A few news articles

Dear Readers,

Here are some news articles and some of my thoughts about them.

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE5622D020090703?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&rpc=22&sp=true

This first one is an article about a reality TV game show where a bunch of atheists have to hang around a Christian priest, a imam, a rabbi, and a Buddhist monk for a long time. If any of the atheists convert, they win a trip to a holy place. If they turn Christian, they go to the Vatican; if they turn Muslim, they go to Mecca; if they turn Buddhist, they go to Tibet; if they turn Jewish, they go to Jerusalem. Pretty cool, huh? I’d like to watch that show. Some may say a show like that would cheapen religion, but I say I’d rather have a show like that than Temptation Island or Paris Hilton’s My New BFF.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1194896/Cows-bred-burp-reduce-potent-greenhouse-gases.html

This second one is about how scientists are trying to figure out a way to genetically modify cows so they don’t burp anymore, so they don’t release methane that contributes to global warming. Ha ha ha. Them crazy scientists.

I read this other one where some scientists were trying to see if pigeons could be art critics or something. Like, the scientists had a bunch of pigeons looking at art and then they watched their behavior. Ha ha ha. Them crazy scientists.

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/hospital-ship-staffed-by-hundreds-of-volunteer-medical-professionals-provides-comfort-in-seven-countries

This last one is a feel-good story about American volunteers doing health checkups and giving free surgeries that are needed to poor people in other countries. They got this gigantic boat and filled it with doctors and nurses and medical supplies and they visited a bunch of little islands around Central America. A lot of Latter Day Saints contributed financially and with their time.

America and Mormonism rock!

This is the type of cultural imperialism motivated by love that I advocated when I wrote in a previous post:

But I kind of have the opinion that America has a moral obligation to peacefully spread democracy and capitalism and Christianity throughout the world. That’s a bold statement, but it’s what I believe. I believe that Americans should spread these wonderful things not with an attitude of pride or superiority, but out of a sincere desire for the happiness of the human family.

I hope you are doing well and I’ll see you later.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa