To be frank, I’m not quite sure what I feel offended the most by: the glaring grammatical errors in your article or your utterly nonsensical line of logic, or rather, lack thereof. First and foremost, I would recommend you pay attention to the grammar and spelling tools in MSWord (SpellCheck is your friend!) or at least get someone to read it over before posting it on the Net, so at the very least people will somewhat understand the point you are trying to make.

And now onto the nit-picking: I am most amused at your description of how you “converted” to atheism– because doesn’t atheism mean a total rejection of faith and isn’t the word “convert” usually tied to those who are switching to noather faith (i.e. a believe in some supreme force in the Universe)?

That said, I wholly agree with the above comments that you are blowing the Student Council President’s use of the phrase “God Bless” completely out of proportion– it was not as though she was proclaiming her faith to any particular “superior power” or calling on the student body to join her faith, whatever it may be, she was simply using a generic phrase in the way people say, “Hey, good luck!”, though of course then you might proclaim me a heathen for believing in such paganistic concepts. Also, well, I believe it is quite a common and widely accepted practice of giving motivational speeches to your juniors when you step down handover certain posts to them, but maybe it doesn’t take place where you go to school to, so I don’t know.

And finally, I just wanted to thank you for providing such immense amusement to us all– I hope to see more of your articles in the forseeable future.

Once again, thank you and GOD BLESS.

its ok kangwei we are still friends.

The speaker and many other speakers alike use god bless as a form of ending salutation and well wishing. It could be perceived to also to be ‘blessings’ from which ever belief you subsribe to. It is intended to be out of goodwill. Such comments are not meant to be under the assumed state that everyone follows the same god.

In this case, what if the president was not a christian (inferring this from what you thought since you stated that you would accept this in SJI)? Yes, I do recognise that the term is used widely used by christians particularly but really, it was a form of kindness!

You mentioned that you felt you had to write this letter especially after the national day speech by our PM. I believe you were not there when the PM also reminded the audience about tolerence for each other’s beliefs and practices?

Oh by the way, just curious, why didn’t you feel the need to approach the president or (if you already have and are still disgruntled) the TJC’s administration??? I’m sure they’d like to hear about this.

OMG HE/SHE SAID GOD BLESS OMG!

Just a kind reminder, no offence meant. : )