Religious Conflicts

[Meredith Novak]

Originally Posted by TechLizzy16

Thank you everyone for all of your wonderful insights and opinions. Feel free to continue on posting. My team won the Traverse City District Competition yesterday and this is their second year in the FRC. I am praising God for allowing this. I am disappointed I didn't receive a medal, but at the same time I know that God wanted me to be at home resting and worshiping him.

Congratulations to your team on the win. Everyone on the team should get a medal. Ask your coach. We always get extras for the members who cannot be at an event for one reason or another.

[MarcD79]

I am not one to practice religion, so I am not any kind of expert. The way I look at it, volunteering is a form of "REST" for me. Maybe I do not see it as a vice, or a job, or anything else but relaxation. As has been posted, you have to decide for yourselves what route you want to take in life. FIRST is not about government or about religion. It is about " For inspiration and recognition of Science & Technology". FIRST does its best to accommodate on the large scale. It has to appease the majority, not minority.

[fox46]

It is about " For inspiration and recognition of Science & Technology".

I think of FIRST as a method of improving the world around me. Although I am not particularily religious, I do have my own sense of spirituality. Under this pretense of giving to my community, educating others and improving the world around me, it is my belief that FIRST is a good thing. To mentor a FIRST team of students to better perpare them for their future is one of the least selfish things you can do. I believe god would approve of my efforts to do good for those around me and hence I don't think he would think less of me for trying to make the world he created a better place. Even if that keeps me busy 24-7.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by TechLizzy16

Thank you everyone for all of your wonderful insights and opinions. Feel free to continue on posting. My team won the Traverse City District Competition yesterday and this is their second year in the FRC. I am praising God for allowing this. I am disappointed I didn't receive a medal, but at the same time I know that God wanted me to be at home resting and worshiping him.

Lizzy,
I hope your team took a medal for you. You certainly deserve one.
Al

[TechLizzy16]

Lizzy is my nickname. My real name is Anna

[TechLizzy16]

Thank you!