I had never heard of Sojourner Truth until the latest class session. I don't know whether or not I should be disappointed in myself, or in the schools in which I've been educated. I began to doubt if my right to knowledge and the truth had been satisfied in the past. I wonder how many other things my schools had trivialized and ignored in the history of my people. This should not be acceptable, history should be looked at with the same critical eye that science is. In science there is no dogma, only observations and the conclusions born for those observation. In history however, the winning man is the one who writes the tale. History has no method of discovering the truth as science does. The abuse and distortion in history is rampant even in the churches, a place that people go to and expect nothing but the truth. The actual history in the bible is dropped in favor of a lot of feel-good lines that are taken out of context. The sacrifice of Christ is often lauded over, as well as his position as lord and savior. The pastor emphasizes the need of subjecting yourself to him. Why is it that swearing servitude to the man is often held as more important than the lessons that he had taught? Why is it that the bible as a whole is, for some reason, immune to the scrutiny, analysis, and criticism? This session has reminded me once again that it is important to set out and learn the truth on my own instead of relying on the words of others.