Wednesday, April 25, 2001

I am a 20-year-old citizen of Peachtree City. I have lived in this lovely town since the age of 2, and am a true product of suburbia lifestyle. I was a B student in high school yet dropped out to obtain my GED. I also went to one semester of college yet dropped out to pursue my true goals in life.

Intelligence does not come from school; merely knowledge comes from school. I have learned more history from the History Channel and more biology from the Discovery Channel than my entire schooling career. This is only because school is forced, and I am from a generation that lashes out from all forms of pressure placed on us from opposing authorities.

We feel that we have no say in our life until we are 21, and as a teenager our views are that of irresponsible and immoral children. At a young age, a man begins to learn that to make his own choice is what makes him a man. When we choose something that our parents say is bad or our government says is bad or our church says is bad, yet we see as good, there is no attempt on the others' behalf to understand our choice. The opposing authorities just say no and when we ask why they say because.

Well, these cover-ups for, "We really don't know why," are not good enough for me. I need purpose behind the chains and limits placed on my actions. I am a human being, not an American. The laws of this country are based around the fear of the people and the greed of the power.

Yet God is my ultimate authority. The Bible says I can not serve two masters, so I can not serve America. I am a Christian and the philosophy is that Christ, my God, lives in my body, which is His temple. Hence I am property of God alone, and with separation of church and state, the governmental powers and authorities have no say in my body, for I am a church.

Timothy Wallace

Peachtree City

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