Saturday, 28 April 2007

Global Warming Myth

Since the 1980’s a few scientists had a theory that increased Co2 emissions would cause temperature rises, now little over 20 years later this theory seems to have been taken as fact by the majority of people. The media are now one of the main sources of information regarding global warming and politicians are now catching on with public demanding better ways to dispose of rubbish and cleaner emissions from cars and busses. It’s very easy to look at global warming now and see that it is a fact, however is it? Have you ever seen global warming evidence or have you just believed the crowd and this myth of global warming?

One of the main fears of global warming is that it will cause more storms, coast line flooding and generally destroy our climate which may kill thousands of animal species. Without going into a lot of scientific detail the earth is warming, however if this is to do with us seems unlikely. During the 20th Century the climate of the planet has risen by 0.6c. From looking at the evidence it seems very unlikely that this climate change is to with us. For instance even if Co2 did raise the temperature did you know when a volcano explodes it gives off twice the amount of Co2 that America makes in a whole year? Did you know that cows are higher Co2 polluters compared to most modern cars? It seems that nature on its own is responsible for more Co2 pollution over the years compared to us; cows have been around far longer than cars. The Earth has always had climate changes over the years, just look at the ice age and that went alright.

Storms and floods are said to increase with global warming, there have always been storms and floods but to say that they will increase is very far fetched. Some Scientists around the world believe that the Earth is slowly dying however some don’t believe this. Dr. John Christy, professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Alabama at Huntsville said: "I remember as a college student at the first Earth Day being told it was a certainty that by the year 2000, the world would be starving and out of energy. Such doomsday prophecies grabbed headlines, but have proven to be completely false."

I believe that global warming is a myth. This myth is used by the media and politicians to drive fear into people which is what feeds commercial success and gives politicians common ground to interact with people. To say that the climate is caused by humans is very unlikely due to the lack of evidence supporting that claim and I am willing to bet any amount of money that the ice caps will still be around in 40 years time.

Tuesday, 24 April 2007

Got The Job!

Well I got the Job! I am now a crew member at McDonalds which means for the first time in my life I have regular money income!

Friday, 20 April 2007

2nd Interview!

I have my second Mc Donalds interview! According to Alex Fry this isnt really something to be proud of and in a way I agree, soon I maybe a grease monkey. However getting a job will mean for the first time in my life I will be earning money! However I won the first battle but the war isnt over. For the second interview its one on one with the head of the store... in an interview. So I should be fine, left to my own devices I can talk for a while. I only hope that connection between my brain and my mouth doesnt become loose during the interview!

If I do get through the first interview apparently I have a 2 hour long health and safety talk! Now that will be boring. Apart from pointing out the obvious these talks will mentally cripple anybody who takes them seriously.
(if your are one of the people from mcdonalds viewing my blog I would like to point out im joking, health and safety is great and is very important...)

Wednesday, 18 April 2007

The Puzzle of God

One of the most frequently asked questions I get each week is about my personal beliefs. Some ask if I’m a Christian, Atheist, Pagan or part of some other cult. Back in May 2005 I took my confirmation to become a Christian. Back then I was fully on for God however now in 2007 I look back on my commitment to Christianity and instead ask the question ‘Why did I make that decision?’ This has been one of the hardest questions iv come to face with and since mid 2006 I have been struggling with the idea of a Christian God ever since. So the short answer to what do I believe in at the moment is nothing. I don’t know if a God exists and I have no evidence to say that he doesn’t. However despite my lack in faith I still have a sharp mind which I am trying to use to bring myself to some sort of conclusion so that I may have rock solid beliefs within me.

Amongst my Christian friends they would be most interested in why my lack of faith. I believe the thing that started me questioning God was logic. I went to a number of sermons at Soul Survivor and usually every Sunday at church, I still do go to sermons. Somehow the character of God being shown by others certainly didn’t match up with my idea of God, the feelings I had inside of me. So looking at this logically then a God would have to be personal to each person, almost unique in ways and characteristics. Obviously then you could either say “well maybe there is more than one God?” or you could do what I did and thought “Isn’t this evidence that one God doesn’t exist?” Either way this widened my gap of questioning and brought me onto some more questions. Every time I go to church I look around. Since I go to a youth group people are very young there, lack knowledge (as I recently recognized in myself) and seem to always be having a good social time. Not only this but the actual youth group is run by young people. How then is it possible to take everyone seriously? Everybody is young and doesn’t yet have full knowledge of the world around them and yet they believe in a God. In my own experience believing in a God is a very easy thing to do when you go down to church Sunday and everybody is worshipping and having fun. However looking out at the real world, no sign of a God can be found. One of the biggest obvious questions is about suffering; that question leads onto our freewill, that onto Gods characteristics. All of these questions to me don’t have any answers and eventually you’re left with confusion and a mind boggling puzzle, a puzzle that would take a lifetime to solve.

To put it bluntly, I’m not against the existence of God like some people may believe. I want a God to exist, life after death is a wonderful thought and the idea somebody more powerful than yourself loves you forever. I’m currently going out with a girl who is a Christian and for me to share her beliefs once more would be an amazing thing. However the fact is there staring me in the face, I will only believe in God unless I see physical proof because I don’t believe I could ever believe in something without visual evidence. If a loving God does exist then I’m sure I will see this evidence sometime in my life, maybe I’m meant to be questioning at the moment in ‘God’s big plan’? I only hope that this questioning one day ends.

Monday, 16 April 2007

Interviews and Waiting Games

Well I had my McDonalds interview today which was interesting. For the first interview all the people that turned up for the jobs were put into two groups. We then were given tasks, which were boring and pointless. Anyway I thought the whole process went well and on one of the tasks I actually lead the team discussions which hopefully put some limelight on me. Anyway I dont know if I have got the job yet. Ill only know that in my second interview. So hopefully ill get a phone call soon!

On a different note I love global warming! Its the best thing which happened since cheese! Such good weather at the moment.

Friday, 13 April 2007

System Of Education

1. School is for Practice
2. Practice Makes Perfect
Conclusion... Nobody is perfect so why go to school?

School it seems is a drain, a waste of time to just prove the point that you could do the work right from the very beginning. School also runs under the same type of values as the media, these values are all that of fear. Fear is used to scare people into thinking unless they have the right grades they wont be able to do what they want. Schools try to get all the students to university simply to gain education points and the goverment drains money from the students with student loans. This is a maze of weeds preventing most from becoming something; this maze of weeds also prevents people seeing the light at the end, this lacks motivation. In the end we are left with an education system that is brutal, unforgiving and selfish.

Having said that we need this education system and the only way to get past the weeds blocking our paths is to fight back by going along with the system.

We have two choices...
1. Either stop working and get destroyed by the weeds
2. Fight back the weeds and find your goal

Im fighting back the weeds by doing my work at school and staying out of trouble. Some may look down on me because of this and may say 'He is a sucker to the system'. I assure you the system of education is more powerful than a bunch of students and whilst we are all tangled in the weeds its impossible to fight them all back. The only way to destroy the weeds is to come out the other side with your grades and friendships you made along the way. We are then able to look down on the forest of weeds and make a difference to those are fighting through.

Tuesday, 10 April 2007

Return From Worcestershire


Im back from Worcestershire and it was great fun! In the past few days I have driven quad bikes and flown helicopters. The house was fairly big and was surrounded by fields which was nice compared to being surrounded by outer London buildings. The quad bike was very fun! I was on it non-stop at one time to the point it just ran out of fuel! The helicopter was also fun however my dad was better at landing it compared to me.

Anyway im back in the working world again! Im sure all the teachers will be working us like mad leading up to the exams so my aim over the next couple of months is to simply keep my sanity!