AxcessDnyed's Blog

This will probably make the good people of this state mad at me,but I really would like some feedback.What is your religion and why should I believe what you believe?I'm not a religious scholar,just an ordinary person.I had some of Jehovah's witnesses come to my home to give me one of their pamphlets of the Watchtower.My first comment to these ladies was,Will you salute the American Flag?One of the ladies responded NO.I said that is really all I need to know about your religion,GOODBYE(Very nicely I might add)and then went back to my house work.If they can not salute the flag that is giving them their freedom of religion,it seems Un-American to me ,and I'm not supportive in their ideas.This did make me start to think,Why does everybody want you to believe what they believe?What do you think.Please give me a Reason to believe.  Thank you for your responses,and please,No personal attacks.

Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's I never would have imagined I would be embarrassed to be from Michigan,but as every year goes by times get tougher for good people (and there are alot of good people here in Michigan).I know it is hard for younger people to imagine,but when I was a boy we didn't lock our doors (until the late 60's when riots broke out in neighboring Detroit).I know I didn't understand when we would go into Detroit we would lock our car doors in fear.I would wonder what was going to happen?Would we be assaulted?Murdered?Watching the news I'd see a war overseas.A country unsure of its future.There was plenty of history here good and bad,and it has been pretty well documented.But it was a very exciting time to grow up.I now feel a profound sadness to live and be from Michigan.Iam happy that I'm not a teenager in 2008.When I was a younger man there was opportunity,hope,and a belief in love,peace ,and the hope for a wonderful future for all.It is truly hard for me to watch the news(or many of the other information sources available today).Our privacies have been stripped down,we have to have camera's watching everything and everybody.We are in a technological abundence of resource and ideas ,but I still don't see our state prospering,and it is frustrating.Do you have faith in our politicians?PLEASE WHAT A JOKE.Ask the man in the street,or the people on the internet.How do you feel about being from Michigan?I'm sure people around the world are looking in on the situation here in Michigan,and it is NOT A JOKE,It is reality people.What should we do?I would love to hear ideas and opinions from you.