"Why do we even need a republican club?! We're all republicans at Biola!"
I beg to differ.
And I hate how everyone just assumes that because I'm a Christian, I'm part of the religious-right and a Bush-lover.
Why can't I just be a Christian? A Christ-follower?
When the Biolan Democrats Club shows up on campus, I shall rejoice.
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- Augusten Burroughs' "Running with Scissors"
- C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters"
- Douglas Adams' "The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- Gregory Maguire's "Wicked"
- J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
- J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"
- Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
- Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
- Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass"
- Papademetriou and Tebbetts' "M or F?"
- Scott O'Dell's "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Classes this Semester
- Theology I
- Theology II
- Ancient Political Philosophy
- Intro to Philosophy
- English Lit to 1798
- Beginning Greek Grammar
2 comments:
You can be "just a follower of Christ," but in so following you will exhibit traits that conform to other categories, including political party affiliation.
For example, as a follower of Christ, would you:
Defend innocent parties from lethal attack?
Expect able-bodied persons to provide for their own physical needs (food, clothing, shelter)?
Neither denigrate nor elevate another person solely because of their skin colour?
Affirm that wages are the property of the one who earned them, to be disposed of as the earner chooses?
Agree that persons who knowingly and willfully commit crimes should face punishment?
Your responses to these questions will align you, to some degree, with existing sub-groups within the category "Christian," i.e., "Christian Democrat," or "Christian Republican" (in the same way your residency, gender, age, and other factors align you with other sub-groups).
The question that remains, in my view, is, "Why does your being categorised cause you such concern?"
I see what you mean. In truth, the reason I dislike categorization is because people tend to assume things about me that are not true--that are, in fact, often very far from true. And it happens rather consistently. If people could categorize me correctly at first glance, I would be less annoyed with categorization, though I admit I'd be a bit amazed at their incredible intuition. =P
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