Stupidity, Morality, and Prophecy

While I am at work I get the oppurtunity to hear a lot of the news that is going on in the world or to read about it online. This post is dedicated to my opinion on three particular stories that have made headlines today.

Story #1
"Researchers have found that there has been an 50% increase in skin cancer amongst women since 1980."

Does this surprise anybody at all. While listening to this report I couldn't help but laugh at the huge amount of surprise that the anchor expressed. Granted a 50% increase is something to be worried about. It is estimated that over 62,000 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed this year.

It seems that many people are shocked considering the increases emphasis on the use of sunscreen this summer. Well, sunscreen isn't very effective unless you apply it every 2 hours and it is has a SPF over 30 and includes protection for UVA rays. Most sunscreens block UVB rays but UVA rays are the ones that cause skin cancer.

Because of the affect the sun has on their face, causing sunspots and wrinkles, that is generally the only place women put sunscreen on their face only and generally disregard the rest of their body. Granted there are many women that are smart and use sunscreen correctly...and they are the ones that aren't getting skin cancer.

Tanning beds are the other culprit in the increase of skin cancer. When you go tanning your body is bombarded with UV rays that allow you to tan faster and easier. The problem with this is that you don't allow your body to build up any protection from those rays. When you lay out, your body is exposed to uv rays for a longer period and they are less intense allowing your body to protect itself. It's like being sprayed by a garden hose(laying out) to being sprayed by a firehose(tanning). It's much more intense.

Overall, it is healthy for your skin to be exposed to the sun but like everything, moderation. Have Fun!

Story #2
"British woman in a Dubai prison for having sex on the Beach"

This one is a no brainer. Granted, I do feel bad for her family because of the heartache that this situation is causing them.

A British woman is in a Dubai prison for having sex on a beach there and is facing up to 6 years in prison because of it. Could this been avoided? Of course!!!

If you are going to travel to another country you don't have to understand/know everything about that country but you don have to understand that it is not your country and there are certain things that you probably should not be doing.

Dubai is a country where they practice the religion of Islam. In that religion that hold women to certain moral standards. Women are to remain modestly covered...hence the burka. Now a woman is having sex on a beach in their country. Taking Dubai's view of women into consideration, this womans arrest is not a surprise. Unfortunate? Yes. Your going into a country that holds women to strict morals and then you perform and immoral on a public beach! Come on!

Story #3 (less of a rant more of an observation)

In May (2008) the California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages would become a legal marriage in the state of California. This ruling sent shockwaves throughout the entire country and very well may effect similar rulings in other states within the next couple of years.

I personally believe that marriage is between and man and a woman and is one of the most sacred steps that a couple (man and woman) can take in their entire lives. I was appalled by the original ruling considering the people turned it down in 2000 by voting against it.

Well if you have been watching the news lately you would have heard about the insane amount of wildfires that have been popping up throughout California in June and July. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and even more have been abandoned with tens of thousands of people having to flee from the path of the flames.
If it wasn't the brave fire fighters that have been working to put out the fires much more damage would have been caused and the families of these heros should be prayed for as well as the fire fighters themselves.

It is interesting to me that the worst fire season to date came shortly after the supreme courts ruling on same-sex marriage. In Genesis you read about the cities of Sodom and Gomora that openly practiced homosexuality. The Lord promised that as long as one righteous person remained in those cities they would not be destroyed. Well, Lott left and BOOM, the cities were destroyed by...FIRE!!! History does and will repeat itself if we do not learn from the mistakes of our fathers.

It seems that in this case it is possible that nothing was really learned and many people are suffering because of it.

I know this was a long post and I hope I didn't sound mean or cynical. There were just some things i wanted to talk about and since i'm at work i didn't have anyone really to talk to.

-Brock