From The Classroom To Real Life

So as I sit here, really what I am doing is avoiding homework, however I look around and observe the world, the society in which I live, the people and try to think about their lives. The crisis we have in today's world is 

As I began to write about the above journal entry, headphones in, typing away, two women approached me, introduced themselves, (I pulled out one headphone) and they proceeded to invite me to their bible study. I apologetically declined, and informed them I was not interested. (slowly putting my headphones back in) She then asked if I believed in God, I responded with "now that you ask, no I do not". Before I could put my headphones back in, they began to ask me an assortment of questions, what my major was, where I was from, what high school I went to, and then, of course, began to talk about their lives with God. So I thought, why not apply some of the things I have learned in COMS 225 to have a healthy and structured conversation with her. I began to make my argument, state my position and my examples and reasoning behind this. (You could tell she did not take COMS 225) She went on about her experiences, her beliefs about God and religion, and did not ever have a counterargument for my original position or example. While she was talking I put out a finger for everything that I wanted to make a counterargument about, and was making notes in my head, since I thought it may be rude to take notes while she was stating her side. So after about 15 minutes of her not letting me get in a word, I began to take my side of the argument, backing it up with testimonies, life examples and research I have done in the past on the subject. I even finished my argument with a cross examination question so she had the chance to openly speak about her thoughts of what I had just responded with. She finished with her conclusion, where she only continued to speak about her side of the argument, and did not try to resolve the counterarguments I had explained nor answered my cross examination question. (She definitely had a violators point of view on the subject) So I concluded with letting them both know that I understood what her and her friend were trying to do, (convince and inform students on campus about their religion and to attend their bible study) but that I wanted provide them with some perspective and understanding about how some people may feel about the subject. (She hopes that I will meet with her in the future so we can continue this conversation and she can "convince" me)

I believe this is a crisis because although I had apologetically declined their invitation to sit down and start this conversation, they proceeded anyways. Some students feel pressured by this sort of engagement, and I do not think it is right to press your beliefs onto another when it is unwelcome. There are plenty of students who engage with the people who sit at the tables with information, who are wanting to learn more. However, lucky for them, they found a student who was looking to practice some COMS 225 skills.