Posted on 07/25/2007 6:25:09 AM PDT by paudio
I didn't 'judge' her. I wondered what the Lord said to her. And I judged actions (i.e. condoning putting people who refuse to repent in positions of power in the church).
You are right of course.
Weird how that sliver of liquid applied to one’s face provides a mask to the world covering all flaws. We wake up a horror and go out the door knowing we have done the best we can with what we have.
And there is a vast difference. Just look at people you see at the mall. There are more and more that care absolutely nothing about their appearance.
By cards what do you mean?
Many times they offered to send information (free) if you requested it.
I’m sure many sent money - but money was never the driving force. I had heard that Billy had a set salary which was published.
By cards what do you mean?
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I forget whether it was cards for free information or prayer requests. I just remember thinking, “Oh, geez, this guy sees a stack of cards and thinks there are millions there when there a probably a thousand from a few radio broadcasts. Then I heard at the end of the show that it was a Billy Graham crusade and I realized that I was the one being foolish and making assumptions.
Thank you and thank your church for doing so.
Those people have nothing at all. I do so pity them - especially the young that are affected.
It is easy to paint all with a broad brush of disgust. But, there are people there facing problems that the rest of us never have to face.
How many of us made a conscious “choice” to be heterosexual? None that I know of. But, we expect them to be able to change their sexual feelings. How?
Just imagine a young teenager boy being told to quit eyeing the girls and eye the men instead. How far would you get? Now maybe the reverse of that is what far too many young teenagers have to face.
We overlook the young males that make mistakes with their sexual drives when they are heterosexual, but what about those never progressing to heterosexual but possibly stuck with the preteen disregard of boy/girl relationships?
Something is going on that we do not fully understand as we judge all as filth.
Not to take issue with the Biblical rules, but I often wonder if there is some malfunction of development going on here with many. I just don’t see young teenage males seeking to become an outcast from their peer group or being able to willfully discard an interest in the female species. Maybe there is a malfunction in development putting them in a horrible situation that they are not equipped to deal with.
They are still children.
So, therefore, I treat them all with kindness and leave the judging to God. They do not have much to look forward to in life - no real home, no children, no stable family life.
Worth repeating.
How many pedophiles made a conscious choice to be pedophiles?
Amen!
You’re funny. I get my hair done once a week and apply lipstick, which always comes off in five minutes (and not from kissing either). I never wear foundation, skin’s pretty good, and rarely apply any makeup at all except for eyebrow pencil and blush. I do need my blush. I can do it in 3 minutes or less. Hubby doesn’t like makeup so it’s okay with him if I’m bland (smile). Ah, what we women have to go through to please them -—
I’m sure whatever He says, it will be the right judgement. He knows the heart and I’m sure His judgement can’t be any worse than she received while she was alive. Pitiful woman.
Absolutely.
True. So, what is going on?
That is so true. Remember the pointed toe high heels we endured for years as we ran to work so as not to be late?
However, I endured acne most of my life, so makeup applied effectively over the years covered many flaws. No one outside was going to see me without it.
I remember years ago when I was young and a single mother, I left the skillet heating up with grease in it while I ran to be bedroom for something. Of course, I forgot the skillet and a fire broke out. I immediately got my son and my dog and put them outside, called the fire department and ran back in and put on my wig before they got there.
But as you get older, you realize that no matter how much makeup, or whatever, you still don’t look that great, so gradually you give up.
It’s a perversion. It is something normal that is twisted to be abnormal. It can be conscious or subconcious. But it isn’t genetic. Attractions are not genetic
I quit coloring my hair and people said I looked younger. Go figure. I just asked God to help me grow old gracefully and I don’t look so bad for the shape I’m in. I’m just happy to be alive at this point in time, and get clothes at the salvation army that look good! Mxxx
I can see that fear of rejection from adult females might lure a male to seek younger girls who do not know enough to compare, judge physical matters. Then the internet and the availability of child porn probably feeds the attraction of the young over the adult. Maybe it grows from there.
I feel sure the internet is feeding into all kinds of purient interests and in society we are seeing the results.
Had a young girl assaulted at a church service as she returned to an upstairs classroom for a lost item. When that could happen in a church building while a service was going on should scare any parent. What is happening in the malls, the normal young activity sites?
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