I am in this contest to represent the honest, everyday American. I don't live in a mansion, have the good looks of a Hollywood movie star, eat at fancy restaurants, drive a Rolls-Royce, or walk around wearing expensive suits, shoes, watches, or jewelry. I'm not an astrophysicist, a neurosurgeon, or a CEO. I am just a down-to-earth guy who leads a very ordinary life and keeps his faith in God.
I do not take a single day of my life for granted. I don't take a single bite of food or a single sip of beer for granted. I don't take for granted my loving family, the 1000 sq. ft. roof over my head, my priceless pet Chihuahua, my video games, or the computer I'm sitting at as I type this. God has taught me to appreciate every little thing I have in my life because He can take any of it away whenever He feels like it. I can't even take my Karting talent for granted because God can take that away too via an injury, etc. If I don't win this Karter Contest, it wasn't God's will that I win. I must always accept everything that God has in store for me.

Thank you for voting,
Nicholas C. Harvey.

Harvey Kartel wrote on 05/16/10 at 19:01:08:


You lost my vote.

Best campaign topic yet!

Do you actually want my vote or is this a pro-god campaign?

cutz22 wrote on 05/16/10 at 19:07:00:


Same, for the same reason.

Timothy wrote on 05/19/10 at 10:25:35:


Playing the devil's advocate here, but are all atheists as prejudice as you two are? On second thought, don't answer that. I will assume in ignorance that they are.

A good man is hard to find - good thing we have at least one in the Karter Contest! Consider my vote earned!

Camster wrote on 05/19/10 at 12:51:38:


I'm not prejudice.  

Well, like many of the rest of you, I still live at home. (Of course, wherever you live is "home"...)

I'm looking around and trying to decide what I should really try a career in, and going to school to master the skill I want. It probably won't be the military, because I also like video game development (as video games have been my life for so long), but I could also try teaching (like Florent Lecoanet does), linguistics, anthropology, maybe even astrophysics, that last one really enthralls me with the prospect of time travel and interstellar travel via wormholes (which can be created by focusing enough energy on one point). I'm not sure, however, to what extent God would allow us to mess with the space and time He created--- could He have paralyzed Stephen Hawking to keep him from inventing those very things?  

I'm not so stupid like some people on this board think I am, and fairly good with a wide variety of different things, so if I truly needed to get a job quickly, I ought to be able to get it, even something mundane and low-paying like fast food or manual labor (the latter of which I've worked in before). I'd prefer to do something I like, of course, but if it's necessary to keep my face fed, I'll wear whatever work boots will fit.

In the mean time, family and God have been taking great care of me...  

I think he said that if he doesnt win it then as far as God is concerned, it wasnt meant to be. So its fair, lets just go with the flow.

Well, it is impossible for us to totally understand God's reasons. My thing with Hawking is just a theory, of course, but there's always that chance. Perhaps He doesn't want too bright of a boy to play with too big of a toy. Hawking probably could lead some kind of experiment, given his ability to "talk", but just imagine how much more he'd be able to accomplish if he could move, too. I don't think God would allow a man to build, say, a warp portal to Heaven, as I do believe that it is a parallel dimension  

So the good guys could win WW2.

I don't think He wants to see it used again, though...  

Well, first off, God isn't the only person who is wanting control of this world. In fact, so far this seems to be quite the situation that is working for the benefit of evil/satan. A big bomb that blows up cities and kills hundreds of thousands. That in itself is terrible. Then, the blame is immediately put on God. That is pretty convenient.

Also, although we have yet to really see an example, the nuclear bomb may be used for our good in the future. I don't know how, but it might. All technology that is invented stands a chance to be used for either good or evil.

Maybe the nuclear bomb is being used for good in the sense that it is a pretty damn good wake up call for humanity.

Just some thoughts I had for now.