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Inner peace and outrage can

wabby — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:32:34 +0000

Inner peace and outrage can co-exist, I believe, but, it's very rare because it's hard to balance the two simultaneously without one of them overtaking the other. I've managed it once in my lifetime so far and I will tell you, it left a deep mark in my memory.

A viable alternative to outrage might be simple determination. Instead of railing against an injustice, dedicate an effort to altering the situation until you find sufficient resolution.

But, that sounds kind of...unenergetic, does it not? And unenergetic is not the same thing as inner peace.

Or, you could always adhere to the advice of that sage, Steven Tyler.
Don't get mad. Get even.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdsUY7rNStI

Innerestin' question, VA.

Your link has good scriptural

Resistance — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:22:31 +0000

In reply to I am also reminded that years

Your link has good scriptural references

Beginning page 6 - 8

Scripture:

"Few biblical mandates are as clear as those to care for and nurture those in need"

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What these false Christians give to others, is what they will receive on judgment day.

When they say "when did we see you hungry, we did we see you in need"?

Dicks right though ......................... Imagine that.

Darn hypocrites.

When they say we're a Christian nation; ....are they kidding or just plain LIARS?

Their very actions speak loudly, they disown the teachings.

Imagine that!!!

Richard Day — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:43:23 +0000

In reply to I am also reminded that years

Imagine that!!!

I am also reminded that years

rmrd0000 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:04:42 +0000

In reply to You can't make the

I am also reminded that years ago, an appeal was made to the Christians in Alabama to vote to change a tax code imposed in 1901 that created an undue tax burden on the poor. A United Methodist Church in Alabama made a Biblically based appeal for tax reform.

http://na.brickriver.com/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/NACTaxFairnessPosit...

The Alabama voters rejected the tax reform proposal.

You can't make the

rmrd0000 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:06:22 +0000

In reply to at least attempt to focus

You can't make the Conservative Evangelicals feel guilty by using Christian tenets against them. The Evangelicals are blessed because God has chosen them. The people who are in need have some fault internally that makes them poor.

"God helps those who helps themselves", is the common refrain. Job was put through hell on Earth, but because he was faithful, Job recovered all that he had lost and more. Or as Cain says, "If you're poor, it's your own fault."

Of course one has to tune out the messages about the meek inheriting the Earth and the eyes of the needle a wealthy person has to pass through to get into heaven. Properity preachers like Osteen and Dollar carry the day.

What the Evangelicals fail to realize that the Christianist God that they worship might as well be a white racist since blacks and minorities would go unnoticed by his ministry according to the Evangelicals.

Compare the evangelism of Martin Luther King Jr and that of many Evangelicals. The two belief systems are miles apart. The Evangelicals, when pressed, consider King a heretic Communist. They will not feel guilty about amassing wealth, the waelth is their birthright as newborn Christians.

How many years did he screw

Oxy Mora — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:32:27 +0000

In reply to Humorous realization of his

How many years did he screw off looking for the right kind of clay. And what about lead poisoning?

at least attempt to focus

Resistance — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:25:43 +0000

In reply to As people might have noticed;

at least attempt to focus one's outrage rather than let it spread thin.

Where is the darn moral majority?

People are losing their homes, people have no health care, the price of food, if you can get it is skyrocketing.

Why hasn't anyone asked them, what is YOUR solution?

"If you were God almighty himself, what would you do? WWJD" ?

Of course the evangelicals would say," if you don't work, you don't eat"

Here is where the BS spreading, is thin.

Why does the Moral majority, not speak up against those who fight tooth and nail against Obama's job plan? If you say "they must work, to get fed" otherwise you're a leech; and yet you provide no jobs for them to work at, then your request for blessings is a fraud.

Remind the Moral majority, that their saying to friends and neighbors, their brothers and sisters, " be well fed and be well clothed"; as though wishing them blessings; yet doing nothing to lift a finger, to make sure they are well fed and well clothed?

Or that Good folks of the Moral majority will tell the poor " have good health" yet then deny them access to good health care, because the poor cant afford it."

The evidence is clear the Moral hypocrisy is in the majority; I'm imperfect and I can see it clearly.

How does the Perfect God of these people; view their hypocrisy?

You're absolutely right Dick, We need to focus on the very foundational support of those, who continue to place people in power, who only "have a form of godly devotion, but proving false to it's power."

Remind them to meditate on the phrase "God Bless America" meditate on why and who should get the blessings; rest assured, it isn't the hypocrites.

Come Lord Jesus, clean house.

(As you can tell I get moody too).

Only if it can be

Verified Atheist — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:17:32 +0000

In reply to Wouldn't say happy, but

Only if it can be incorporated into an enjoyable skit!

Wouldn't say happy, but

EmmaZahn — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:10:58 +0000

In reply to Now you've ruined my fun

Wouldn't say happy, but pleased to rectify the mischaracterizations. Would it make you feel better if I posted something somewhat unflattering about Emerson?

Now you've ruined my fun

Verified Atheist — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:27:22 +0000

In reply to Humorous realization of his

Now you've ruined my fun mischaracterizations of Thoreau. You happy?