guys. When a guy says he loves you during a relationship at this age, the guys is lieing to you just to do stuff with you and his just using you, that is why teenagers this age should not be going out this time.

If you or anyone that you know is like that you should inform them that its wrong to do those things because its a wrong way to show people on how you really are then a whore or a slut. The ways to be safe and not to do wrong things is just go for a run or watch a movie to keep your mind off things then going to do slut things. The only ways to have sex or other sexually things is when you are married and how much you and the other person really love each other.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

In search of the Truth: " The Da Vinci Code and Roman Catholicism"



Did you enjoy the film?

I have watched the film "The Da Vinci Code" in my religion class, I enjoyed the film because it talks about Jesus and what we Christians say about him, and things that we don't believe about Jesus. The film explained things that we didn't know about Jesus or things that don't even exists about him. Thats why i enjoyed the film because it said true and false facts about Jesus that made the movie more interesting and make me to think more about Jesus.


Give an example of a part in the film that you had a significant reaction to (positive or negative). Describe it and your thoughts about the scene?

In the film "The Da Vinci Code" there were different kinds of significant positive and negative through out the film. The one example in the film that came to me is an positive, to me. The example is when Robert and Soplie went to Leighs home. Leigh tells them about how the picture the last super painted by Da Vinci beside Jesus theirs a women sitting beside him, who which is Mary Magdalene. And that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child. When Jesus was crucified Mary Magdalene escaped to France and gave birth to their daughter and, Mary Magdalene and her daughter stayed in France. During that scene, i thought to myself that maybe Jesus did have a child with Mary Magdalene anything could of happen. In the film when they showed the painting of the last super i did say to myself that that person beside Jesus is a women because of the features of that person siting beside him.

After you have watched the film, how do you feel about what you have seen or heard?

After watching the film "The Da Vinci Code" it made me think a bit more about the things that i know/heard about Jesus because know one really knowswhat was happing in Jesus time being on earth. It made me think what if Jesus did have a child with Mary Magdalene and was he truly in love with her to give up everything to get crucified for everyone to see that he is the son of God. Another thing that made me to think that is when in the film, when Mary Magdalene ran away from everyone to go to France. Was she ashamed that she was pregnant with Jesus daughter or would everyone wonder and talk about her behind her back saying she's a slut for being pregnant with Jesus "the son of God" when they weren't married. After i watched the film "The Da Vinci Code" i felt a bit different from the things that they talked about and they stuff that i have seen and heard in it. Because i haven't know what to believe in the film or not. But the Catholic facts that i know that i learn at school though my parents and grandparents, are the true facts about Jesus.


Do you think that any valid points have been made?

I think there was valid points that have made in the film "The Da Vinci Code". One valid point that i have took from the film is about the actual bloodline of the 'Holy Grail' because there isn't a cup that Jesus have drank from in the painting on the last supper and know one really knows where the cup really is.

In your opinion, is this a dissuasion worth having?

I believe that a discussion would be worth having about the film "The Da Vinci Code" in the class to see how other people thought about the film and their dislikes and likes about it. To see if anyone had the same options like yourself and its good to listen to other people and hear on what they have to say and it might change your option on things in the film.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Pop Culture Identity

Can a child loose their identity by too much exposure to pop culture?

I don't believe that children can lose their identity by to much pop culture. The three main reasons why I think that I don't think children can lose their identity by to much pop culture it depends on what kind are then children they are, what they believe in and how their parents raised them as.

Children don't need t
o be addictive to things that other kids are going. Some children might not even like to play video game or even watch movies that are not for their them. If the child are 13 years old they wound go sneak in into a rated R (18+). That's when you know the child doesn't want to go watch thing that are not for them.

Some children don't believe in all these media things like movies
, movies, television, video games and etc things. Other whiles some kids only uses the media once in a while that they don't get addicted to them so they don't have an addiction onto them. When they read a book like Harry Potter they know its something that isn't true and they wont goaround trying to play witches and wizard or even trying to do some spells like in the books.

The parents of the children might not let their children play videos, go onto the computer for over an hour or two because they know the child would get addicted to it and wont stop to go outside and do something that they like. Parents would
li
ke to make their children go read a book that might help them into the future and getting good grades to make them go somewhere in life then just sitting there in front a TV scream playing the new cod game.

That's why i believe that pop culture doesn't need to kill children identity because it matters on what kind of children they are, what they believe in and how there parents raised them as. Everything doesn't need to change for the children mostly teenagers, it self it just matters on how it was raised when it was a child.

In your opinion does religion have the same kind of influence?

In my opinion i don't believe that religion has the same kind of influence because religion and pop culture are two different main things that need totally different things to loss its own identity. I cannot believe that someone can lose their identity on religion because its the what kind of person you are and what you believe in. Its what your parents raised you as, its how your grandparents raised your parents and all what they know they tell you to keep the type of religion that you and your family believe in. If someone would ever lose there identity on there religion that has been in there family for centuries the parents would somehow convince the person to come back onto there religion because it have been in the family for years and you cannot just leave it. Its a lot harder to lose the identify of your own religion than losing the identify of too much pop culture.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Totem Pole

ORIGINS: The Totem Pole was first started by the American First Nation Tribes that settled in the northwest part of Canada and what is now Alaska. Almost all of these tribes came here across the Bering Straight and are genetically related. In their culture the pole with its totems represents the various Spirits who are the protectors of the tribe and with whom the tribe has special relationships.That is why the totems differ per tribe. It is also why where was always at least One totem pole in every village, usually in whatever large gathering place they had. The Totem pole is the 'heart' of the tribe's ceremonies and rituals.

SIGNIFICANCE: The totem carvings tell a story, revealed only ifone knows the meaning assigned to various animals, fish, birds and designs and where they are placed on the pole. There were a number of reasons why a particular figure or design was chosen by a clan. The connection between the clan and the various figures carved into the pole may have been as a result a special gift from the animal, fish or bird spirits. Or, there may have been a recent encounter with that figure.Some clans claimed to be descended from certain totem figures.

USED IN CULTURE: Many indigenous cultures felt that different animals had different powers and abilities as well as had different medicine that they could offer to humans. They were very much respected and most cultures felt that they were also messengers from the Great Spirit or the Great Mystery. Some cultures worshiped certain animals and some just accepted them as equals. The totem pole was a reflection of their beliefs and some could tell a story or legend of how that particular tribe was helped by different animals. They could be arranged in such a way on the particular totem pole as a reflection of their power and or level of medicine with the more powerful one at the top. Some cultures felt as well that some animals could act as spirit guides that could offer them guidance throughout their lives .In order to make a connection to your particular "Spirit Animal" or spirit guide , one would spend a period of time out in nature alone for up to four days. This was referred to as a "Vision Quest" and your particular spirit animal would be revealed to you either in a vision or literally. This was presided over by the Shaman or Holy man of the tribe. They would keep a close eye on you and offer an interpretation of your experience when it was completed and depending on which animal you encountered they would interpret what that meant to you and what bearing it had on your life.




BIBLIOGRAPHY;
  • http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/world/object4_que1.html
  • http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/default.html
  • http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-totems.html