creating problems

i spent approximately 4 hours this morning on a powerpoint presentation about creationism and intelligent design for my physical anthropology seminar on thursday and by the end of it, i was having trouble being neutral.  obviously, being the tree hugging, bleeding heart, hippie liberal that i am, i don't care what anyone else believes.  more power to you, scientologists!  to each his own.  however, i get really riled about religious notions in politics and schools, mostly because most proponents of religious notions in politics and schools aren't like me.  they don't subscribe to the "to each his own" mentality.  they aren't foaming at the mouth to let people practice whatever the hell they want.  instead, often, they want to mandate certain religious leanings be foisted upon all people, regardless of what those people personally believe.  i don't believe in prayer in public schools or that creationism should be taught in science class.  this is not because i'm not religious (although that is true), but instead because not everyone who is religious is christian.  not everyone who prays prays the same way.  not everyone who has questions about evolution is looking for a christian alternative.  therefore, it's not reasonable, responsible, or even basically fair to attempt to force your personal beliefs upon groups as multidenominational as, say, the entire american public school system or the government of the united states of america.  our forefathers may have come from christian backgrounds, but that only serves as proof that they were more open-minded in the 1700s than we are now.  it's true.  read the constitution and try to find some overt, you-must-be-like-me literature.  it's not there.

we are not all the same.  i love that.  that's why i'm in graduate school studying anthropology, for pete's sake.  what i can't tolerate, though, is the blatant disregard some people have for this diversity.

do your own thing and let everyone else do theirs, unless of course people try to get in the way of your doing your own thing, in which case you post something on your blog that no one reads.