tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145777522024-03-14T11:02:26.987-06:00Fine Dry WitSometimes Fine...sometimes Dry...Wit? sometimes...Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.comBlogger1356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-7457108338538144012020-06-30T19:33:00.000-06:002020-06-30T19:33:42.064-06:00The Ferocity Imperative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Jo3dLvQPud6T65wFQYW9zwWAzne_xMeNwZCDLAnPEdd-H1920muEKC64EB77PrB61vHr7KVOtdT-Y3oJCpP9aZhBK7kD9sradsVZNcKKsQS10aWYALn8kDIs5Klby0-hDrGMww/s1280/badboy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Jo3dLvQPud6T65wFQYW9zwWAzne_xMeNwZCDLAnPEdd-H1920muEKC64EB77PrB61vHr7KVOtdT-Y3oJCpP9aZhBK7kD9sradsVZNcKKsQS10aWYALn8kDIs5Klby0-hDrGMww/s320/badboy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I've been there. <br /></div><div>I was once attempting to "argue" facts with someone who wouldn't be moved off his <br /></div><div>little sandhill of 'Opinion'. <br /></div><div>Waste of time and emotion. But that's how we learn.</div><div>His EGO demanded that I be proven wrong, so he rejected every single statement I made, no matter how true or provable.</div><div>The more sense I made, the louder he would shout, discounting not only my intelligence but my bathing habits and character of my parents. <br /></div><div>(Only slightly exaggerating.) <br /></div><div>Here's the thing---if he were to admit that I was right about ANYTHING, that would be admitting that he was wrong about something, and his ego couldn't stand that.</div><div>So he kept pounding the Reject button. BAM! BAM BAM!<br /></div><div>THIS is why the humble shall inherit the earth. God opposes the proud, but gives Grace to the humble. <br /></div><div>Those Ego-tarians who would not, will not, ever (!) admit that they need a Savior...won't have one. <br /></div>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-3246392535201330012020-06-03T18:51:00.000-06:002020-06-03T18:51:04.392-06:00TIME FOR US ALL<div>Okay, let's dig in:</div><div>"A black man creates ART, recasting Society in his own image. <br /></div><div>His main character is black, of dubious gender. That means what it means.<br /></div><div>The character has a nemesis, a man who physically abuses him,</div><div>as that is the way that the nemesis expresses his Love.</div><div>The character fully and freely publicly declares his Love for his</div><div>nemesis, which drives the nemesis (who has a wife and kids) <br /></div><div>to greater acts of violence.<br /></div><div>The character also has a protector, a white police man who expresses <br /></div><div>HIS love for the main character by attacking and imprisoning the <br /></div><div>nemesis for his attacks." <br /></div><div>***************************************************************</div><div>Sounds like a storyline you'd see on HBOMAX, or APPLETV, or some other</div><div>streaming service, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>The black artist was George Herriman.</div><div>The ART was a newspaper comic strip.</div><div>The main character was 'Krazy Kat'.</div><div>The nemesis was 'Ignatz Mouse'.</div><div>The protector was a dog, "Offica Pup'.</div><div>Herriman created his Krazy Kat in 1910,</div><div>110 years ago.</div><div>It ran in newspapers until Herriman's death in 1944.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-5376100575774037462020-04-18T08:41:00.000-06:002020-04-18T08:41:44.524-06:00June 12th 2023 Let Thy People Go!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Palpable BUZZ in the air as the reporters shuffled around talking, waiting at the Regency Fairbourne Conference Center for Mayor Aldo Lanin to come out and make THE announcement.<br />
Lanin, Mayor of Powersite, Indiana, was the LAST public official in the United States who had not lifted the Covid-19 Stay At Home edict from 2020.<br />
Powersite, Indiana, home of the fighting "Beihring Rabble Rousers" and a defunct<br />
plastic utensil factory was home to 38 families, most of whom worked in nearby Sparks, Indiana.<br />
Mayor Lanin's family had been THE family holding sway in Powersite since before the Civil War. Aldo is the 23rd consecutive Lanin to be Mayor; their reign may come to an end as public opinion amongst the 38 families has turned against Mayor Aldo and his stiff necked refusal (his words) to lift the ban.<br />
All became quiet as Mayor Lanin appeared and with a weak smile approached the lectern.<br />
"I know what you want." He said. "But I cannot in good conscience allow our citizens to leave their homes! If they die-and die they will-from this terrible disease, their blood will be on MY hands!"<br />
The dean of the reporters present, Elbo Lanin (no relation) lifted his hand.<br />
"Aldo...maybe next week? The Rousers have a football game Friday, so maybe we could move The Announcement to Thursday?"<br />
Mayor Lanin sadly shook his head.<br />
"You can't pressure me! Move up The Announcement 24 hours? Powersite needs to be SAFE for Powersitians!"<br />
And so it goes.<br />
Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-6969666535594970912020-03-28T02:19:00.001-06:002020-03-28T02:19:19.845-06:00Your Best Life Now Or Everyday a Friday Or Something<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Day 47 of Viralpanik Solitude MARCH 2020. Children born since this involuntary imprisonment have never played outside; they've heard stories about "Parks" from their older siblings, but they don't believe them.<br />
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Government has declared Martial Law (NOT Marital Law-that's not funny) and the films it uses to Instruct/Indoctrinate the sanitized masses are: "The Seventh Seal", "Masque (wash your hands) Of The Red Death" and, of course, "Idiocracy". As Idiocracy is NOT in the public domain, it has been replaced by "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" (wash your hands).<br />
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Mostly for that 'Bring out your DEAD" sequence. And "Kill the Witch". And "The Black Knight".<br />
Idiocracy never (wash you hans) really stood a chance. <br />
<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-64746397251139260182020-03-24T17:13:00.002-06:002020-03-24T18:03:49.707-06:00No Fear This Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The gentlemen shown here lived through the Great Depression and made it through just fine.<br />
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated: "Only thing we have to fear is fear itself." he was calling for the nation to remain calm during those very tough Depression years. <br />
A few generations before the Depression the country survived a Split and War Between the States which was resolved by those who had the resolve to do what needed to be done.<br />
Scary times now? Not so much-I trust that the entire country is unified in solving this problem, as it has every time in the past.<br />
See you on the other side of this, probably sooner than later.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-30329522649825344852020-02-14T18:50:00.003-07:002020-02-14T18:50:51.472-07:00You Know It's TRUE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">Pride.</span></b><br />
Quoting from the book of James, <i><b>"God opposes the proud, but gives Grace to the humble."</b></i><br />
Men such as we see above had fallen into pride; believing that they were above all Law.<br />
They had insulated themselves from Conscience, had 'silenced' every "nay-sayer" in their circles who might humble them.<br />
You know what?<br />
Christians are just as susceptible to Pride as any strutting Il Duce.<br />
But God humbles the Christian who becomes proud, and I thank God for that.<br />
Be wary of any "Leader" who cannot bear to be contradicted or humbled.<br />
That leader may soon be found on the scrap heap of history, because God opposes the proud still, AND still gives Grace to the humble.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-74981728424538188942020-01-30T18:28:00.001-07:002020-01-30T18:28:25.546-07:00Himmelblå <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If I were a dog, this is what I would look like.<br />
Just dumped a screed which didn't actually need screeding-I do often edit myself, believe or don't.<br />
I will say that I am very thankful to God for His continuing to draw sinners to repentance- He adds to His family by adoption through Jesus Christ.<br />
Seek Him while He may be found.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-27134105217442489582020-01-18T14:56:00.000-07:002020-01-18T14:56:16.933-07:0033 Years Come Back To Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah, Memories!<br />
Was just partaking in the dirty vice common amongst my townspeoples:<br />
Snowblowing my driveway and the sidewalks around my house-as I'm on a<br />
corner, I get to keep two sidewalks open.<br />
I found these frames buried 2.5 feet down at the end of a sidewalk which had been<br />
plowed shut by a city snow guy. Didn't find a head.<br />
33 years ago this very month I had an incident with glasses.<br />
Actually, it goes back farther if I'm going to tell this right.<br />
40 some years ago my family had a dog that was killing chickens or something, so we had to 'chain him up' which my Dad did by stretching a cable from a tree to a telephone pole so that the dog could run around back and forth.<br />
After the dog was over that rainbow, the cable was cut and it wound up in the tree but way up so that it wasn't a danger to most mortals. Cable quickly forgotten.<br />
33 years ago this month my Dad, brother and I are taking turns, tooling around the property on a snowmobile.<br />
I'm having a great time, roaring around, then I'm on the ground and my face hurts.<br />
Standing up on the snowmobile I was within the cable's clutches, so to speak, and off I went.<br />
Broke my glasses in half, gave me a nice Heidelberg across my nose which might have broken-already been broken a few times, so I don't recall.<br />
Thing was...I kinda need my glasses, and I was moving to Las Vegas in a few days, so...Dad drove me to the big city and we found one of the first "One Day Glasses" places and I was set for my journey which I am still on.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-6094307435141296522020-01-16T19:33:00.001-07:002020-01-16T19:33:36.006-07:00Izzy's Comfy Chair Predicament<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Izzy, woken by pain, could breath a bit. Her eyes, when they could, focused on the smiling woman at the desk.<br />
"Back with us, Ms. Castile? Good-you nodded off there for a moment."<br />
Izzy noted her wrists were still zip-tied to the chair. She flexed her arms- she was stuck.<br />
Not wishing to look at Ms. Granie, smiling in her office chair, she looked up and to the right of the woman, at the portrait of the Emperor Larsen, Emily the First.<br />
Mindi Granie held up the card.<br />
"Really, Izzy-if I may call you Izzy? Really, it is SO simple. All you have to do is read this card, just one little sentence into the camera, and we can both go home.<br />
Wouldn't you like that, Izzy? To go home?"<br />
Izzy had already read and torn up the card, which led to her beating and the zip ties.<br />
"Here-I'll read it to you: 'I, Izzy Castile do swear on my honor that I fully comprehend that Climate Change is a problem which we must work hard to solve.'"<br />
Izzy shook her head, which turned out to be a bad idea. <br />
"Why? Why am I here? I have never publicly stated any opposition to Climate Change, nor have I mentioned the subject to anyone here at work."<br />
"But...Izzy. You are a City employee, and yes, you DID make such ridiculous statements. Come clean, Izzy."<br />
"Never in public, never here in the City offices. It never happened!"<br />
"Izzy. Do you expect me to believe that your comments on the "ChairComfort Social platform" were NOT public?"<br />
"Comments made at home, from my HOME Computer, on my personal time, with the use of a proxy server to protect my privacy!"<br />
"Well, not much of a proxy-as a City employee you should know that WE will maintain order and a unified front, which means that we must be vigilant regarding statements made by our Workers."<br />
She held up the card again.<br />
"One sentence. Into the camera, to be kept in your file. Read it."<br />
Izzy spit on the desk just as Ms Granie pulled the card out of harm's way.<br />
Granie still smiled.<br />
"Dear, could I get you anything? Some sour wine, perhaps?"<br />
"I'm fine. Let me go."<br />
"The wine might be a good idea."<br />
"I don't drink alcohol. I wouldn't even take water from you right now if I were dying of thirst."<br />
"Just a cup. I promise-it's only sour wine."<br />
Izzy was going to remain silent, but after a minute a thought occurred to her.<br />
"Granie. Ms. Mindy Granie-the Emperor Larsen recently appointed you 'Grand Climate Inquisitor', isn't that right?"<br />
Granie beamed.<br />
"Yes! And you are the first case on my desk, so lucky for both of us."<br />
"Both of us? How?"<br />
"Because the Good Emperor Emily Larsen is 'Results oriented', and so, if in this very FIRST case I deliver the result she wishes...but here is why we are both lucky.<br />
Because you are going to read this card, and I am going to have a gold star achievement awarded to me! Win/win!"<br />
Izzy's head was starting to ache again. Her feet felt like concrete. Everything in between hurt.<br />
"I will not read that stupid card."<br />
"Finger."<br />
"What?"<br />
"If you do not read this card, into the camera, with a BIG smile on your face...I will take a finger."<br />
"That's CRAZY! Why would you even threaten me like that? You're just a civil servant, like me!"<br />
"But I have a mandate. And a lot to lose if you don't read this card, so, yeah. We'll start with a finger."<br />
"You wouldn't dare. Not over something stupid like reading a card!"<br />
Mindi Granie and her smile froze for a second, and then she pressed the button on the desk and Ferdy Argone stepped into the room with one hand behind his back.<br />
"Ferdy! This lady is crazy! Call the cops and get me out of here!"<br />
Ferdy looked at his assistant zip-tied to the chair and shook his head as he brought the pruning shears from behind him.<br />
"Izzy, I'm sorry, but she told me I owe her TWO fingers if I don't take one of yours. Read the card for Emperor's sake!"<br />
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Right before the weather on the morning News it was reported that a city employee-name not released until family could be notified-had a blood alcohol reading of twice the legal limit as she was found in her car which had cascaded down and submerged into Miller Creek in Lincoln Park. She was 27. <br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-7009209631566833772020-01-15T18:08:00.000-07:002020-01-15T18:08:00.229-07:00Ben Ev O Lence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Benevolence is described as "Desire to do good for others"; and it usually comes about when someone else gives an example of benevolence to a person.<br />
That person shown favor and good wants to pass it on to others.<br />
We Christians only have our 'Name' because of the Benevolence Christ has showered upon us.<br />
His making it possible for us to be restored to fellowship with God through His cross is the ultimate example of Benevolence.<br />
The best benevolence that I can share is that God is still redeeming souls-every saint is but a sinner saved by Grace; while there is life there is still Hope that God will extend His Benevolence to us.<br />
May God richly Bless you today.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-34432660307393789402019-12-19T19:12:00.002-07:002019-12-19T19:12:36.717-07:00Wait For Iiiiiiit....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Forgive, please, but this is how my mind works.<br />
Object lesson lands in our laps, we use it.<br />
Above picture is a mosaic of Nan, Chuck and Joe.<br />
If you were to ask them if they believed that President Trump<br />
is guilty of Impeachable offenses, I'm pretty sure that they would<br />
"YUP!".<br />
Okay yah so,<u> let's say that it IS TRUE</u>~that President Donald Trump <u><b>IS</b></u><br />
guilty of whatever he has been accused of.<br />
<b><span style="color: red;"><u><i>REALLY Guilty.</i></u></span> </b><br />
Not just assumed guilty-<i><b>really, really guilty.</b></i><br />
If President Donald Trump sought forgiveness from God, all of his guilt,<br />
all of his offenses would no longer be held against him.<br />
THAT is Grace. That is what God does for those who come to Him<br />
through Jesus Christ.<br />
Even Donald Trump. <br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-36255401879801190032019-11-27T06:06:00.000-07:002019-11-27T06:06:15.727-07:00Blessing For YouShort and sweet.<br />
Whether you accept it or not,<br />
whether you like it or not<br />
Jesus Christ is still offering<br />
Salvation to those who need it<br />
Which is all of us.<br />
No sin or sinful life is greater<br />
than His ability to save you.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-57965078195466349742019-10-02T18:13:00.000-06:002019-10-02T18:13:10.836-06:00Illegal Aliens Rant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pretty picture, sun setting on the Grand Marais harbor.<br />
As the title of this post is "Illegal Aliens Rant" you probs assume that you<br />
and your opinion are all set; you don't even have to think about the subject.<br />
But you are wrong.<br />
Not talking about Border Security or Walls or any of that.<br />
The Illegal Aliens I'm talking about are the encroaching horde who attempt to<br />
invade the Kingdom of God.<br />
In the here and now, that means false Christians who<br />
infiltrate churches and pretend that they belong to God.<br />
They are not citizens of Heaven if God has not made them citizens.<br />
Most of the New Testament books warn against false believers, warn Christians to be wary of such pretenders.<br />
Jesus Himself stated that there would be false believers who would be cursed:<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><sup style="cursor: hand;">21</sup>“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is
in heaven <i>will enter</i>.<i> </i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="26"></a><br /><i> </i><sup style="cursor: hand;">22</sup>“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did
we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name
perform many miracles?’ <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="27"></a><br /><sup style="cursor: hand;">23</sup>“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew
you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’Matthew 7:21-23.</b></span><br />
I see them.<br />
I see false brethren with blatantly blasphemous theology gaining footholds and authority in churches that are not spiritually discerning.<br />
Responsibility falls on the leadership of the churches-if they are not guarding their flock against 'illegal alien false Christians'...they will answer to God.<br />
Not to me, not to any other Christian.<br />
But God will hold them accountable.<br />
Read Colossians. Ephesians. Galatians. 1 & 2 Peter.<br />
Read Ezekiel, chapters 1-12 and see how God dealt with false believers.<br />
Christians, protect your homeland~become spiritually discerning, which means that along with clinging to the GOOD...<u><i><b>reject the BAD. </b></i></u><br />
Honor God by keeping your church free of illegals.<br />
Ask God for discernment, and don't just assume that you have it, have had it for years and don't need Doug barking at you in a post.<br />
Someone stated that "Discernment is seeing all subjects as black and white without any shades of gray."<br />
Be like that. For the sake of your church and for God's Glory.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-191948343503846892019-09-29T10:04:00.001-06:002019-09-29T10:04:33.643-06:00Skating Away On<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last night when I should have slept, my mind was working on this analogy:<br />
Hockey puck on the ice.<br />
Has no ability to get into the net on it's own.<br />
Just a puck. <br />
<i><b>We are the hockey puck, and the net is heaven.</b></i><br />
<b>God</b> is the hockey player who, with his stick, guides the puck towards the goal.<br />
The stick buffets the puck on the left and right, right and left~the player is<br />
protecting the puck from the other team,<br />
which wants nothing more than to steal the puck away and drive it into hell, the opposing net.<br />
All that the puck knows is that it is being hit-it can't see the whole ice.<br />
But God is a master hockey player and skillfully keeps the puck heading towards the <u><i><b>right goal</b></i></u>. The other team ALWAYS fails~God lines up His shot...<br />
He SHOOTS! He Scores!<br />
Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-84005960044188337382019-09-19T17:32:00.001-06:002019-09-19T17:32:23.777-06:00Secularius Terrarimus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You do not have to live in a submarine to be part of a sub-culture.<br />
A societal sub-set of humanity has been quite vocal in their Secularism:<br />
not only do they not believe that God exists but also, (quoting a wiser human)<br />
that 'Man is the measure of all things'.<br />
They are rational people, generally good people, who suffer a HUGE blindspot in their visualization of the cosmic all: they can't make sense of a Creation which HAS a Creator.<br />
So they choose to live in a sort of "Secular Terrarium", an existence barren of any thought of God. <br />
As God (in their thinking) does not exist, MAN must step up and solve all of the problems of the Creation.<br />
But MAN is the CAUSE all of the problems, so it's a Mess of a world.<br />
Here's where they kind of get it right-they believe that the majority of humanity, (at least the smart ones)-agree with their Secularism.<br />
Too true.<br />
In this fallen world (hey! Watch that 'fallen' stuff, Doug!)-the majority does embrace the Secular imperative.<br />
So Christians, those belonging to God ARE the minority, the few, the unfallen.<br />
We are the sub to this culture. Absolutely.<br />
For the road and gate are narrow that lead to Salvation. <br />
But this Secular world has an expiration date.<br />
But we Christians will one day live eternally with our Creator and guess what?<br />
God is still calling sinners to repentance.<br />
There has never been a Christian taken from the ranks of Angels-we all, without exception, come from the ranks of those who have been dismissive of God, angry with God, trusting on our own righteousness.<br />
Seek Him and leave the world behind.<br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-73699972169299435772019-08-15T17:56:00.002-06:002019-08-15T17:56:36.276-06:00Count Your Blessings, Pilgrim<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A recent post by the Spurgeon Library caught in my head:<br />
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tends to excite gratitude in our hearts if we remember what the Lord
has done for us. It is not wrong for us to think of all that we still
need from God, but it would be exceedingly ungrateful if we were to
forget what we have already received."</b></i><br />
<i><b>Charles Spurgeon </b></i><br />
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Kindnesses and Blessings~may we always remember them and forget their opposites!<br />
Yes, I'm Blessed with a cat, even though Natasha is a cat.<br />
Over a decade ago a friend (Sarah, who is here on Facebook!) knitted a 'cozy' square for me on which to rest my glasses at bedtime. I have used it every night since, and appreciate the gift and the giver.<br />
There's a lifetime of more Blessings, but enough~<br />
I am Blessed, and thankful, even for a cat.<b><br /></b><br />
<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-39060257449796730162019-06-28T18:57:00.001-06:002019-06-28T18:57:37.309-06:00Hurry Up And Get Young<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a bit of relaxing on a Friday night. Caught a moment of "That 70's Show"<br />
recently and remembered that Mila Kunis famously fibbed that she was older~from her IMDB page: <i><b> </b></i><br />
<i><b>"Auditioned for the situation comedy <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165598?ref_=nmbio_trv_4">That '70s Show</a>
(1998) at age 14. Though actors had to be at least 18 to get the role,
she truthfully claimed she would be 18 on her birthday, not specifying
which birthday, and won the role."</b></i><br />
So what is <b>Ella Mae Morse</b> doing in this post?<br />
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<i><b>"Signed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234153?ref_=nmbio_trv_8">Jimmy Dorsey</a>
at the age of 14 (she lied about her age and said she was 19) and was
subsequently fired after discovering the truth about her age."</b></i><br />
Both Ella Mae and her Mom <b><u><i>swore</i></u></b> that she was 19-she went on the road with the band until her school sent Dorsey a note saying that he was responsible for a minor.<br />
Why all this?<br />
After the mad hurryrush, teenagers wanting to be older, we become older and...that is that. <br />
I am very happy to be my age, and to have so much of my journey behind me.<br />
Simply enjoy Life. Whenever you are.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-21836316985535264772019-06-25T17:43:00.002-06:002019-06-25T17:43:36.001-06:00Bad Duncan! Bad!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't news much, but I just came across this item.<br />
Duncan Hunter, Republican Representative from California has made a royale hash of his life.<br />
Public/campaign funds used to maintain a lifestyle which allegedly<br />
included affairs with 5 different women.<br />
Not bad enough? Here's a pull quote from the Yahoo article:<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>"Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were charged last year with improperly
using more than $250,000 in campaign funds for family vacations, their
children's private school tuition and other personal expenses. Margaret
pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this month, but Hunter, who was
reelected to his sixth term in November while under indictment, has
refused a plea deal."</b></span><br />
When someone does wrong, <i><b>it is wrong.</b></i><br />
A Christian ministry leader years ago decided that HE did not have to pay taxes.<br />
He ended up in prison, and that was well deserved.<br />
Duncan Hunter may end up there.<br />
"But Doug! He's a REPUBLICAN! Circle the wagons! We NEED his VOTE!"<br />
Nope.<br />
Wagon circles are fine if someone is innocent.<br />
But protecting the guilty because of political affiliation only encourages bad behavior.<br />
Bottom line-keep to the straight and narrow, be honest and REMAIN honest, especially if people have invested confidence in you.<br />
Don't be a Duncan. <br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-62647878851462262902019-06-02T11:01:00.000-06:002019-06-02T11:01:05.730-06:00But Then,Teacher, WHO Is My Brother?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Borrowing from history~~the picture above is of the Hovelson brothers, circa 1910 or thereabouts. Not a real car, though they were truly brothers.<br />
Heard a sermon today about "Falsity In The Family"~the Family, of course, being the Family of God.<br />
<u><b>Conundrum Corner</b></u>~if some <i>are</i> false, <i>are</i> they actually, truly <i><b>IN</b></i> the Family?<br />
Jesus Christ, Paul, Peter, Jude and others all warned against 'false brethren'.<br />
No where in Scripture can I find it stated that false believers will be with the Family of God in Heaven.<br />
So...we pray that that God's Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.<br />
Would you consider it God's Will on earth that we welcome false brethren and teachers into the Lord's Church?<br />
Or, as is stated throughout Scripture, are we to be wary of such false believers?<br />
Even, perhaps...confronting them, and NOT fellow shipping with them?<br />
Paul stated to the Galatian church: <br />
<u><i><b>"<sup style="cursor: hand;">6</sup>I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting
Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="10"></a><br /><sup style="cursor: hand;">7</sup>which is really not
another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the
gospel of Christ. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="11"></a><br /><sup style="cursor: hand;">8</sup>But even
if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what
we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="12"></a><br /><sup style="cursor: hand;">9</sup>As we have said before, so I say again now, if any
man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be
accursed!"</b></i></u><br />
Here's the thing-there <b><i>are</i></b> dead churches full of unsaved false believers which have <b><i>oodles of theology promoting a different Gospel. </i></b><br />
Paul doesn't say, "Y'know, there are some true Christians in those churches, so we should fellowship with them even though they have a wrong Gospel."<br />
Some may say, "You can't play God, Doug! You don't know who is or isn't saved!"<br />
No, but it's not about me. I follow the God who said,<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>" <sup style="cursor: hand;">21</sup>“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is
in heaven <i>will enter</i>.<i> </i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="26"></a><br /><i> </i><sup style="cursor: hand;">22</sup>“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did
we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name
perform many miracles?’ <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="27"></a><br /><sup style="cursor: hand;">23</sup>“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew
you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.' "</b></span><br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-24079888009125811402019-05-25T21:58:00.002-06:002019-05-25T21:58:28.359-06:00Nana's Daughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh what fun! Memr'ies! Thank you, parcel shipping company!<br />
Watching television tonight: a shipping company commercial promoting their new Robotic Delivery of Parcels service with a song: "He Needs Me" by Harry Nilsson.<br />
Sung by Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall) regarding Popeye (Robin Williams) in the best movie musical based on a comic strip that Bob Altman ever did.<br />
Don't know if this will work:<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ji0RvwjntA<br />
I mentioned 'Memr'ies' above~~<br />
<b>1961/62. One of my earliest memories is of my parents convincing me to eat my spinach because Popeye loved the stuff.</b><br />
<i>"Well, if HE likes it, I'll eat it."</i><br />
Fast forward 18 years~I'm a sailor...in port in Chicago when the "Popeye" movie<br />
premieres.<br />
I loved it then, and though I haven't seen it for a few years, I love it now.<br />
BTY~the cute little bundle of joy in Olive's arms in the picture above is Robert Altman's grandson; 'Swee'pea' turned 40 this year. Probably loves Spinach.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-79140015957956409812019-05-19T19:30:00.002-06:002019-05-19T19:30:33.776-06:00Nicodemai All Over The PlaceOnce again, my wordage needs explanosity:<br />
"Nicodemai" would be the plural of "Nicodemus" the teacher of Israel whom Jesus took to school in John chapter 3.<br />
The smart religious fella who thought that his ticket to Heaven was paid. <br />
The one confused when Jesus said, <span style="color: red;"><b>“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom
of God.”</b></span><br />
Recently had a conversation-<b><i>just kidding~we were talking past each other instead of conversing</i></b>-regarding the Big Q: "<u><b>WHO</b></u> is Born again?"<br />
One of us suggested that there are some Born again Christians in every denom including the Catholic one.<br />
T'other say 'Nay', that those whom God has chosen to be Born again will leave dead, heretical churches.<br />
God will lead them to churches where the majority of faithful ARE born again.<br />
This non-Conversation sent me on a journey where I found that: <br />
A: Catholics believe they are Born again because they have the Mass and each time they Mass they repent of their sins, ask forgiveness and since they have already been baptized, they can yell Bingo! with a filled card.<br />
B: A Lutheran denom admitted that <u><i><b>they</b></i></u> were the Born again ones, not like those <span style="color: magenta;"><u><i><b><strike>OTHER Lutherans</strike> </b></i></u></span>who co-habitate with Methodists and Catholics and Mormons. No Sir!~they are <b>THE</b> Good Born Again Lutherans.<br />
I think that Christ was very clear in John chapter 3. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="6"></a><br /><span style="color: red;"><b><sup style="cursor: hand;">"5</sup>Jesus answered, “Truly,
truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="7"></a><br /><sup style="cursor: hand;">6</sup>“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit."</b></span><br />
No church can declare a person Born Again.<br />
God calls All to Repentance, but only those whom God has chosen will respond to that Call. <br />No Call?<br />
No repent?<br />
Not Born again.<br />
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Believe or Don't (makes no nevermind over here) but this <i><b>isn't</b></i> a post bashing Democrats. I was struck by the juxta of these two pictures today.<br />
When paying for a house or vehicle, you take the long view, knowing that it might be years before the 'transact' is a finished 'tion'. <br />
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has most of her life ahead of her. She <i><b>lives</b></i> the long view.<br />
Bernie Sanders. Seventy eight years old. As the old joke goes, he doesn't buy eggs a dozen at a time.<br />
Love Bernie all you like, but the 'long view' won't feature Bernie Sanders.<br />
And that is all right-the future belongs to the young, those who will be relevant 30 years from now.<br />
I just checked- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was born in 1989; she will be 78, Bernie Sanders present age, in 2067.<br />
The future belongs to the young.<br />
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Palm Sunday- notes on the sermon 4-14-19… Luke 19:28-40</div>
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The people expected Messiah to come and reign as King,
breaking the yoke of the Roman Empire.</div>
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How did the people know to expect Messiah on that particular
day? Was it foretold?</div>
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Some believe so-this is from a blog, “Kevin’s Blog” but I
have heard the same number elsewhere:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“So, from Daniel 9:25, we are told it will be 69×7 years until the
Messiah comes as Prince. For the Jews and Babylonians, the year was
360 days long. So, this gives us 69x7x360=173,880 days.
The start of the prophecy is the command to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem,
which we are told about in Nehemiah 2:1-8. This occurred in most
likely 444 BC, in the month of Nisan. The 1 of Nisan in 444 BC
corresponds to March 5th, 444 BC. 173880 / </i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;">365.24219879</span>
= 476.067662981 = 476 years, 25 days. This would put with date for the
end of Daniel’s prophecy when the Messiah would present himself as King as
March 30, 33 AD. Passover in 33 AD was on April 3rd.”</i></b></div>
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Humanly speaking, it is easy to set a number of days-just
backtrack from the date and find a number that works for you.</div>
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But God is precise, and we needn’t argue about equations, as
we take on Faith that Jesus is the Messiah and whatever He did was done
perfectly, right on time. </div>
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The point was made that the owners (Lords of the donkey) in
either Bethphage or Bethany were willing to give their donkey once they knew
that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“The Lord has need of it.”</b> </div>
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This willingness<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> was </i></b>worship and honor for/of the
Lord who was Messiah. </div>
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Note that the devil had bedeviled the plans of God all
through History, to no avail. Whether killing the male Hebrew slave babies in
Egypt or wiping out a generation of male babies from the time of Christ’s
birth, Satan had schemed and done his worst, but his worst was no match for
God’s plan of Salvation. </div>
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That foal of a donkey was going to be there just where God
wanted it to be. And those Lords of the donkey would and did honor Messiah just
as God had planned. </div>
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Those people who honored Christ as He entered Jerusalem knew
their Bible-seeing Him riding the foal of a donkey, they would have remembered
Zechariah 9:9</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<sup>9</sup> Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout <i>in triumph,</i>
O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to
you; He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” </b></div>
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They may even have realized that their very shouting of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Blessed is the King who comes in the name
of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
</b>was, in fact,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on their lips as a
fulfillment of prophesy. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Luke 19:38</b></div>
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Instead of seeing Messiah take Herod’s Throne and defeat the
Roman empire, they saw Jesus arrested and found guilty of blasphemy by the
Sanhedrin: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“<sup>66</sup>When it was
day, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and
scribes, and they led Him away to their council <i>chamber,</i>
saying, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="74"></a><br />
<sup>67</sup>“If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I
tell you, you will not believe; <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="75"></a><br />
<sup>68</sup>and if I ask a question, you will not answer. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="76"></a><br />
<sup>69</sup>“But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right
hand of the power of God.” <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="77"></a><br />
<sup>70</sup>And they all said, “Are You the Son of God, then?” And He said to
them, “Yes, I am.” <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="78"></a><br />
<sup>71</sup>Then they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we
have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.” Luke 22:66-71</b></div>
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How bitter it must have been for the peoples who had so
hoped in Jesus as the Christ, to see Him denounced by their leaders and
punished by the very Roman legions they had expected Him to conquer. </div>
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Their abuse of Christ found in Luke 23:18-25 may have been
from the heart, from their very being. He had raised their hopes and
expectations to the point of joyous celebration, but now they felt betrayed, fooled
by someone who, in their eyes, turned out to be just a man. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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They may have thought, “What Messiah allows Himself to be
arrested, tortured and crucified?”</div>
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We have the answer in His Word, and His Spirit testifies to
the truth that:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“6 He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the
preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light
of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the
end of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>20</sup>He who
testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come,
Lord Jesus. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="23"></a><br />
<sup>21</sup>The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. Revelation
22:20-21</b></div>
Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-32592542671567058362019-04-13T10:11:00.003-06:002019-04-13T10:11:47.146-06:00Bag It Yourself<div>
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I'm getting old.</div>
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This site, 'bag it duluth' was shared on my FB page by a friend. </div>
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I'm as pro-earthy as the next; obvi recycle and do my part by NOT littering, keeping my human footprint to a minimum, being a good steward.</div>
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I read through the materials and as I said-I'm getting old. Something seemed off, something didn't strike the ear right, and I couldn't pick it out. The group 'bag it duluth' presented both problem and solution succinctly.</div>
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But the inner-libertarian in me whispered, "Why, if they don't like plastic bags, why haven't they spoken to the businesses which use them, asking them to stop?" </div>
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I assume that they did speak to the businesses, but didn't like the answer they received. So now they are appealing to the public, looking to force the businesses to obey through political force. </div>
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<u><i>THAT</i></u> bothers me. The idea that, if you don't like a business, for whatever reason, that you can force that business to bend the knee to you through political clout.</div>
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My inner-libertarian shouted, "If <u><i>I</i></u> don't like plastic bags, <u><i>I</i></u> will NOT use plastic bags. But I would NEVER force my opinion on anyone else."</div>
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I drilled down through the 'bag it duluth' website and found that this isn't merely a corporate pollution issue...</div>
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it is actually a <span style="color: red;"><u><i>RACIAL ISSUE</i></u></span> and how do you feel now, Mr. Racist?</div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Environmental and Climate Justice</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></strong></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Of
the many factors contributing to the <span style="color: red;"><i>environmental inequities</i></span> is the
proximity of many <span style="color: red;"><i><b>low-income and communities of color to industrial
facilities producing and disposing plastics resulting in respiratory
diseases such as asthma, cardiovascular disease, neurological damage,
developmental and reproductive disorders, numerous cancers, diabetes,
and other health conditions. </b></i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><i>Communities of color have higher exposure rates to air pollution than their white, non-Hispanic counterparts.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><u><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">Landfills, hazardous waste sites, and other industrial facilities are most often located in communities of color. </span></u></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Climate change disproportionately affects low-income communities and communities of color. <span style="font-size: small;"><b> End of page from their site.</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> I thought climate change affected <i>everyone</i>, but if that were so, then <i>everyone</i> would be a victim rather than 'low income communities' and 'communities of color'. </b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>You MUST have <i>A</i> specific victim to champion! </b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Of course, the assumption made is that these victims, poor dears, must have a white (!) knight in shining noble armor defend them because obvi, being communities of color, they are helpless to defend themselves. </b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>That thought is more offensive to my humanity than plastic bags. </b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Every grocery store I visit has a bin for recycling plastic bags, which I assume is good. No Store or business has attempted to guilt me into following their political agenda. I'm bagging 'bag it duluth'.</b></span></span></li>
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Much has been made of being tolerant, of respecting the opinions of others.<br />
Sounds GREAT to me!<br />
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He made it possible for fallen sinners to be redeemed, restored to a right relationship with God.<br />
Thank you for your tolerance so far!<br />
I believe that the Bible is not only the very Word of God, but that, as God's Word, it is the arbiter of morality and truth. Meaning that what God declares to be good is GOOD, and what He calls sin is SIN.<br />
Isn't open-mindedness wonderful?<br />
For example, when God states in Leviticus 18:22~<br />
"You shall not lie with a male as one lies
with a female; it is an abomination."<br />
That is right, moral and true.<br />
You may disagree with God, but what He says is what He means.<br />
There may be a whole plenitude of peoples who disagree with God.<br />
Doesn't matter one iota. God is the same yesterday, today and forever.<br />
My opinion, which you, as a tolerant open-minded individual have graciously chosen to respect, is that the people who need God the most are those furthest away from Him. Farthest? you know what I mean.<br />
Ah~the picture above. Taken early morning on a lake, you can see only morning mist. But a few minutes later, a beautiful scene.<br />
Right now you may not be able to see God clearly, but He is. Those of us who have been brought into His family through Jesus Christ know that God's way is the only right Way. His Word the only right Word. Living for Him the only right Life.<br />
Those who have read all the way down to here, thank you for tolerating me.<br />
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