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1 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Sir Pent | 24440 | ||
Contrary view ................................. Dear Hank, I don't want to pick on you, because it seems like many people are saying the same thing you are. I'm just responding to this post, because it's the last one I read. I'm a little tired of everybody talking so much about freedom. Yeah, it's great that we live in a country that has it, but is it really worth killing people over. I'm glad that I can say what I want, and go to a church building in broad daylight, and get as many groceries as I can afford at Wal-Mart. However, none of these things are really necessary. None of them are INHO worth killing someone to hold onto. If I were punished for my speaking, so be it. If I couldn't get anything at Wal-Mart, God would provide. And if I could go to a church building in broad daylight, I could meet in my house at night. If I was caught and killed, so be it. I do not fear those who can kill my body. What I'm trying to say is that in America, we have overvalued freedom and personal rights. This is partly to blame for why our society is so selfish and is falling apart. But it is also why so many good people are confused into thinking that they should kill people just to hold onto those things. It makes me a little upset, and I've been in kind of a bad mood today anyway. So I better leave things for today and come back tommorrow, when I can live up to my name and keep things "Pent" up better. |
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2 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Hank | 24449 | ||
Sir Pent, if those freedoms which you mentioned, that now you may not think you prize so highly, we stripped from you, it is my considered guess that very soon you would be whistling a different tune..... I think you wrong in your observation that civil freedoms are partly responsible for our country's "falling apart." Moral and spiritual ills, not civil freedoms, are the more likely culprits, don't you think?..... And fret not thyself about "picking on" me! If I were unable to defend my views with some semblance of rationality and scriptural foundation, I should not post on this forum. --Hank | ||||||
3 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Sir Pent | 24622 | ||
Personal Note .................................. Dear Hank, I'm feeling better today, and want to once again say that I am not trying to pick on you. I know that you can handle it, and you consistently contribute excellently to this forum. I was a little testy yesturday, and that affected my outlook. As for this particular thread (by the way, why is it being blocked from appearing on the homepage?), I wholeheartedly agree with you that the spiritual lostness of our society is the root cause of all problems. At the same time, I think that individuals have demanded their personal rights and freedoms to the detriment of the society and world as a whole. Don't you agree my friend? |
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4 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Hank | 24634 | ||
Sir, I'm happy you're feeling better today! Yes, certainly I do agree with you that certain individuals and groups have made unreasonable demands, citing "civil rights" or "minority bashing" and things of that sort. There are certain groups who seem to feel that they deserve special treatment and special laws over and above what the remainder of our citizens are accorded. I think you get the drift....... As to the restricted thread, I would guess that the people at Lockman saw some things in it which they felt violated their terms of usage. Sir Pent, my sincere apology to you if any of my remarks to you of yesterday were barbed or unkind. Your brother in Christ, --Hank | ||||||