Mad world

-  It's sweet and flattering, having a non-female friend telling you "You're gorgeous.  Really." for no reason.  But I can't respond with anything other than a "Pfft!"
('Cause really, even if it were true, what good does it do if guys don't talk to me anyway?  If the cute second year doesn't notice me? XD)

-  Why is it that when people discount Christianity it's almost always in a mocking, cynical way, but they can calmly discuss Islam, Buddhism, and all other faiths they don't believe in with a respectful, open-minded, academic attitude?  Is it because they believe they know what Christianity really is?  That they've been scarred by it or its people somehow? They say that the Bible's teachings don't show a loving God - but then how in the world do any of the other religions either?

-  The events all over the world are frightening.  It really is a dangerous place, especially for women.  It hasn't gotten much better after all these millenia.  It's heartbreaking and terrifying.  I don't understand.