Sinners in the hands of an angry god

So the other day in class we read an expert from a sermon told by Jonathon Edwards back in 1741 telling the congregation of what can happen if they ever stepped out of lines. this sermon included 10 things:

1. God may cast wicked men into hell at any given moment.
2. The Wicked deserve to be cast into hell. Divine justice does not prevent God from destroying the Wicked at any moment.
3. The Wicked, at this moment, suffer under God's condemnation to Hell.
4. The Wicked, on earth - at this very moment - suffer the torments of Hell. The Wicked must not think, simply because they are not physically in Hell, that God (in Whose hand the Wicked now reside) is not - at this very moment - as angry with them as He is with those miserable creatures He is now tormenting in hell, and who - at this very moment - do feel and bear the fierceness of His wrath.
5. At any moment God shall permit him, Satan stands ready to fall upon the Wicked and seize them as his own.
6. If it were not for God's restraints, there are, in the souls of wicked men, hellish principles reigning which, presently, would kindle and flame out into hellfire.
7. Simply because there are not visible means of death before them, at any given moment, the Wicked should not, therefore, feel secure.
8. Simply because it is natural to care for oneself or to think that others may care for them, men should not think themselves safe from God's wrath.
9. All that wicked men may do to save themselves from Hell's pains shall afford them nothing if they continue to reject Christ.
10. God has never promised to save us from Hell, except for those contained in Christ through the covenant of Grace.

Pretty tough huh? Well that's how it was back then in a heavily religious society. For those of you who don't know the history of the united states, those were puritans who came to the US seeking religious freedom. Would you be able to live in a society like that , what if you were told that if you step out of line ONCE you'll end up in hell like it doesn't even have to be a big step huh? How Do YOU Like Those Apples?

We're different... So what.

Things have changed since Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. Most places are becoming more diverse with religion, races, ethnicity, etc. Although there still is a fear of change or something  different that some people may still have, we are all still EQUAL. Woah big word huh? we started reading about a former enslaved poet taught to read and write by her master, and she wrote "for in every human breast God has implanted a principle, which we call ~ it is impatient of oppression, and pants for deliverance; and by the leave of our modern Egyptians I will assert, that the same principle lives in us." Even though it barely applies to us now, the poem was still a strong message saying blacks were EQUAL, to whites.
     Whitney Young (the school i attend) is one of the most diverse schools in Chicago, but i still feel like there's literally ZERO racial tensions within it. Some of the guys i hang out with, are Hispanic. Do i care that i'm black and they're Hispanic, no not at all, they're some of the funniest coolest people i know. We do come from different cultures and backgrounds, but we don't diss them, we ACCEPT them. 
     Wanna hear something funny? From the time i was born until 6th grade, i never saw the color black nor white, nor tan figuratively speaking. It just did not matter to me because if they were nice to me, and funny why not get to know them better. I still say i'm not prejudice to anyone, there's no reason to be, can you say the same? what if someone judged you by your race when you walked into a court room huh? how do YOU like those apples?

Introduction

         Okay so i am one cool person to be around, or hang around and I'm very easy to talk to. I'm a very handsome, sharp dressed, smart young intellectual and I am just drop dead gorgeous, oh wait.... we were supposed to describe the reader in first point of view right? ;)
         So Hi guys I'm Alex, i could go on a rant about boring, useless facts about my life, so i will. I'm African American but i was born in thailand, just kidding i wasn't. Yes, I live in a bad neighborhood but I some how avoided gang violence and peer pressure around my house, maybe it was because school, or maybe it was because i had and still have DREAMS. big word huh? I actually WANT to live to see 18, even though in chicago, there's risk even if you aren't in a gang. I WANT to see my Mom smile, as I proudly strut across stage at graduation. I WANT to see scholarships offers on a table in front of me therefore giving me a choice as to which college i want to attend. I WANT to see a fellow college scholar so drunk that he passes out on his face and lose most of his front teeth to the pavement, that IS apart of college life right?
          I'll stop with the 'I have a dream' speech because I'm no Dr. Martin Luthor King who wrote by far one of the most influential speeches of all time, and with my speech, I'll just be influencing high schoolers to go see a drunk college guy hurt himself really really bad which is, horrible, still go to college though, it's good for your health. I think this is too long so i guess i'll stop. I hope you guys learned a lot about me from reading this :).

P.S my signature name "HowDoYOULikeThoseApples" is because I'll be blogging about different things i read and see what'd you guys think about it :).