Let’s call this a rant about argumental logic
Really, it is extreme frustration at hypocrisy. We sometimes leave the TV on when sleeping and Jessica prefers public access because it plays classical music over the ‘community bulletin’ late at night, but in the morning it is either Senate hearings about the proposed
Enter a never-named preacher at the Essence Music Festival. I woke up to him making a childish slur of the term anthropologists, and then he continued to bash science for a little while, and a slight lull before the black power part of the speech, which is an altogether rant, but let me just say, tauting racial superiority of anyone is ignorant and racist. And yes, that means I called that man a racist. It was also the logic by which he arrived at the position of ‘black’ superiority. He asserted that Adam has to have been black because dark skin is dominant and genetically it can’t possibly come from a white person. Aside from the whole, you know, simple concept of gradual evolution to better suit an environment, he’d just spent I don’t even know how long talking about how science is silly when it comes to faith or the bible. It’s kinda like Mims saying “I’m hot cuz I’m fly, you ain’t cuz you not.” It’s ri-god-damn-diculous.
OK, here’s my point. You can’t discount and ridicule the belief of a great many (science) then use it as evidence for your claims. If something is wrong about one issue, in this case, science disagreeing with some fundamentals of faith, if you say it is wrong, you cannot go back afterwards and just pretend you didn’t say that and use science as evidence for your anti-scientific claims. This works across the board, not just about religion.
To counter this argument, I’ll advise any incoming college students to buy the book They Say I Say, and use it when writing your future essays. 90% of essay writing at lower levels at least, is formulaic. Its beating the most basic essay structure into your head over and over just hoping that eventually it’ll crack its way through. And rightly so, it is a logical way to form an argument. Intro-Body-Conclusion, state your thesis in the last sentence of your intro paragraph. State it clearly. State your thesis clearly. Did I mention STATE YOUR THESIS SIMPLY AND CLEARLY. This is quite possibly the major flaw in half essays. Either no thesis or ‘argument’ or not a clear one. Aside from that, proper research etc etc. But They Say I Say is a very short, quick (very very easy to read, ie not a textbook)read and you’ll likely bookmark a few of the sample thesis templates.