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Stumpfoot, welcome back! Isn't construction wonderful? lol…until my current job, I've always worked as a bookkeeper in the residential/commercial construction industry. Personally, I find it interesting to watch the construction process of any building but I certainly understand the headaches that go along with it.
An ancestor on my father's side of the family was a member of the House of Burgesses and my maternal grandmother's family are descendents of the Staffords in England.
Thank you, Donald, I appreciate your answer. So many subjects to possibly study and so little time. It's all confusing then to add the crazy experience I had last semester.
There are whole schools of historical thought that avidly seek to avoid history-of-religion approaches. The most notable are the New Left, Economic Determinists, and of course Marxist Historians. These groups are ideologically driven, or at the very least, they seek empirical analysis through scientific stimulus (e.g. socio-economic factors, geographical influences such as climate or topography, or through inter-disciplinary approaches involving Political Science and or Humanities (which depend on literary criticism). Take your pick, but I find History-of-Religion to be a very versatile and worthwhile approach because religion is one of the dominant sociological motivators that move History forward.
Donald, should I continue with my plan to major in History and minor in Religious Studies? As I posted previously, last semester's experiences totally deflated my enthusiasm. I'm extremely interested in US History in relation to religion but am rethinking this...
Wow Ski! This has been my viewpoint for years. In fact, I've been thinking about minoring in religious studies because I wholeheartedly believe religion & history go hand-in-hand. Unfortunately, I had such a horrible experience this semester in my Religious Studies class that I'm rethinking this plan. My prof was so totally "out there" that none of us could follow what he was saying. Plus, he was extremely anti-Christian, anti-Jesus; really turned off the class. I'm very disappointed, now.
I agree with all you've posted above but in some respects, and this may be the emotional side of me, I truly believe the Founding Fathers had excellent minds. It's not that we do not have people now, nor have we had in the more recent past, people with such fantastic intellects as these gentlemen but I think the timing of their coming together and the circumstances involved was an amazing moment in history. Ben Franklin – an absolute genius, imo; Thomas Jefferson was such an eloquent writer and great thinker; same with John Adams, etc. Just amazing. (sorry if I keep using that word over again: “amazing”.)
H.H. – I understand. My strong opinions get me into trouble many times. That's when I hear my father's words echoing in head…along with seeing my husband's smirk on his face saying, “now, bail yourself out of this one, will you?”…
Donald, you're correct. I hate the suffering part, though. We seem to be able to solve the majority of problems in the world through technology, science, medicine, etc. but we can't solve the suffering.
I agree with all that's been posted but my question is along the human rights line of thinking – the US has been guilty in the past in the manner in which African-Americans & American Indians were treated; is this common when a country is gaining strength & dominance as a world power? I don't know if my question makes sense to anyone – I hope it does – but I've wondered about this many times.
