ok so i'm new here, and haven't done anything like this before, hence the lack of knowledge about how to start, um, hi. my name is becky, i'm a 1st year chemistry student in edinburgh, but i'm originally from newcastle. i play oboe, violin, guitar, bass and piano, and i'm currently deciding what to pick up next. i have a piercing addiction, i'm currently at 12, and eagerly awaiting my next one, but i'm saving it until my exams are over, so i have some incentive to work. i love to read, my favourite book is gormenghast by mervyn peake, closely followed by norweigan wood by haruki murakami (if i've spelt that right it's a miracle). i'm a christian, and a vegetarian with equal fervour, i've been a veggie for 2 and a bit years, and i'm contemplating veganism. i love music, almost all genres, but at the moment folk especially, i'm eagerly awaiting the new peatbog faeries album, i love them so much i'm really frustrated by passivity in people i meet regarding issues i see as important, mainly looking after the people that need it most, be that the homeless on our streets, or the children orphaned by the widespread aids epidemic, while pharmaceutical companies that could provide some form of help, in relieving symptoms, and providing people with a more comfortable existence, price their help out of the entire 3rd worlds price range. as far as i know, thats me, apologies for the mini rant, i'm really lovely, i'm just passionate. love bec xx
i'm not sure, i'm currently having a minor crisis and wanting to switch to medicine, so if i manage that, i'd love to be a paedeatric doctor in a hospital, if not, maybe post-graduate medicine, although that'd put me in huge amounts of debt. i guess debt isn't that bad, i can pay it all off if i'm a doctor anyway. if i continue in chemistry i had planned to go into teaching, but i'm not sure i could anymore. drug research and development would be good, but it'd mean working for a massive evil company, as seen in my previous rant, and i'm not comfortable with that at all
i have 4 piercings in each ear lobe, tragus in one ear, rook and helix in the other ear, and one in my nose. i can't decide where to get pierced next though, i'd like a lip piercing, but i can't play oboe with one. i do quite like the levellers, but i've not heard as much of their music as i'd like, i came across them by accident, cos their album had a pretty cover.
um, in this country, i think there are a lot of issues relating to the nhs, and i don't think the government really understand how to organise it properly, they put too many people in supervisory organising type roles, and don't leave enough money for nurses and doctors to be employed with, which is stupid. in the world, i really think the whole israel - palestine thing needs to be sorted out, but i also know that that's not possible without making at least one group of people unhappy. it'd be nice if that could be worked out. i also don't like how massive corporations exploit the 3rd world, fair trade is so important to me. and 3rd world debt is unnecessary, we could easily cancel it and not be in any financial difficulty, and that would give the countries a chance to cope on their own from scratch
I've never done one of those daisy chains. I'd like to think of myself as innocent. I did make a daisy chain that was 3x my height, I think I'm about 5foot4 ish, so that's make it about 15feet and 12 inches. How many inches are in a foot?
I got a lot out of studying at emmanuel. I fully support the school, mainly because I've been through that system, and I know it works, although it doesn't suit everyone. It doesn't aim to brainwash people into Christianity, but it does come from an evangelical christian background, so students do understand the religion, but that's not the only religion they teach there, and there are students of other religions, though most would be agnostics. The school has an amazing reputation, because the results are good, and it's well disciplined, which again doesn't work for a lot of people because they find it oppressive. I enjoyed being there, I understand why they are so openly Christian, and, although Dawkins isn't in support of the ethos, it works, and that has been recognised by the government I think.
What's your opinion on evangelical (fundamentalist/charismatic) Christianity as opposed to other forms of the religion?
I was raised in an Anglican church which was about as far from charismatic as it could get I think. Now I attend a charismatic church, and I think that charismatic Christianity is more biblical. Obviously I'm not condemning any other forms of the religion, I know many people who wouldn't necessarily agree with me on some theological points that are just as Christian as I am. I think the church tends to split too often, and that's not how it was meant to be, it's come about because as humans we are flawed, and so will interpret things differently. At the end of the day, all Christians are worshipping the same God, and I don't think the way in which we do it is as important as that.
Have you ever spoken in tongues or witnessed healings? Don't worry, I'm not poking fun as some people might, I'm studying charismatic Christianity alongside fundamentalist Islam on my course....
Yes and yes. And not in the manner that is shown on TV a lot of the time, I'm not sure I agree with televangelism. For a week last summer I was camping at a youth event, with around 5thousand other young Christians, and one of the evenings the speaker prayed for healings and around 100 people, I think, I'm not certain of numbers, were cured of various things. I had major hip pain for about 4 years before that week, irregularly, and I was prayed for, and it's not hurt since.
Do you find it hard to maintain a liberal/progressive outlook on life in that environment? I don't know much about British evangelical Christianity, most of my research in on American movements, but would it be difficult to speak up in favour of gay rights, for example, as it is in America?
