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Check Yo' Facts, People

The number of Christians spewing Rachel Scott's father's speech after Columbine all over Facebook and via email is unbelieveable. Sure, it applies to the Newton shooting, but guess what??! Contrary to popular opinion, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NEWTON SHOOTING. He made that speech after the Colombine shooting in 1999. (Link above takes you to the house.gov record of the speech)

Christians, please check your facts before you present heresay as truth! I remember one time in high school everybody was passing around a chain email that said Mars was the closest to earth it would ever be, and to go look at the stars on a particular night to see it. Well, without checking our facts, we went with some friends to the observatory at the local university to view the sights. When we asked about Mars, the professor was like, "uhh, did you get an email?? Because Mars is as far away from earth as possible right now..." It pays to do your homework, people.

Did we believe any of the "crazy" Mayan stuff floating around about the end of the world (oh yeah, by the way, supposedly we're all dead...)? No! Why not? Because it didn't line up with our pre-existing world view and frame of reference. However, we're quick to complain that the media is ignoring the speech of Darrell Scott by not giving it press time after the Newton tragedy, because we already have a bias (which is mostly deserved) about their reporting habits. Well, duh! Of course they're not giving air and press time to this speech! It's from 13 years ago.

The world already thinks we're stupid, we don't have to help them out any. Do your homework, and consider your own bias before you present something as fact.

Rant concluded.

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