tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166629932024-03-07T10:01:38.872-08:00Todd Saunders - A Useful RecordTodd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-78724393442105045752016-11-15T13:23:00.000-08:002017-05-15T06:53:17.768-07:00Just a couple of remarks I had to make on the PBS miniseries The Story of the Jews<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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This is a little something I needed to write down after watching just the first 20 minutes or so of the PBS documentary series
<i>The Story of the Jews</i>.</div>
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The documentary by Jewish author Simon Schama sets the stage
for the telling of the history of the Jews with a conspiracy theory launched by
Sigmund Freud (a self-described “godless Jew”) that suspects the Israelites of
having grown resentful toward Moses for introducing the Law, they murder him,
and then out of guilt and remorse decide to honor his law anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thence began the rich history of the Jews
(?). This is a theory unable to be supported by scripture and considered by
even the documentary’s author (a Jewish atheist) to be outrageous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Freud’s undertaking here servers as an example
of how intellectually gifted men are able to ignore clear evidence and even manufacture
evidence in their own minds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
stated that Freud’s motivation for his extensive writing about Jewish heritage late
in life was to preserve the history of the Jews, not as a faith, but as a
people. There indeed are both kinds of Jews.</div>
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The author Simon Schama’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>personal Jewish philosophy celebrates the Jews
as existing “apart”, and remaining “separate” from everyone else in the world
by reason that they are of superior heritage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The perspective gives little credit to their God whom they deem only as a
fictional god - ironically, the entire reason for their existence throughout most
of their scripture based story, but instead take the credit for themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, it's as if they’ve taken His blessing of permanence and now have
run with it while choosing to forget the curse which accompanies that same
blessing in the event that they have forgotten about in the end.</div>
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My complaint with the author is this: the documentary gets several of the
well-known facts about completely wrong. The author refers to the “Jewish
Bible”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no such thing as a
"Jewish Bible". It's a term put into use relatively recently in religious scholarship history meant to associate it with the Christian Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awkwardly, in the next
sentence, he then switches from using the Hebrew Bible to the Bible (the
Christian one) in order to begin his Jewish history. No Jew would do that –
they don’t regard what we the ordinary person refers to as the Bible as having any merit. And here, the ordinary viewer is who make up his audience. And he does all of this while
talking with the excavating Jewish archeologist who is with him at the site of
the battle of the future King David and Goliath, the freakishly large (sorry
Andre! [“the Giant”]) Philistine warrior (who was the same size as some of the
tallest men in the world in recent history), and with the archeologist, agrees
that the stories in the “jewish bible”(?) are meant to be taken metaphorically,
not literally. Citing from the Bible instead of the Jewish scriptures, as a
Jew, would at best be considered wrong minded, and at worse be blasphemy against
te Hebrew word of God (very un-Jewish). This is a Jewish historian and author
trying to glorify his own Jewish heritage while discrediting both his own “Jewish“
God as well as his God’s subsequent visible and tangible Christian revelation
to the world. This is what bothers me.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he makes a worse
error as a historian. After a lengthy introduction he says, “There would be
another way for Jews to approach their God directly, the Hebrew Bible”. (Music,
quaint imagery).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The bible started to
be written down around 2700 ago” (?).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’ss
not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2700 years ago corresponds
with the time scripture was translated from Hebrew into Greek into the Pentateuch,
thousands of years after they were first recorded. Scripture, in reality, is as
old as known history – roughly 12,000 years - if you accept the original Hebrew
authors breakdown of the chronologies found in the biblical gospels (evidence
for this is down page in my Facebook timeline), and had been written down as
well as passed down through word of mouth (men and God’s) since the beginning
of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But really, it was first
written down in a formal manner roughly 3450 years ago (not 2700).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is a basic error for a respected
historian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think he as greater
intentions here than just the history of the Jews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think he is trying to do a good job at
confusing the issue of who Jews and Christians really are. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This author is claiming a so-called “Hebrew bible” played a
part in the advent of the Jewish people starting 2700 years ago. In reality,
2700 ago is when after thousands of years it had simply been translated from
Hebrew to Greek. That is a contorted beginning to a contorted representation of
Jewish history on PBS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just couldn’t
let him get away with that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, I feel
better now.</div>
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Hopefully this is no offense to Barney the green dragon.</div>
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And I intend to watch the rest of the 5-part series expecting great entertainment and educational value. </div>
Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-58051343258435955642016-01-05T10:22:00.002-08:002018-12-25T15:32:50.979-08:00Does God Hate Homosexuals?<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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My daughter heard this statement
the other day: "God did not create homosexuals, because God would not
create something he hates", and that got me thinking (never takes
much). The assumption here is that God did not create the homosexual tendencies
in men (males and females), because he hates homosexuals and would not create
them, and he therefore is not responsible for creating them. Did He
create them? Does He hate them? My daughter suggested I try and
make some sense of this to her.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, the God
of the universe tells us all men have a sinful nature, as well as that, “all
men are liars”, depraved, and yet, that he takes responsibility for creating
every one of us.</div>
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It seems like in Christendom, just like
everywhere else in human conversation, there are statements like these which at
first glance seem to have a ring-of-truth about them (particularly if we want
them to) but then we come to find they are actually erroneous sentiments that
have lazily come to be accepted by men through time.</div>
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Westboro Baptist Church would be an
example of a group of people like this who surely think the introductory quote
is true. We've all heard of them in the national media. They are
the Baptist church in Topeka Kansas which concocted the by now familiar
God-smearing, gay-smearing media-campaign slogan that reads, "God hates
fags". A "fag" in this case is a derogatory word for their
idea of a homosexual.</div>
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What’s a homosexual? To God,
a homosexual is a person who practices sexual relations with a person(s)
of the same sex. Did he make them that way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, the same way he made me (and you) with a
tendency to be a fornicator, covetous, and a liar, yet with the self-control
and respect for him to manage and not to practice such things. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God has made us
sexual human beings with a purpose of reproduction, and he made the sexual act with
both physically and emotionally pleasurable qualities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Used for its own pleasurable purposes it can,
at its best, bring brief physical and emotional satisfaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At its worst, it can bring fatherless
children into the world, as well as disease, strife, jealousy, heartbreak, even
betrayal, abuse, rape, and humiliation into the lives of people touched
sexually by others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There seems to be a strong
sexual undercurrent in almost everything in our culture these days. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There seems to be almost always something
ready to send one’s sexual instincts into overdrive to the point where it
becomes a constant physical challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
find myself sometimes longing for the day when things were a little bit less
exposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this constant arousal factor, it is no surprise
to me that it is uncomfortable for those whose sexual orientation, by other
people’s standards, is not entirely clear. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But let’s get back to the discussion about people
putting words in God’s mouth as a license to hate others, and whether or not by
doing so they are actually condemning themselves.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have done man
hateful things, but his love abided with me then as well, when I was still a
liar and an adulterer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Long after I
should have known better I learned that he was asking me to take him seriously
and understand that if I was going to practice stuff that was not good for his
Kingdom, then I would not be welcome in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That, I came to understand, is very little to ask in return for having
his well-pleased presence walk with me every day through eternity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Understandably, it’s not as easy for many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not merely the same-sex orientation
that condemns the homosexually oriented person, just as your or my orientation
to be covetous, bear false witness, or gossip does not condemn us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is indulging in those acts that does it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the homosexually oriented person, does that
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either – I have no wife, I am under the same constraint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then, it’s true, heterosexual marriage is
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Why can’t a homosexually oriented
person, then, just get a wife (or a husband) under the banner of Marriage and
enjoy the protection it offers so as not to be having sexual relations with
another immorally? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The short answer is
that one doesn’t need a husband or a wife to make love. “Having sex” is not “making
love”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The good news is that two people
can make love without having sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is a much longer answer we are obligated to give here, because love and sex can
be enjoyed together, and even overlap, but for the moment, this answer is true
and simple, even surprisingly sufficient – you don’t have to have sex to make
love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is critical to understand that “making
love” and “having sex”, might, at any given time, have nothing in common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the most precious things I have had the
honor of teaching my daughter in these confusing times is that “you don’t have
to have sex to make love”.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marriage was not designed as a free pass for
merely sexual relations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And even if a
same sex couple were to custom design something which they were to call a
marriage, the famous marital sex act itself could not be consummated since they
don’t have the opposing set of body parts necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be an act of pure sexual
gratification.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Making love is not having
sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted, I am completely leaving
out many of the other non-sexual sentiments homosexually oriented people are primarily
looking for in a marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this post
will get unbearably long even without a discussion on gay marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point I desire to make at this juncture is
that there is no easy fix for finding a channel of relief or gratification for the
diverse inborn sexual desires people are issued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The challenge here is to clarify terms and
concepts to make the conversation more productive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
plod ahead.</div>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
it were a sin to merely lust after a person of the same-sex, then heterosexuals
would be equally condemned for the many times they lust after a person of the
opposite sex to whom they are not married (i.e., fornication, adultery,
etc.). Men are born with a wide range of inclinations – to gamble, drink,
covet other’s husbands or wives or possessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our sinful natures often times are a handful to deal with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In times of challenge, the living God in us
is happy to supply the self-control we are lacking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a sort of loving show-of-strength,
wherein, if we think lack the strength ourselves, God comes to our rescue with
more than enough to make up for our weakness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And no one is condemned. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much
like an alcoholic who may have a longing for intoxication that simply does not ever
completely go away, so are sexual desires of many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet they might choose to abstain. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the case of same sex-attraction, the research literature has it that 25% of
adults in the U.S. acknowledge some same-sex attraction (Gates, 2011),
What condemns each - the heterosexual and the homosexual alike - is not who
they are, but how they practice being who they are. We can't always
practice the things we like. And this word 'practice' is the one God uses
to distinguish between the individuals he condemns and those he does not.
We all have fleshly desires that God has asked us to exercise control
over and use only as He intended. When we fail to follow His road map it
causes problems: unwanted children, broken families, or drunken dissipated
lives, to name a few. And he has let us know in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1 Cor. 6</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gal. 5:19</i> what
those practices are that mess things up. He asks us not to practice those
things. To "not do the things we would like to do" when they are
different than what He intended - things that are vain, selfish things.
He is looking out for his and our own long-term best interests. His
constant and enduring love for our best interest is the only power that will
sustain our interest in putting the desires of His kingdom above our own.
One desire of his is that we discover that he and his spiritual blessings can
satisfy our desires here in this world. He is looking for mere imperfect
mortals to recognize and return his love for them. No imperfection is too
great.<br />
We all have the natural
tendency to smooth over our faults, even drink to much, and sometimes covet,
lie, and steal, as it suits us (he says "these things we all once walked
in", in one form or another), but in doing so we hurt ourselves or others.
And later on in 1 Cor. 6:18 he even appears to distinguish sins at issue here
as those being committed outside the body ("Flee immorality. Every
other sin a man commits is outside the body . . .". ) That is not to
excuse immoral thoughts, but there is a difference between mere thoughts and
those turned into actions - "deeds of the flesh". Those who are
claiming "God hates fags" are wholly misquoting him. God says
all men are liars. The Westboro Baptist church is full of both of them,
and God does not hate them. But they should be concerned that they are
putting destructive words into God's mouth.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> We all have the wrong
thoughts and orientations all day long, and we exercise self-control and turn
away from them (many of us). We try and grow in other directions and in
more productive ways. Who we are is not dependent on whether they are there or
not, but what we do with them when they arise, because God says we are all cut
from the same cloth - "none are good, no not one" - and he still
doesn't hate any of us. The "people" from Westboro Baptist Church,
not God, hate "fags" - whatever a fag is and whether there even is
such a thing in God's eyes. God has never said such a thing; the people
from Westboro Baptist Church are out there hating homosexuals all by
themselves. God is not in it. God has taught us to be disposed to love
all men, and more than that, he has shown us by example.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> So, if God loves all men,
and expects us to do the same; and if I carry around the label of both
"heterosexual fornicator" as well as "accepted child of the
living God" for my past words and deeds, then what prevents a
non-practicing homosexual from enjoying the same blessing? How is it that
a so-called homosexual is hopelessly condemned and hated by the Westboro
Baptist Church for admitting to certain lusts of his or her flesh, and I am
not?</div>
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If you
read about the six things God hates you find that he hates no men or women; He
hates certain things they do and certain things they say, but He hates no
individuals. It's not about who you are, it's about what you do with who
you are. He has made us all of nothing good except the ability to listen
to and follow after Him; unable to extricate ourselves from our sinful nature,
yet able to manage it. And doing so, or attempting to do so, with all of
our heart, mind, and strength, we are considered good, useful, and acceptable
to Him.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> God hates lying, and
all men are liars (or so He says). So does He hate us all? No, He
doesn't hate any of us. He so loved the world (all of His creation) that
He gave His Son for all to behold (to see), and to hear, touch, believe in, be
raised up with, and follow into his presence - all they must do is honor him as
God and then follow after him. He has told us that He is not a respecter
of persons. All have sinned and fallen short; none are good. That's
a part of how man (male and female) is created. And He regards them from
a position of love. He hates no one (there were groups of foreigners in the Old
Testament whom He hated for a season, but He always tells us who and why).
There is no other indication that He hates anyone; not the thief (the one on
the cross), the liar (all of us), the covetous, the drunkard, the effeminate,
nor the homosexual, heterosexual fornicator or adulterer, he doesn't hate any
of us, but rather, says only that he hates the practice of such things.
Instead of hate for anyone, he is patient toward all and not willing to
lose any of them, but desiring only that they turn away from their own glory
(perhaps even false teaching) and towards His Truth manifested and proven not
only in Jesus, but by His own well-known presence from the beginning of
recorded history.</div>
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He
doesn't hate me, or them, for being either heterosexuals or homosexuals but
rather, He says he hates the "deeds" of those who practice such
things - the deeds of the flesh, not the individuals themselves. And
fortunately so, because if I conclude that God hates homosexual individuals, or
any individuals, then I have to also conclude that He hates me all the more.</div>
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I am a
heterosexual who has practiced these unfruitful deeds of the flesh -
"deeds" that God hates. Such things as fornication, adultery,
dishonesty, covetousness, and reviling (for a few). By all reckoning (the
reckoning of some) I must, then, be five times worse off than a mere so-called
homosexual. But instead, I no longer walk in darkness, I no longer do
what I please. Because of God's kindness, His presence, and because of
God's patience, while I formerly walked in darkness and practiced whatever I
wished, that is, while I was still a sinner - worse than a drunk, worse than
merely a liar, worse than an adulterer or a homosexual, he still loved
me. And it paid off for both us us. I turned and regained the
delight of a Father, and He regained a loving son. Now I hate the things He
hates - the useless unfruitful things, the destructive purposeless, vain words
and deeds and things of this life that take the place of better things He has
here for me.. And I don't hate "fags". And neither does
He.</div>
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Look in
Ephesians 5:5, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Galatians 5:19, or Proverbs 6:19, for
examples of what practices will eliminate some from their inheritance in the
kingdom (and there are many more examples). These will be people like you
and I who have decided to give in to the practice of such things. To engage in
these things which are described as deeds of darkness, deeds of the flesh, that
are unfruitful or even destructive to others, or the things of God, in some way
or another. These people possess an urge that, alone, does not defile
them, but what proceeds from their heart in the form of action does. He
hates their deeds, and He waits for their hearts to turn in the direction of
His upward call. Something bigger, better. A fair proposal - a magnificent
opportunity. But I can be sure He does not hate these people he refers
to, because He has not said that He hates them.</div>
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God
tells us that he loves all men. That being the case, then we can't impute His hate on anyone under any circumstance. And if we err, then He restores joy and
comfort to our victims, such as in the text below.<br />
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<i>"Hear the word of the
LORD, you who tremble at His word: 'Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you
for My name's sake, Have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your
joy.' But they will be put to shame." (Is. 66.5) </i></div>
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<b> Wouldn't it be wonderful if I would just end this thing
right here?</b><br />
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Without wandering too deeply into
'how', then, some men and women wind up with a same-sex attraction in the first
place (because I tried wandering into it and it gets really tedious in a real
hurry), I think we have to simply recognize that same-sex attraction does exist
in many individuals, and it is starkly absent in many others. Around
one-fourth of the adult U.S. population acknowledges some same-sex attraction,
and around 3.5% of adults identify as LGBT (Gates, 2011). The object of
your arousal determines whether you are called a heterosexual, homosexual.
We are born with the urges we have, many different. By all indications, I was
born a heterosexual; and with no choice to be otherwise. As it were, with
my lack of success at obtaining a female partner in this life, I should have
perhaps arguably been driven to seek out a male life partner. But the
urge for a male partner is not even remotely in me.</div>
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My sexuality was tested at a young
age, even challenged, by some older (homosexually oriented) friends.
Unlike towards the neighbor girl, the attraction for my male buddies was not
there; the urge was not in me. What was in me, it turns out, was much
worse, if you are a mathematician, and produced a much longer list of sinful
urges God hates, such as heterosexual adultery, fornication, and covetousness,
which alone amounted to several times the condemnation than if I were merely a
homosexual. Even today, as a heterosexual, my flesh still obeys the law
of sin (like Paul's), my heart is deceitful (lying) and wicked above all things
(like yours), and there is nothing good in me (as the Lord has informed us all)
- nothing, yet my mind obeys the spirit of God; and obediently - sometimes
begrudgingly - my flesh follows. Therefore, if God has reason to hate any
anyone, homosexual or heterosexual, because of the abundant, sinful inborn
urges of His flesh, then He would have had reason to hate the
"heterosexual, me" more so. But he hates none of us.</div>
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I know I am not alone in past sins,
because He tells us all that, "in them you also once walked, when you were
living in them". He tells us we all once walked in the wrong things
(big and small) until that time when we reached the point of accountability,
beheld God the Son, and put our faith in what he has said and done. The
difference between me and many who might find offense in talking about past sin
is that I now walk in the light - and therefore in truth, not just regretting,
but making right the errors of the past, no longer looking back but
forward. Now all things are new in that we consider ourselves dead to our
old ways (practices) and alive to new spiritual life and vigor of God's Spirit
within us. We can't change our mortal natures. Each of us is ready
to slip (backslide) into our unique, old urges at any time (ask many prone to
alcoholism) - licentiousness, lying, adultery, homosexualism, drunkenness - if
we say we do not sin, we fool ourselves, and the truth is not even in us. Hate
no one except, perhaps, your own sinful nature. Our sinful nature was
crucified with our decision to receive and follow the life-giving Spirit of the
Lord; now it is ours not to rebuild it.</div>
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Can a person have seemingly
acceptable "heterosexual urges" and still not be in an acceptable
condition with God? ("Acceptable condition with God" is the
definition of "righteousness"). Yes, as an adulterer,
fornicator, molester, covetous - unfortunately the list is long, he can be in
big trouble. Can the same heterosexual be in good standing with God if he
puts aside the urges he knows to be wrong? Yes. Not only that, but he
"can" love another man’s wife for her personality, her maturity
in the Lord, even adore her beauty as a person, without being an adulterer,
fornicator, or covetous. In fact, he is commanded to do so. He is
commanded to love all men (male and female). A heterosexually oriented
man or woman is able to love another man or woman with love authored and
modeled by God without committing a sin, even though fleshly desires are always
not far off. And so can any two men or two women freely love each other
with Godly love while putting aside their respective potential fleshly desires,
and feel no guilt or shame or experience condemnation, for they are commanded
to.</div>
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Let's take this thing one painful
step farther. What about a man or woman in mid-life who has never had a sexual
relationship, never was able to find a marriage partner, is simply not sexually
attracted to members of the opposite sex at all, and if anything, finds him or
herself sexually attracted to individuals of the same sex? What if this
individual finds it unlikely that he or she will ever have an actual sexual
encounter with anyone in this life, in fact never does, suspects she may indeed
be a homosexually oriented, and in turn fears she may never be accepted by God
(or man) - because she is being told as much by her church elders (perhaps
especially in the case of the Westboro Baptist Church)? Her own urges
persuade her that she is a so-called homosexual, yet, she has never had a
sexual encounter with another individual, either sex, and perhaps never
will. She wonders if God loves her or not. She wonders if she is
hated or condemned by God as some of those at the Westboro Baptist Church might
say? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just the very description of her
urges, to some, might condemn her as homosexual (perhaps even a more masculine
appearance). So, where does she stand? Does she somehow have to
develop a sexual attraction to a male before she can be accepted by God and not
be condemned as a homosexual? Does she need to develop a sexual
attraction to men to be saved? Yes, perhaps she can contrive one somehow
if she must, but must she? Does her sexual preference alone make her
doomed as some are seen to interpret 1 Corinthians 6:9? Or is she
entitled, like the rest of us, to simply not practice such things and partake
in the grace of God and follow Christ?</div>
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Here is the most obvious problem with
the proposition at the top of the page. What, as a Christian, do you tell
hermaphroditic people of their acceptance by God - if their church elders are
not sure? They are individuals born here in God's creation who have both male
and female parts on one body. Do we tell ourselves (and them) that
God did not create them that way, that he hates the way they are, that there is
something inherently bad about them, and maybe their forefathers did something
bad to bring it on them? We have no other choice than to believe God
created them, and that it pleased him to make them the way they were
made. Does medical science now have to come to their rescue for them to
be saved from their ambiguous bodies and assure their acceptance and salvation
from God? I would say not. Flesh is flesh, and spirit is spirit.
Their flesh is made of the dust of earth, which God, at one time, cursed for a
time and withdrew his spirit from; but their hearts/minds/spirits, are still
wondrously made, in his image, and designed by him to seek him, and be brought
home with him.</div>
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We can now trace our sexual
behavior, by God's own design, to the elemental things of the world (which God
calls good). They are the chemical underpinnings of our physiological
makings. God's physiology; God's chemistry; we are fashioned perfectly in
accordance with how he saw fit to fashion each one of us, individually, from
the dust of the earth. It pleases Him to form men and women in almost
every conceivable imperfect way; with a mind (and spirit), capable of joining
with His (mind and Spirit) and walking with him through this world. And
if we are puzzled as to how some of those whom we perceive as being to mentally
or physically compromised to rightly answer God's call to them, then we are
comforted by knowing that he has a gracious, unique plan for each of them as
well - He desires that none will parish - He has blessed you and me with sound
minds, others He takes care of as it pleases Him - in His own way. Our job is
to leave room for all others and be mindful of our own unworthiness for such a
love.</div>
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Alcoholics, just like homosexuals,
are one of many groups of whom it is said that if they practice such things,
will not find a place in God's eternal community. Yet, Bill Wilson,
well-known to those who struggle with a weakness for alcohol, even though he
had given up drinking alcohol for many years leading up to his death,
considered himself an alcoholic until the day he died. As an alcoholic,
didn't he know that alcoholics will find no welcome into the kingdom of
heaven? Didn't he fear God's rejection, God's hate? No, he loved
God, and that love likely caste out his fear. He was not fazed by the
hysteria in Christendom over labels. And by boldly admitting that he was
an alcoholic, born with alcoholic tendencies greater than most other men, he
was able to turn to God, and turn many others to God as well. There, God
did not take away his urge, but gave him the strength to turn away from it
himself. Mr. Wilson was able to help tens of millions of other alcoholics all
over the world discover the love of God. He is an alcoholic who was going to
enjoy a place in God's eternal Kingdom, in spite of his label. </div>
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This urge that Bill Wilson
struggled with promised him feelings like he could find nowhere else on this
earth, except in the friendship with his God. Today, through
brain-imaging studies, we observe proof of how consuming alcohol physically and
permanently alters control centers in specific areas of the brain. It changes
them from what they were prior to abusing alcohol and thus we describe it as a
disease. Bill experienced an overwhelming urge persistently lurking in
his system long after he stopped drinking which was constantly threatening to
either kill him, or send him back ultimately into detox in the psychiatric ward
to force him to stop temporarily. He could only make sense of this
process as being "alcoholism". He recognized that, in his case,
the only thing stopping him from giving in to the urge was the Spirit of God,
and his desire to please him. So, he, an alcoholic, and God, went on
together to start the self-help group called Alcoholics Anonymous. He
considers himself a "recovering alcoholic" - always recovering,
always an alcoholic. He possessed an inner urge that almost killed him several
times and which was always poised to do it again. At every meeting for
the rest of his life he introduced himself as "My name is Bill, and I'm an
alcoholic", and encouraged others to be mindful of it as well. He
was an alcoholic whose love for God won out over his love for alcohol.</div>
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I drank excessively at times when I
was younger. I thoroughly enjoy drinking alcohol, but, I can either take
it or leave it. In my experience many Christians drink to the point of
excessive drunkenness socially, particularly on holidays (especially
Christmas), and unfortunately drunkenness is also on the list of practices that
eventually, if not turned away from, will threaten to interfere with one's
admission to God that he or she truly loves Him. Fortunately, as with
most life-draining urges, most of us can both drink to excess or easily manage
to stop altogether, at will. But not all are built alike. We all
have our own unique brain chemistry, and mine is different that Bill's.
The strong biological urge to drink is not in me. I was not born with
alcoholic tendencies, or homosexual tendencies; but, sadly, I was born equally
troublesome urges mentioned earlier, which arguably, are worse than either
alcoholism or homosexual urges. And so were you. Christ has
mentioned them. I no longer let mine rule over me, nor engage in
practicing them. I am sure many homosexually oriented Christians are able to do
the same. Christ never leaves us, but neither does our sinful flesh.
"Hello, my name is Todd, and I'm a sinner", and I will see pennant
sinners of every description, from every entry in this hated list of
behaviors, who have turned from their wicked ways and followed Christ
Home.</div>
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The list of long. What about
the areas of adultery? Or, fornication? There used to be 31 million
accounts on AshleyMadison.com, a website dedicated to helping married Americans
arrange secretive adulterous affairs. It is a better thing for Christianity
that we don't know, statistically, how many of them were so-called Christian
men. Many were (and still are). Many of those who still are likely
consider themselves as having a one-way ticket to heaven on that glorious day
to come when, after tiring of worldy pleasures, they will move on to greener
pastures, and so-called homosexuals will not. I say men, because it has
been found that most of the women's accounts are fictitious, and that out of 31
million men and 5.5 million supposed women, fewer than 10,000 women responded
to a message from a would-be cheating partner, and fewer than 1,500 women ever
checked their inbox. Many womens' accounts were set up for lack of
women. One of the 31 million men, Josh Duggar, surely must have thought
he was OK in his Christian walk and looking forward to a warm welcome home in
heaven. However, as a practicing adulterer and covetous liar, technically
he is on God's list of people who are not welcome in the Kingdom of
heaven. If the average homosexual is in jeopardy, then as an adulterer
and a liar Josh Duggar is in double jeopardy. Not to mention that he has
made a mockery of the Family Research Council with which God entrusted him as a
in fact, a representative of His. This man's uncovered adulterous sexual pass-time
has done more to bring discredit to the Church than a whole nation full of
homosexuals, in my opinion, yet in the opinion of many others, he is surely
"in", and many homosexuals are surely not. Surely, he can
simply check-in to Christian rehab, repent excessively, and give up his urge
toward sexual promiscuity? Do we suppose one day we could ask a penitent
Josh Duggar if he any longer covets extra-marital sex, or even sexual contact
with small children, and that he will say, "No, I am now free of those
urges". Well then, the apostle Paul was not so lucky, and Mr.
Duggar, if he continues to grow as a Christian, will not have grounds for that
claim either. The apostle Paul says he still has the urges to do the
things that he hates, and that only by the grace of Christ's strength in him is
he able to keep from doing them. The old nature is still there with all
of its original potential for evil - apart from Christ. No need to be a
homosexual to be in trouble. By stating that the "urges to sin"
never completely go away, Paul takes away our claim (as heterosexuals) that we
are free from urges of those kinds which God hates, - the many that comprise
the remainder of the long list more multitudinous, wicked, and destructive than
those of the practicing homosexual. And therefore, he gives those whom
have such urges toward homosexual practice the right to claim that they, too,
can acknowledge inherent, inextinguishable urges, not act upon them, and be in
an acceptable condition with God. And neither they nor anyone else gets
to choose the unique, sinful urges he or she is born with, but rather only
whether to engage in the practice of them or not. </div>
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We all have natural weaknesses
(strong urges), some for alcohol, sensuality, to steal things, to covet, to
fornicate; God does not remove an individual's fallen nature, He simply gives
him or her knowledge and self-control to manage it. Even greater than our
self-control - He offers us to be partakers with Him of His divine nature, and
to use it to bolster our own mortal self-control. And that huge,
gracious, Spiritual Gift leaves us without excuse if we do not avail ourselves
of it.</div>
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I have a friend at work. I
love him more and more all the time. He is a 59-years-old fellow whose
mannerisms are very feminine, and which for as long as he can remember, he
says, have made him the subject of physical and emotional violence perpetrated
by Christians and others. He has often cursed homosexuality, who people say
he is, and wishes he were not. But, he cannot change his eye color or add
muscle mass, any more than he can add testosterone to where instead he has
perhaps been given estrogen, and as much as the violence and hatred has made
him desire to, he cannot change how his body involuntarily responds, or doesn't
respond, to men and women. He refers to himself as someone society would
describe as a gay man. I know nothing about whether he is a practicing
homosexual, nor did I ask him. If he had asked me, I would have had to
confess to him that I have practiced things in the past which would exclude me
from Christian participation, and so, I spared him the wayward question.
He describes himself as an evangelical Christian, and, he is, he is
"in" (that is, in the Kingdom, in my opinion). I know it.
Christ says we are able to see Him in others, and I see Him. And it is
beautiful, as one would expect of Christ. He testified faithfully about
His knowledge and love for the Lord, and in my opinion, he's a shoo-in. But
when I judge myself using the same criteria I use to know that he is accepted
by God, I conclude that I may be in trouble. I felt ashamed, and here's
why. He, and I, and two other staff were talking 'shop' in the med room of the
group home we all work in. One of the young ladies was repeatedly adding
the expletive "God damned" in the middle of just about every point
she was making (I capitalize it because we all knew to which God she was
referring). The homosexual spoke up and said, "You know, I have a
real problem with that." She said, "What?", and he said,
"with using God's name like that", and I sat there. The
homosexual's idea of loving the Lord was to stand up in defense of His name,
and mine was to . . . sit there. Which one of us is "in", and
which one of us . . . should be concerned? This is a man whom, if many of
us Christians met on the street, would be identified and labeled negatively as
an effeminate man, probably, we would think, a homosexual. Some of us
might even warn him that if he doesn't change - it doesn't matter what he does
(practices or doesn't practice), he's on his way to hell. And some of us
need to be concerned if we meet him, because, Christ is there, in Him, watching
. . . us. I work with this guy and love Him more and more as time goes
on. Christ makes it easy. It is one of the few Christian
relationships I have had thus far that have not faltered in disappointment.</div>
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If Jesus were alive today, I would
desire, if He would allow, to lay my head on his breast like John did.
But given much of what seems to be mainstream Christian mentality today I would
be reluctant to take such a chance due to the condemnation that would likely
follow.</div>
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I wrote this because I had to give
an explanation for all of this hypocrisy to my daughter - poor, fortunate
her. If we must hate (and I do), then we are supposed to hate unjust
gain, evil, doing violence, even our own lives if they don't include Him.
And without these directives, we (particularly, I) would find reason to hate
everything different than myself. Even science has exposed human nature
as individuals having the tendency to show partiality to those similar to
themselves, which, if unchecked by reason (that, both all are similar, and all
are different) has been shown to lead to a downward spiral into fear,
prejudice, and hatred. Just as God has found it necessary to instruct us
to love one another, we need to be instructed not to hate - hate comes
naturally if we let it. We can't choose who we are, or how we were
made - very few of us would have chosen to be like we are - but we can chose
how we responding to how we were made. If we are following God, the we
can't choose who to love and who to hate. Nor can we condemn anyone, but
ourselves.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Take care</div>
Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-3119367784570653222015-12-13T14:30:00.000-08:002016-01-01T19:32:37.012-08:00Hymn - O Come, All Ye Faithful<span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> Here is some fun I was having with <i>O Come, All Ye Faithful</i>, back in 12/19/2007. I'm trying to get back to more piano playing, but the fiddle keeps getting in the way - and the guitar keeps interfering with that. But school is the main culprit here getting in the way of them all. School is over in 3 days. I will have a diploma that will enable me to begin drug and alcohol counseling. I think I'm going to begin a Master's degree in Community Mental Health in May with University of Southern New Hampshire, that way, ultimately, I can work on my own as a licensed professional counselor. </span></span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> USNH is one of the universities
recommended by the State of Wisconsin (which has some of the stiffest
requirements in the country), and have a satellite location a half an
hour away in Wausau. I will attend remotely with </span></span></span>one weekend of classes per month in Wausau. An MS Degree will enable me to practice privately and help people in all areas of psychological need. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> To find the hymn, open the page with the link below and scan down the list for<i> O Come, All Ye Faithful. </i>This is a page I lost access to after a website software glitch 6 years ago which contains songs that need to be deleted or updated, but can't be. Ignore those and enjoy the upcoming birthday celebration of God the Son, His visitation, and His deliverance of His tidings of great joy. </span></span> </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://toddsaunders.us/BlogMusic.html"><span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;">O Come, All Ye Faithful</span></a></div>
<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-12501479690325560852015-11-15T15:55:00.001-08:002015-11-16T08:51:30.776-08:00Oh . . . , Those Preachers: A Good Opportunity to Emphasize Application and Practice (still editing)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There was guest speaker at church today. Over all, I appreciated it. At least he didn't use<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Ghandi (the anti-christ) as an example in how to spread the gospel, or lock God's grace away in a <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">lock-box and preach having to "do" som<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ething to gain access to it (when it is available to all other men), as one guest speaker did a year or so ago. But it is a big responsibility to preach<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">. Here I offer<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> some hopefully useful </span>feedback. Even if for nothing more than my own personal growth and understanding. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The guest speaker about the opportunity we have to let the word of God dwell richly within
us, as Jesus presents to us through Paul in his writing to the Colossians,
chapter 3. Among several edifying things in all, the guest speaker this morning<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> talked about </span>the importance of being thankful and expressing it constantly to Christ.<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> This was much appreciated. He also spoke on<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span>the five things
we can do with the Word of God which are: we can hear it, read it, study it, memorize it,
and meditate on it. I was waiting for two more: apply it and practice it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I would have liked if he would have
taken it a step further - perhaps to the fruit bearing stage of practice and
application. To me, sermon after sermon (in at least my own experience for decades now), the actual “applying”
is the part that preachers often avoid; that is the tough part; the sometimes
controversial part (<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">especially </span>in the wrong hands); yet, the call to do both - <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">to </span>"teach"
and to "admonish", in the very same sentence, are included in the thought of 'letting it richly dwell within you'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We must connect the dots: “teaching” would presumably <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">come into play </span>in the context of
teaching how to apply God’s word, and “admonishing” would likely land in the context of making
small corrections here and there in our practice<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teaching and admonishing as well, to me, might
include sharing and learning from each <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">others</span> experiences by the sharing our own successes and
failures in applying and practicing things learned through reading,
studying, memorizing, and meditating on God’s Word. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">At any rate, th<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">us far we have only prepared ourselves to do something. Next we must figure out how to implement these ideas into<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">"real-time" </span>practice. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">This is where your <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">leadership comes in, preachers. We know we can be forgetful hearers, but can we be encouraged and taught to be effectual doers? <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Can we teach <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">and encourage each other in ways that make <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Ch</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">rist visible, or<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> w</span>ill <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">He remain invisible in us, and simply be standing by?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Dealing with these instructions in the rich word of God together can<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> be</span> a <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">difficult thing </span>to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instructing each other<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, and being instructed is hard. But there is no other way (that I can think of). </span>It is hard to be wise. Are there any wise?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Real wisdom seems <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">to be a "no show" in <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">the world today. God says our wisdom is foolishness. Again, He proves Himself correct. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">All we can do is look to His instructions and try to</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> discern our own wise path</span> while being thankful for His willingness to help us follow it. Everyone's wise path is different, but nonetheless<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, they all lead to the same place, which is His presence. </span>All we can hope for is to listen to Him and decide which one He would
have be our wise path as we follow after Him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, unfortunately, it takes correction to
stay on the wise path. It is well-known that a fool despises correction, and
conversely that a wise man appreciates it. But even if we would be wise men and appreciate correction, but it's still no fun being corrected. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Being corrected
makes one feel like a dummy - me anyway. And it is not only difficult to accept
correction/instruction, but a responsibility to be careful in giving it. Being
open to correction requires that we admit to ourselves that there is something
we don't know, and, 'giving' correction requires that we know something about
who and what we are correcting – and that is usually terribly inconvenient for
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Giving correction, as well as
teaching, takes preparation (such as, the aforementioned five things the guest
speaker spoke of this morning). After preparation, what then? What next?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More reading, and hearing, and studying,
memorizing and meditating? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, doing<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learning is not an end in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Effectual doing” has to begin eventually. That requires <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">that </span>application and
practice eventually happen.<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Fruit is borne. </span>This is the good
stuff. We look at Christ's life and
marvel at the details. How much more of that could fill our life?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The guest speaker's message this morning was edi<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">fying, don't get the wrong impression, but<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, in my opinion, if the message does not i<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">nclude coming out of your bible and acting, doing, teaching and admonishing each other<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> (<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">simply communicating<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> - and getting better at communicating), and growing not just as individuals but as a Body, then, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">unless you are speaking to a children's Sunday School class, your message is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>deficient.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> How does application and practice take shape in our daily interpersonal interactions, with believers and non-believers alike? How in the world do we give
of ourselves to each other truly without expecting anything in return? What might that look like? <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Do we meet each other where we are in our lives, put ourselves in others sho<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">es</span>, as Christ did with us, to better understand and encourage each other in our infirmities? How do we safely develop those communication skills? <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Giving a little attention to this has been personally rewarding to myself and my family. Much trial and error, diligence, and encouragement <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">necessary.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Men (women), have you taught your
daughters about modesty and covetousness, and what is in men's (women’s)
hearts? Or, have you been silent, setting them up to be victims, or even sat
back and enjoyed the promiscuity yourself? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> What is our speech like<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">? Is it constructive and productive, wholesome, measured, well-thought out? Or is it full of aspersion, or perverting and mischaracterizing the ways of people who disagree with us, or full of <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">complaining<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> and grief?<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> What is our humor like? Is it course (course jesting) and cynical, or <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">creative and clever toward an increas<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">e in<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>understanding?</span></span></span></span></span> </span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> How do we<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> appraise</span> our other
brothers and sisters in our minds, through a lens of building them up, or one of tearing them down<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>to some level below ourselves?<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Within all of these areas are <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">opportunities to <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">learn, apply, and practice what God would offer u<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">s</span> (feed us) in His word<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> to go along with what we feast on th<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">rough </span>satellite TV<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> or internet in a larger confused and <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Godless world</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> What does our immorality look like: do we obey every human
institution, the speed limits, and the tax code?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should we?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does God mean it when he says that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> A<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">re we taught (particularly young people) about the blessings and satisfaction He shares with us moment by moment when we include Him in everything we do?<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> A hard to believe, but very beautiful reality. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Are we taught the difference between works and deeds of faith, and works and deeds of the Law<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">?</span> Has the lack of this distinction left the church <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">paralyzed</span> in fear of being accused of doing something legalistic? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> How can we participate in this gift of
democratic society without letting it rip apart the Body of Christ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There certainly is a way, let’s have some
preaching that leads us closer to that goal, builds up the Body, rather than <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>opinionated, partisan preaching that favors one wicked, dysfunctional political party over the other, that fractures
the Body even more. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Let's <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">figure out how to <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">enter into the Godless political arena</span></span> and not be torn apart as a body. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> These things are all
what can lie ahead, beyond the reading, and hearing, and studying, memorizing,
and meditating on God’s word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Preachers:
let’s make sure we take every opportunity to not let it <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">be only a book </span>to just be read, heard, studied, memorized, treasured, and meditated on. That is just barely the beginning. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Emphasize </span>that it is intended to be translated into action, richness<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>manifesting its life-giving presence<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> by being applied and practiced </span>in our words and doings; giving precious spiritual life to
every part of our mortal bod<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ies</span>, and the actions that flow from them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don't <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">end the message without finishing the sentence in Colossions 3:16. </span>Let the word of<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Christ richly dwell within you, <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">but not </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">just dwell there</span></span>, enjoy the <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">satisfaction and blessing of using it every chance you get (<i>. . . in whatever you do in word and deed</i></span>). That is where the fun is; that is where the joy is; because that is where Christ is.<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>That might be good preaching to
aspire to as well. Just my opinion.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I have to include, in ending this post, saying that <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">it was edifying and stimulating to have the guest speaker in church this morning; it made me thin<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">k, and gave me opportunity to become more acquainted with my thoughts, and grow in the ability to instruct and be instructed. And, to include that</span> I am very happ<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">y with my regular preacher and look forward to his thoughtful messages <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">every </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Sunday, as well as all of the guest speakers to come.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">All joy. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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in your hearts to God.</span></i></b></span></div>
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deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to
God the Father.</span></i></span></div>
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Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-6651756647231187212015-10-31T21:45:00.002-07:002015-11-16T08:33:22.668-08:00only One (still editing)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> One day, either four or five years ago, Marcus Knolt and his family pulled up to a
church in Athens Wisconsin in their horse and buggy. It was the Athens Mennonite Church, not to be mistaken for the Church
of Athens next door<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It was not an Old Order church, <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">n</span>or Amish<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, none of their member any longer <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">used a horse and buggy. Now, there </span></span>everyone drove some description of, ideally, a drab,<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> dark colored vehicle with no chrome, or<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, for <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">some who </span></span>insisted upon <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">being a little different, or the price was right, white or gray would be allowed.</span> </span>T</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">he Church of Athens had broken away from Athens Mennonite Church<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> some <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">13<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span>years prior<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> for several reasons</span>, the paramount one being that a newcomer, someone who <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">wished to join the church,</span> desired to add the component of a mustache to his facial profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> T</span>his man did not </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">necessarily<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> need any more hair on his face for reasons such as Marcus <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Knolt might have. Marcus may have appreciated the liberty to have all the hair on his face nature would allow those days while rolling to church when a freezing<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> twenty mile an hour wind was</span></span> blowing through his buggy front, but this <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">time the Athens Mennonite Church was faced with a fellow who </span></span>felt he should <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">be</span> free in the Lord to either have or not to have whatever facial hair the Lord might have for him<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>whether he needed it or not, </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and for him this included a mustache</span>. The elders atthe church couldn't see fit for the Lord to allow him to do that, so the fracture was <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">consumated</span>, and with their new<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ly claimed liberty to grow facial hair unabated, </span>they built their new church three
times the size of the first, right next door to it<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, and life went on.<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Marcus and his family, on the other hand, were allowed to join in<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> spite of the initial <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">imputation of them clinging to their horse and buggy for their salvation<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, at best being </span></span></span>very much a sort of oddity, and eventually, skeptically, were given their own new hitching
post for which to tie their faithful old Standardbred cart horse to on Sunday mornings. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">They were claimed as <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">a</span></span> sort of prize wrestled <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">away </span>from the old order traditions just down the road in almost every direction, and it would be only a matter of time before they were talked out of their horse and buggy. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Of</span> course, showing up in a horse and buggy seemed like going in reverse
to many of the newly converted Conservative Mennonites – many of them had grown up riding in a horse and buggy and had come out of the older Old Order Mennonite
setting, some even from the Amish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
horse and buggy stuff seemed like a step in the wrong direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe even a blackslide. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And after all, who <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">could resist? </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>He
was free no - at last, to drive a car. T</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">hat seemed like a splendid prospect
that surely no one would not jump at, given the Northern Wisconsin
weather and the long, rural highways. He could now drive in a car</span> – as long it was of a darker color and had no chrome on the bumper or hub caps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
this didn’t seem attractive to Marcus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had
always driven a horse and buggy, and on top of that, like his kin, he still felt fine in it. He owned a successful <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">cider</span> juicing business, probably seldom had ever been in a tremendous hurry to get anywhere, and saw no reason to change modes of getting from one place to the next after all. He simply preferred his horse and buggy, was used to it, and wanted to keep on with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a few brothers meetings, the
brothers started to understand this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
these same brothers whom I had been fellowshipping with for five years, my two
riding horses were neither any longer necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Don’t you use those mainly for recreation”? "Don't they just mainly stand around eating hay?". They thought they had me
cornered now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>True, they would say, riding
horses were just a luxury now and a only a waste of time and money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Well”, I would say, “I decided I had better
keep a couple around . . . just in case the Amish are right”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Oooo . . . whoa. </span>Invariably a moment or two of silence would
lapse before the lips at the edge of their mouths would turn up, and they would burst open with laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those whom I delivered the joke to could usually
understand irony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would figure I was making fun of the Amish . . . and most of the time, a few moments later, realize that I was making an argument that they, themselves understood, and that I was poking fun at them.When I would end by
telling them that I was also a farrier, the silence would return and reflections on how far they had traveled from the ways of their parents and grandparents would fascinate them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> What in the world was I getting at . . . yeah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was at my neighbors a mile and a
half down the road today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had been
excommunicated about 9 months ago from the local Mennonite church I had
fellowshipped with for five years (ending, roughly three years ago).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
family had been with the Mennonites for at least 25 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a pharmacist and his wife and he are
master farmer/gardeners, and mighty good parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They hitched up
with the Mennonite church originally 25 years ago to sort of withdraw from the
larger society – it was my impression anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
But too, they were looking for something a little more in the way of honoring the Lord than what they were seeing in the average denomination. </span>Two of their 7 children had reached adulthood and left the denomination,
three had not, with the youngest two still undecided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way there, I passed another Mennonite neighbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the cabinet maker/construction contractor
who helped me rebuild my newly purchased house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His son was accused of being a bad influence on the son of the one who
had recently been excommunicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had
to go see the pharmacist for used egg cartons because the Mennonite neighbor across the
street, my third Mennonite neighbor, has stopped returning egg cartons which I
am taking as a hint that he would rather not trade eggs for milk
anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I am taking that as a hint, rather than as simply him forgetting that I am finally out of egg cartons, is that, since they have been excommunicating
so many congregants there recently for disproportionately minor infractions (and 'they' includes 'him', as he was ordained about two years ago and now shares in the plural ministry of the church there) – proposing that they will withhold their salvation
from them until they come crawling back, truly, as much as I love raw milk, my
spirit has grown weary of them. No, it's come to be mildly disgusted with them - sorry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> We had open adult Sunday School at the Gleason Mennonite Church. It was the hour before the main service. Just like the church sign out front that said "All are Welcome", all are also welcome to speak up in church, if you dare, and join in the Sunday School discussion. I carefully gratiated myself of the offer on a mission to accomplish nothing more than to get better at it. As a nonmember I was surprised and edified by how well my not-so-traditional participation was received, and I feel as though I benefited personally very much by being able to exercise and grow in the process of doing so. It was a very exciting and educational five years. 5 years is a long time. I have many priceless stories to tell of my searching scripture with them. I was considered a brother and a friend in the Lord. But, my agenda was different than their's. I was not only trying to grow spiritually, as a Christian and as a person, and they graciously afforded me their own knowledge of the the bible and the church setting as a means with which to accomplish that, but I had a larger agenda: I was trying to figure out how we could all exist within the same Spirit with one another, in spite of our traditionally Spirit fracturing differences in church doctrine. I was trying to grow up together with them into one body, one mind in the Lord, whereas, I felt as though they were trying to grow up into a denomination that was a better nation of Israel than the nation of Israel was. It was truly wearing me out. Now, mind you, I had been to virtually every one of the twenty some families for Sunday lunch, sometimes supper, several times, not to mention many extracurricular get togethers, and had each one over to my place for lunch, some twice, as well. Those were big lunches at my place. There were families of 10-13 kids, and a couple older couples or single people at the same time, and my daughter and I. My daughter had spent many long days and even a few nights at many of their homes during a period of five years. We were considered one of them. I was the only dad in the church, perhaps the denomination, who had sewn a daughters dress from scratch, and one that looked great. I was in. I was a brother and a friend. I was a confidant to the church elders. It was exciting. It was a history lesson and a lesson in contemporary church politics, all in one. But it was hard. Their doctrine is challenging. As my daughter's eighth grade graduation was approaching, and we were faced with having to either join (in which case I would not be using the internet right now) or move on, there were several of their teachings that were bearing down on me. We had never intended to stay as a part of the denomination, but it was now coming to the place where I would be leaving either graciously, or in a way that might not be perceived as being so gracious. Since I did not intend for this to be a long post, I will pick one problematic area, now, and get toward the end of this post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> One Sunday, as usual, the service came to a close. Everyone, as always, stood up to socialize and began by greeting each other with a "holy kiss", usually on the lips - men to men, and women to women (I was not a member so I was not extended the privilege to do this - for which I am still very grateful), when, I turned around to two of my dear friends in particular whom I sat in front of many Sundays, and said "I feel as though I have been sitting in a Jewish tabernacle this morning". Heads sort of cocked to an inquisitive change of position, lips repositioning themselves, while they waited for me to explain such an odd remark. I said,"no one would have been run out of the tabernacle for anything that was said here this morning. Jesus said the day will come when you will be run out of the tabernacle. therre was no risk of anything like that happening here today, and I don't think that is a good thing". I said,"For starter, the name of the Lord was not mentioned. The Law, and the prophets, but not the name of the Lord". This was not well received; yet, it was the case. I was wearying of being taught to be a better Jew - the new nation of Israel. There was only one, only the original, and Christ had done away with the old and was trying to make that one a new spiritual creation in Him - One Spirit, one faith, one Body. One. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Fast forward to this morning. For better or for worse, I had not gotten quite get the kind of nights sleep I needed with which to be ready to tell my friend, brother, neighbor - the excommunicated pharmacist, what I needed to. That is, that now that he was booted out of his church - however temporary, he was still o.k., and, he didn't have to change a thing. He just needed to keep being the sort of Christian he was. He didn't need the Mennonites permission to continue to wear his "plain coat" (lapel folded together and buttoned at the top) if he, so, still desired. Or for his wife to cover her head as her own conviction before the Lord to honor Him, just as the tradition of doing so has been established in scripture. The Mennonites and Amish do not own the "head covering". "Jim!!!" . . . , I needed to say, "just be who you are", we need you. We need all Christians, and for them to just be who they are (pardon me while I emphasize what I am about to say) APART FROM THEIR DENOMINATION, JIM! Just be who you are standing alone before the Lord, like the rest of us are, Jim, together. Don't change a thing. (Watch your ears now) YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, JUST BE THE ONE YOU ARE. Just be the kind of Christian you are. Don't go crawling back on your hands and knees, just because your socks weren't dark enough, or whatever else they busted you for, because, you are a Christian and we need you out here just the way you are. Do I have to beg here? Your family was a blessing to my daughter and I. And they are now. You taught us how to raise meat birds, you are brilliant in your own way, you have nearly a photographic memory, you can picture the molecular structure of nearly every element in the periodic table, and nearly every drug in the Merck Manual, and even though it has all come to grief now, Jim (except for your beautiful spirit), with your Lover the church, I saw you Jim, and I saw the Lord in you as well. A couple times, you got out of the way and I saw the Lord in you, Jim, and you got it made. It's made. Your mansion. And I hope it's near mine. And if you could see, brother, that you don't have to change a thing to honor the Lord and edify many of the rest of us. Just keep being the guy you've been for the last 25 years, the odd "plain jacket" with the collar modestly buttoned up to the top, your wife with her God honoring head covering - and dump that denomination of yours, and embrace the rest of the body of Christ, just the way you are, just the way you have been! Jim! I imagine you likely got busted for using the internet (although I'm actually guessing). If that is the case, then think about this. Don't let tradition arrogantly withhold the joy and salvation of the Lord from you, and don't let 'those' who call themselves after the name of a 'man' withhold tradition from you. </span></div>
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master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him
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Trump is taking America's political conversation (starting with the
GOP) right where it has been showing signs of wanting to go since the
rise in popularity of Rush Limbaugh's shclalk style radio talk-show
format and FOX broadcasting's unique style of strategically one-sided
journalism, that is, to one-sidedness, name-calling, talking over the
other side, ad hominem attacks (spiraling into irrelevant personal
attacks), bullying, banning, and mindless bantering. Everything mon<span class="text_exposed_show">ey
can buy except the dialogue necessary for a country to function.
Wielding those same techniques, Trump has assumed control of the
national political agenda. In the process, watching him one could argue
that, one, Trump is beginning to show signs of dementia, and/or two, his
personality development plateaued out at about age 11. And, many
Americans look up to him.</span><br />
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The several aforementioned media mogul's well-cultivated childish
methods of attempting to devour others who disagree with them are,
predictably, are coming back on they who popularized them. Having to
deal with Trump now, they have had their own weaponry turned against
them. And they are defenseless - so far.<br />
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I look at what the CEO
of Home Depot said in perhaps a different light than what he had
intended. He said "Trump is saying what many American people are
thinking". I agree - he is. And because they are thinking like Trump,
the problem is in their thinking - if it results in saying things like
Trump is saying. Trump is offering a monologue of his own pet peeves
without showing the ability to dialogue toward important fact finding
and problem solving, much less the civility and maturity to even sit
down and begin the process. And the majority of America's Republicans
endorse that type of thinking as the way to run a country? They are
truly idea-less. It requires more character than that to engage in a
democracy. The methods of engagement Trump is proposing destroy
dialogue, and then go on to destroy relationships, families, democratic
political systems, and eventually everything they touch.<br />
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Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-81769812814206142212015-06-28T14:44:00.001-07:002020-07-21T06:54:09.687-07:00Many thoughts today on the "same-sex marriage" decision.With one of three concurrent accelerated summer semester courses ending the night before last and a couple pretty good nights of sleep, the thoughts are starting to churn:<br />
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The United States Supreme Court's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage comes as no surprise to most. In spite of all of the good and bad argument from both sides, it is a relief that people whose biologies do not fall squarely on one polar opposite or the other are protected from discrimination and violence. What I don't like about the new way of looking at marriage is that it dumbs things down. It makes them less diverse after all. Yes, there are two polar sexes and a huge spectrum of biology in between. But, the American sector presently having a love affair with diversity could have left things even more diverse by distinguishing between an opposite-sex marriage and a same-sex marriage by calling them different things - the latter being called a civil union. They are two distinctly different types of relationships, both involve the elements of affection and committment, but also then diverge greatly at some point into things with vastly different potential. I am going to miss the concept of a uniquely heterosexual marriage. I think the potential and substance of distinctly opposite sexes in union has become lost in our society, perhaps due to what many of those marriages have become. The once blood-line driven, opposites-driven enterprise of long ancestries and heritage has gradually become twiddled away to be nothing more than a convenient, legalized temporary sexual license between any two adults, providing legal rights and protections to each others wealth and property, often including a number of specialized lawyers participating in the approval process (i.e., prenuptial agreements, etc.). In other words, our cultural definition of marriage seems like it has finally become the same as a 'civil contract', a legal union -- ultimately, a civil union (and is indeed now treated that way in some European societies).<br />
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What has been lost here, and thrown into a very un-diverse pile with everything else, is the word "marriage", as marking a unique institution/union/contract between a man and a women. I'm going to miss it. Where did the old concept of marriage? Its identifiers might have been markers such as, two biologically different sexual entities, two organically and chemically different personality types - two prototypes - one male and one female - ready to share in what the two uniquely different biologys bring to each other in synergistic, natural physical relationship. They can combine, build, and pass on a unique set of genes, reproduce, if desired, into an extended unique nuclear family. These were not the requirements of a marriage, yet they are just what it <i>was</i>; no, what it<i> is</i>. Two people of the same sex can't accomplish this. Yet, this is not to propose to deny them a legally recognized partnership. But that partnership needs its own namesake. Perhaps, the original legal institution of marriage is also due some Constitutional protection for its original namesake. <br />
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The American marriage has become indistinguishable to most from a civil union, so why not call it one - instead of calling a civil union a marriage? Some of the Supreme Court Justices saw it, and some didn't. Their arguments were fascinating - to be looked at with fascination in future posts. The problem with court - I have learned the hard way, is when everything is said and done, if an particular argument is not made, it cannot be considered in the judge's decision - even if it is present in the judge's mind. This is what happened, in my mind, in front of the Supreme Court. There was no one there distinguishing between a opposite-sex union and a same-sex union. Christians could have argued that same-sex couples/friends could find equal protection under the law in civil unions, as they were already afforded several states. Just as the Constitution guarantees Christians freedom of religion, it guarantees any two people the freedom of association. The Constitution guarantees them civil unions, but in no way guarantees them marriage. It needed not to have anything to do with re-defining marriage - because, epistemologically, we can't (it is, and always will be, what it has been from the beginning) - but simply "distinguishing between a marriage and a civil union" - which is easy. God designed our legal system to respond to those sorts of things. The problem was that respective Christians involved in this legal adventure, to their shame (in my opinion), could not personally distinguish between a marriage and a civil union. No one showed up to point that out and then create a legal distinction. One Justice hinted at it. And he was the one that we attribute as casting the deciding vote in favor of same-sex marriage. The Christian should not withhold from others the same Constitutional protections that give them freedom from persecution from others (which Christ did not have, nor desire, nor desire for us, for refuge instead of Him). Blessed are the persecuted. And blessed are those whom any of us might persecute. And we persecute the homosexual community in the workplace, job market, housing market, on the street, and in church. <br />
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But now, the words of a judge reverberate in my head. I came in late to a court proceeding one time, arriving early for my own, only to hear a judge comment on the ruling he had just made. He reluctantly ruled the way he did, because he had had no other choice. He was exasperated. He wished the defense would have raised a point which would have allowed him to rule in their favor. He offhandedly remarked to the other remaining person in the court-room, besides myself, that, "I could have granted . . . (such and such) . . . but, nobody asked". Christians did not show up at the Supreme Court hearing acknowledging that the Constitution of the U.S. does indeed grant all U.S.citizens equal protection of their rights under the law, including homosexals, but it does not grant any two people of the same-sex the right to marriage, it merely grants them the civil right to legal protection equal to those of marriage. Civil rights. It grants them the right to a civil union, not a marriage. We needed to not only define and defend marriage, but also to help the Constitution define and defend marriage in legal terms. There is a legal argument - not my argument, but a sound legal one. We could have defended it with the same Constitution that others used to nullify it. And we still can, but there is probably less appetite for it than ever. In many mainstream Christians, there appears only to be an appetite to treat anyone resembling a homosexual as less than human. <br />
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To the homosexual community this event is not so much about marriage as it is about seeking relief from being treated as people who are less than human. An illegal entity - not long ago even outlawed - and a person who, until 1972, would be labeled with the diagnoses of having a mental disorder. This push by the gay sector was not so much about couples rights, in my opinion, as human rights. About gay individuals having no basic human rights, who are able to be indiscriminately fired from a job, evicted, refused service, discriminated against, beat up, refused this or that human dignity, simply based on mere mannerism, the mere suggestion that they were not wholly heterosexual. I believe the marriage push was seen by them as an opportunity to push for basic human rights. For them it was not a time to split hairs about the difference between what a marriage was versus a what a civil union was. With society's own demonstrated lack of respect for marriage, and Christians equally so, they likely saw no better opportunity to step into the public arena and claim marriage equality. But now, it is also my opinion, notwithstanding their Constitutional right to legal unions, they inadvertently took it too far and created a whole new social problem for themselves.<br />
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John Cantrell, writer for the Young conservatives, writes that, <i>"A homosexual is not a worse sinner than I am", </i>in<a href="http://www.youngcons.com/pastor-john-pipers-response-to-gay-marriage-ruling-is-amazing/" target="_blank"> an article</a> in which he features Pastor John Piper noting<i> "there is a great distinction between the orientation and the act [". . . homosexual intercourse"]—
just like there is a great difference between my orientation to pride
and the act of boasting".</i> This leveling of the <i>sinful nature</i> playing field between a homosexual and a heterosexual is nothing new. We are all subject to the orientation we are born with. I know that men are born with greater and lesser tendencies toward homosexuality, because I was born a heterosexual, and was not extended the possibility (or the curse) of having to chose. But many others have seem to have been, by their own revelations. What this has raised in my own awareness is (and surprisingly), (and apparently) how many men and women who self-identify as heterosexual do actually possess both heterosexual and homosexual tendencies. And they are not comfortable with them. Yet, that is how God made them. This phenomenon helps me explain why, for many of them, homosexuality does appear to be a choice. I am inescapably a heterosexual. And I am not ashamed to report that some of my favorite relatives, artists, and acquaintances are of the homosexual orientation. <br />
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I believe there are many homosexualy oriented people who are in marriage-like unions calling out to God for His presence and direction in their life right now, not even sure what to do, but who the Lord will continue to call, and many of whom will seek to make adjustments in their lifestyles to please Him. They see themselves rightly as imperfect (as sinners), as all of us should see ourselves, but in their acts, not in their orientation - thank you Mr. Piper. There are orientations that each and every one of us are born into, tendencies toward drunkenness, fornication, selfish pride, covetousness, exaggeration and lies, the list is long for each of us, and we excuse ourselves, yet we do not excuse others who are born into orientations different than our own. Instead, some of us humiliate them, tell them they are less than human, and tell them they must change their orientation, without laying the same demands on ourselves.<br />
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We have to allow people of various sexual orientations to be friends with each other without threat of punishment or judgement. And we should not, as it profits the Lord, even hesitate to be friends with those of sexual orientations different than our own. We all walk together after Christ.<br />
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This Supreme Court decision is a heartbreak for me, yet in it, there is a beautiful lesson, and blessing for all. It will be interesting to see if the light goes off in the collective American Christian mind that the United States Constitution, ordained by God, and the authoritative governing legal document here in the United States, graciously grants both those who are seeking civil union on the one hand, or marriage on the other, equal protection under the law to do so, and it (the Constitution) can make a definitive legal distinction between the two -- if Christians can. <br />
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<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-77705263374057207852015-05-03T14:12:00.000-07:002015-05-18T09:06:51.241-07:00So I wait<br />
I recently gave my horse away. Although he was still very youthful for a 20-year-old, he was too old for me to sell with a good conscience. For years, as a horseshoer/equine dentist I would pop open the mouth of someone's newly acquired 12 or 13-year-old prize and see 25-year-old teeth. "But they said he was twelve years old", they would say in shocked amazement. And I would show them all of the conformation markers of an elderly horse. I live three miles from the edge
of over one hundred square miles of state and county forest. Not many
years ago I had a horse named Stormy that could cover 30 miles easily
in one afternoon's romp. All he wanted to do was run. We ran all
over creation. We ran when we shouldn't have run, even took a nasty spill one time, and got
up and ran some more. I had to put him down eight years ago. Today (until next week anyway), I
still have Stormy's successor, Cappuccino. He's the best horse I ever had. I don't use him. I just
gave him away. He's 20 years old (70-years-old in people years). He deserves better than me. He's still
in his prime, really, and lonely - his partner colicked last year and
almost died before I could shoot him - he was just lying on the ground
with his eyes closed, shaking; dieing. The vet advised there was no bringing him back.<br />
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I'm going to miss riding in this country. A
good horse is different than anything else you can get out on in the woods. It's quiet; you can hear everything going on around you near and far off. You can go anywhere, and any which way you want. You don't need a
trail, a road; if you can fit between the trees, you can go. If the
trail or road doesn't go where you need it to, then you can go
cross-country. If you get lost and don't know which way to go, if the sun is hidden, then go by your compass in the
direction of home. <br />
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You can get a horse stuck in a bog or a swamp if you cut corners too closely and are not careful. But you learn the hard way and become more careful. There's nothing like the excitement and energy underneath you on a horse. And, he or she is likely having a better time than you are. I don't have time for those moments anymore. Cappuccino's pasture mate is gone, but he is still very youthful with a lot of trail left in him, and he's lonely. I gave him to couple of older friends who got stuck from a horse trader a few years ago with two horses they don't know whether or not are going to run away with them now or later; they just know they will. They are tired of getting hurt. So, at least my guy will now have a couple of pasture buddies with a woman who'll appreciate his services of being level-headed and sturdy. He loves to get out and be ridden, to just trot comfortably or walk briskly along; he's just what a person is looking for in a horse.<br />
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I've not lost my desire to get in the woods but am faced with other competing desires which have a greater pull in more interesting directions right now. The fact is that horses are hard on the body, they are hard on the time, and they are hard on the bank account. You actually have to make personal and financial sacrifices to own and care for a horse the way one deserves. The time has been right for a while for me to make a change to something that suits me better right now. But right now I'm good, and ready to accomplish a few other priorities, and to wait.<br />
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For years while out in the woods on a horse I have been cursing three wheelers and four-wheelers and two wheelers and all of the all-terrain vehicles for bothering me with their smelly racket. They stink and they are noisy. While riding one, you can't hear the birds and the deer, or the wind or the leaves, the loons, the partridge, hear a fox or a wolf take off, a bear, a groundhog, or squirrel make a break for it, or anything, except the motor of your noisy machine and the one in front of you. But everything is different now.<br />
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Blame it on global warming, or not; many of the roads around here are now posted with 35 mph speed limit signs for ATVs to be driven on them legally. Yes, years ago one would never have seen this coming. But, you can't ride snowmobiles if there is no snow, and there has been very inconsistent snow in recent decades, and you don't need snow to ride your ATV in February. And, you can ride an ATV all summer too; and make what used to be a pretty lucrative winter-only tourist season, full of snowmobilers coming up from Illinois and Southern Wisconsin to some of the best snowmobiling in the world, into a pretty nice summer ATV season as well, with a similarly nice jolt to a usually depressed economy. <br />
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The reason I don't cringe so much anymore at the thought of dealing with ATVs out in the beautiful and hilly, vast forest around here (that is just sitting there waiting for me) is that all of the sudden I can see myself heading down the road legally now for five or six miles to some favorite place, head into the woods, ride for 20 or 30 miles . . . when I'm 80-years-old, if the Lord is willing to keep me around for that long, on an ATV. No!, not on some smelly, noisy thing, I'm picturing something totally different. And I'm sorry for my over-the-top optimism here but have you read all of the news lately about the rapidly advancing solar energy technology. Better yet, have you read about molecular fusion energy developments? Molecular fusion is going to be under the hood of the car relatively soon. Solar is a lot better than it was a couple of years ago, but I don't have to necessarily wait for either one of them, because the Zero electric motor cycle is already here. But that's not the one I'm looking for. The one I need will be a quirky little wide-wheeled, blissfully quiet little grunt of a bike that carries you silently but powerfully through the woods, up the steep hills It will be one with a big, fat padded seat and room for a partner (dog?), with a molecular fusion battery (power baby!) capable of long range. Or, maybe I will have too many more important things to do and never have time for such a thing. But secretly, patiently, I wait. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marijuana is the most frequently used
illicit drug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a recent 2013 Pew
Research Poll a slight majority of Americans said marijuana should be made
legal; that means change is probably not too far into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it is a powerful intoxicant which if
used regularly is thought to cause developmental disorders in its users and in
my opinion should remain a controlled substance legally available only for medicinal purposes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First of all, legalization of marijuana
would likely increase marijuana user groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The effects of marijuana are different than drugs such as alcohol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its affect is described more as being mental
than physical, producing a unique sort of euphoric “high”, resembling the
effects of some of the more dangerous drugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I believe this characteristic makes marijuana a potential gateway drug
more likely to lead to use of other more dangerous and powerful, “high”
inducing euphorics, hallucinogenics, and narcotics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legally available marijuana, in my mind, will lead to increased use -as it has where it has been legalized - which will lead to more user group settings where more dangerous mind-altering drugs will be experimented with. And while many people mature out of these
drug using stages of their lives before they can cause irreparable harm, I
believe legal marijuana will ultimately increase the numbers injured by and
addicted to other substances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I
believe this will have a generally negative effect on American society. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Secondly, there is some question in my
mind as to whether significant numbers of marijuana users and their peers
groups tend to be more rebellious, nonconforming, and alienated from society “because”
marijuana use attracts these types, or instead the reverse, that marijuana use
has the tendency to cause these personality traits in a significant
number of users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the latter is true, then it helps explain what I experienced during my own relatively moderate use of marijuana during my late teen and early adult years. If legalization has this effect of increasing an antisocial response in an increased number of recreational marijuana users, then it will help to compromise an already compromised American society. Let’s not forget,
marijuana is a mind altering drug, thus a behavior altering drug, thus a
potentially society altering drug. And for the sake of my reputation, due to just disposing that I have smoked marijuana during college and young adulthood, many of the Republican candidates for U.S. President have disclosed that they also have smoked marijuana in their youth, as seen in this article<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/politics/where-the-2016-presidential-candidates-stand-on-116920750826.html"> "Where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on marijuana".</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, marijuana use impairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The high will last from 2-3 hours, but its
residual effects will linger for roughly 24 hours. It impairs memory,
learning, thinking, problem solving, feelings, conditioned reflexes, muscle
coordination, judgement, can cause adverse lung and cardiovascular impairments,
and even some unexpected psychotic impairments, all across that range of 24
hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are already many people who
consume marijuana several times within a 24 hour period, every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impairments over time turn into impaired development across the lifespan. For users, often this means they stay at the same stage of emotional and personal development they were in when they began using. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>My desire would be to make
marijuana laws a lot less punitive, a lot more treatment and diversion
oriented, and to leave it stigmatized, illegal, and harder to get hurt from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether or not marijuana is addictive, causes
personality changes, or negatively alters behavior to the point of negatively
altering society, it impairs its users, and through time, its user’s
development, young and old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> In the new global economy which is demanding more productivity out of its citizens for less pay, legal marijuana will further impair an already struggling U.S. labor force, and move us farther down the global economic ladder. On an individual level, making marijuana legal, and more widely used and accepted </span>will leave a greater number of users permanently
impaired so long as they continue to use the substance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On that basis I believe society is well advised to take some measure to protect
itself and its citizens from it, identify it for what it is, and ban its legal use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-8536103690616775862015-03-25T22:17:00.001-07:002015-04-07T19:52:34.069-07:00Obedience-Free Faith An interesting proposition came up last Wednesday night as a part of our study of Galations 5:1-15. The scheduled leader presented a fill-in-the-blank paraphrasing from an anonymous someone, of Gal. 5:1-15 that he thought was useful. And it was. But it also contained at least two controversial statements.<br />
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We are told by Paul that factions -- groups of members within the church who have different interpretations than one another -- can be expected to be a permanent part of the physical church experience here in this world. This permits us to be tolerate of one another, I'm guessing. The Lord tells us to be tolerant of each other. Along with that, though, we are told to avoid foolish controversies. But, no surprise, they appear anyway, and when they do they can have a divisive, contentious affect on a congregation. They don't have to, but they tend to. Many of our church fathers through time have embedded many controversial doctrines into the larger church doctrine ( with the consequence there being a numerous variety of different and isolated Christian denominations. Sort of a blemish on Christianity, but not a defeat. We can expect controversies generally not to be resolved, so it makes sense to avoid them and recognize them for what they are as a means of keeping the peace. This is not necessarily a biblical way of dealing with controversies, but a method the American church community has adopted in order to, it seems, stifle persecution of one another within the church. For some of us not as inclined toward stifling denial it presents an opportunity to express ideas and work toward that elusive and important "requirement" to be of one mind, one Body, one Spirit, one faith.<br />
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The first statement in question was a paraphrase of 5:6 which had something tacked onto the end of it which would almost had to have been borrowed from Eph. 2:8. The sentence in the paraphrased teaching reads like this (with fill-in-the-blanks underlined), <i>"The response to those who are seeking to be<u> justified </u>before God by the<u> works </u>of the law is the reminder that 'faith working through love' is the manifestation of a life that knows it is saved by<u> grace </u>alone (Gal. 5:6)".</i> The problem with this sentence is that it is incorrect to say we are saved by grace alone. It is a potentially dangerous error because it does not say in scripture that we are saved by grace alone. There has always been a requirement of faith, or an act of faith. Where then did this notion of being saved by grace alone come from? It may have come from selectively borrowing the first part of Eph. 2:8, which reads: <br />
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<b><i> <span style="color: #134f5c;">"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast."</span></i></b></blockquote>
This is a famously abused verse in which, by some, "gift" is attributed as referring to "faith". To my knowledge, the Greek clears this up by having a referent of gift pointing back to grace, not faith; but more importantly, in other parts of scripture grace is referred to as a "free gift", and faith never is. Faith is also a gift of sorts, it is the gift of a gracious and undeserved option by God to either chose Him or reject Him -- the option extended to us by our sovereign God of expressing our hearts in faith to honor Him, is a gift. It is an 'act' of the heart. That alone is what God wants, he wants us to choose with our hearts (basically our minds).<br />
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One thing we need to know is the difference between grace and faith. God's grace does not save us. At least according to Eph. 2:8 it does not. God's grace is His willingness to save us. Without faith, only grace, we are not saved. Faith is God's desired response from us. I dread bringing this up, it is a irreconcilable controversy in Christendom, and I will call this 'foolish controversy number one'. The paraphrasing above containing the reference to "saved by grace alone" probably gets its bearing from teachings popularized finally by John Calvin beginning shortly after the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation era spawned the reformed church movement. Reformed doctrine claims the bible teaches that men have no free will of their own and that God has already preordained an elect who He will raise with Him and who he will not -- faith or no faith. For many like myself, this is a stretch, and they would like to see this teaching expressly supported by scripture. This has never been done. Getting to the bottom of this with other believers seems impossible because they keep redirecting me back to John Calvin. They cannot explain it themselves, in biblical terms, without referring to him, his words, or his writings. In other words, this notion cannot be articulated by an average believer plainly and understandably from scripture without deferring to Mr. Calvin for help; therefore, the idea is Calvin's not scripture's. <br />
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If you are new to this dispute further investigation will expose a huge divide within the spiritual body of believers. You will find them telling each other they stand scripture on its head, blaming detractors for spiritual immaturity, for not being able to see it in scripture, even though it is not there, and devouring one another with charges of following after another gospel, a false gospel. Often times neither side does a great job at supporting themselves. It is heartbreaking. In my own opinion, the reformed ideas declaring no-free-will were designed originally as an unanswerable riddle, unable to be proved neither true nor false, posed to simply stick a finger in the eye of the catholic church, exacerbated by the times, in which Christians in disagreement about such things were doing abominable things to each other. Today, Calvin's writings and those they spawned, and those of St. Augustine, et al., which helped to spawn Calvin's, have left a very rich intellectual heritage used as an encouragement and foundation from which to draw answers not otherwise expressly found in scripture. It is very popular among intellectuals, none of whom agree entirely about anything about it, since with piles and piles of words, in the right hands, one can make something persuasive out of any anything. But the patchwork reasoning behind this no-free-will discussion, albeit impressive, is impossible for the common man to articulate himself from scripture unless he let's Calvin do the talking and in the end has faith in Calvin alone that Calvin is right about grace alone. I wish I were overstating this problem. Attend any discussion of Calvinism and see for yourself. But stay in the middle. It centers around the great debate between follower of Calvin and followers of Arminius, and they are both wrong. For two long years I watched and listened, and they are still quarreling. This ends my personal take on one of several foolish controversies that still pervade Christendom and which have left an irreconcilable rift in the doctrine and body of Christ.<br />
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Onto the second controversial statement. In the same "fill-in-the-blank" assignment by an author who the study group leader chose to leave anonymous, the author writes: "(Obedience) is . . . not a required addition to faith".<br />
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Obedience is not faith, but faith is obedience. Alone, obedience is not said to leave us in an acceptable condition with God. Obedience to God's Law in the Old Testament left one in a condition acceptable to God until, as Paul says, the faith was later revealed. God desired faith but was satisfied with obedience. But faith in God does not arise without obedience to His will. God's will is that we believe in Him who He sent. Faith becomes the direct product of obedience.<br />
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The gospel statement that expressly puts obedience as an ingredient of faith is Gal. 5:7. These people are not coming to faith, because they are not "obeying" the Truth. They have deserted Christ for another gospel. Gal. 5:1-10 below provides the context: <br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">NAS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Galatians 5:1</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> <i>It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore
keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>2</sup> Behold I, Paul, say to you that
if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>3</sup> And I testify again to every man
who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>4</sup> You have been severed from
Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>5</sup> For we through the Spirit, by
faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>6</sup> For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>7</sup> You were running well; who
hindered you from obeying the truth?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>8</sup> This persuasion did not come
from Him who calls you. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><sup>9</sup> A little leaven leavens the whole
lump of dough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>10</sup> I have confidence in you in the
Lord, that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you
shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.</i></span></span></div>
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These Galatians have been severed from Christ because they are seeking an acceptable condition with God (justification, salvation) through the law of Moses rather than faith in God's gospel. The faith they claim to have does not save them.<br />
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The nation of Israel had been cut off; God had withdrawn Himself from them, I believe, some 400 years prior. They had not listened to His voice or followed His ways according to the covenant He had made with them, so He ended it. He was tired of their empty sacrifices. Now with the new covenant, as God's chosen minister, Paul had taught the Galatians the gospel of salvation by grace through faith in God through Christ, only to come back and find that they were following a "different gospel". Someone had come in and distorted the gospel Paul had delivered. The Galatians believed that their faith in God through obedience to certain of their favorite parts of the law would save them. Paul says this persuasion of their's is not from Christ or God (Him who calls them); they are not obeying the truth of the gospel; their misplaced faith will not justify them before God. They are severed from God again.<br />
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The point here is not to insist to every newcomer to the gospel that he/she must pass some test of obedience before he/she is considered to have genuine faith; the point here is that Paul says there is an obedience involved in coming to genuine faith, therefore, we should not teach otherwise, even its innocent intention is to make it easier for newcomers to understand God's system.<br />
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This is one of several places we are taught that obedience precedes faith - The Galatians coming to right faith hinged on obedience to the truth, which was Paul's responsibility to make sure they were taught. That is a Christian paradigm of faith through obedience. Unfortunately, now I'm going to ramble on for a while longer about the topic, because it's good for me.<br />
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Part of getting faith right is obeying the right God. There are many candidates. Don't be fooled. The Mormon believers have faith and it does not save them (not when they claim the Bible Christians use has been changed so much that it is no longer the Word of God). Faith has requirements and the Mormon does not meet them (instead of God's word, they misplace their faith in a fairy tale authored by Joseph Smith ). I don't want to just start slinging accusations at the Mormons, but am simply repeating what I was told by their representatives during three different meetings, as well as what is taught in their literature, which I still have.<br />
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Salvation by faith in God through Jesus is conditioned upon faith; it requires faith. Not a god that looks a lot like Him, but in Him, the only known God who has spoken and made Himself known to His creation from the beginning of time. Him who walked the earth and taught and was seen alive again and again after He was executed, buried, and raised from his burial place. Faith is not unconditional, it is conditioned on choosing God --the right God. That is one small requirement of God's that we must obey. We must get it right. It is easy because there is only one God who has ever spoken and performed miracles that only God can. But many get it wrong and their faith is misplaced.<br />
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In our concordance we see passages containing 'obedience of faith'. We see Paul not trying to get faithful people to be obedient, but trying to bring unjustified people obediently to the faith. Faith is presented to them by Paul as an act of obedience. Obedience is tied in as an integral part of faith in the following
places as well. Acts 5:32 says the Holy Spirit is given by God to
those who obey Him, suggesting that faith without obedience is missing
the gift of the Spirit. In John 3:36 it says that he who does not obey
the Son shall not see life. Isn't this more of the 'obedience of faith'
concept of Paul's? In Romans 6:6 Paul speaks of obedience resulting in
righteousness. It speaks of the aforementioned process of
obedience-faith-righteousness (righteousness: condition acceptable to
God, equals deliverance and salvation, hooray). 2 Timothy speaks
alarmingly about what is in store for those who do not know God and
those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Here pre-faith is
mentioned, and possibly obeying the gospel unto faith. In Phi. 2:12,
Paul says obey, . . . and work out your salvation in fear and
trembling. This speaks of an obedience to the precepts of faith tied to
salvation. Christ's yoke is light, yet, we have to choose sincerely
whom we will serve and obey. And in Hebrews it is said, to those who
obey Him he becomes a source of eternal salvation. To me that speaks of
simply enduring in one's faith. There is a coming to know what is
expected and what is required before we know what to do to have faith,
and how to endure in it, all through the bible. Firmly established
faith pleases our Lord and our God. <br />
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Abraham has the most famous faith journey. Abraham's faith journey is one place we can get an elaborate idea of what faith consists of. Too much almost, for our purpose here; but it's a neat prototype. Abraham did not just one day have a light go on and believe God. It was not faith God was demanding of Abraham right away, it was to let Him build knowledge and trust, toward faith, into a story that would stand as lesson for all time. And His ultimate goal was to make Abraham His friend. In doing so, it seems, God wanted Abram to see Him in action, to see Him alive and engaged, and for him to get to know Him personally. Abram set out for Canaan with his dad, nephew and wife, and didn't make it there. They settled and Abram's father eventually died. There sat Abram. God showed up to offer to take Abram to Canaan and make him a great nation there. He did not ask Abram if he believed Him or not. There was nothing yet to believe. Later, Abraham learned that God was teaching him that He was Someone who was able to do what He says he will do; but not yet. Abram still had nothing to base his faith on. At that time gods were said to be all over the place, wooden, stone, imagined, fabricated, they ruled people's imaginations; gods were everywhere, and nowhere to be found, and Abram . . . was finally faced with one that spoke. Here was God, competing with many other gods found in Abram's imagination, including the god of Abram's father, who likely did not expect Abram to believe him until he at least had something to be convicted by. Or so it might be imagined. Abram was still yet to receive the assurance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things yet unseen. After all, neither did Christ hold anyone responsible for knowing He was God the Messiah until after his death and resurrection. But that assurance remains both factual and convicting to this day. Still, Abram had yet to go to Canaan and see God deliver him from his mistakes, live unmolested and wealthy, amazingly, in a land full of enemies, rescue and be rescued by God's grace and power, and be visited by the Lord's angels and be visited unbeknownst, by the Lord Himself. Finally, after all these things the Lord appeared to Abraham, reminded Abraham the He was the most high God who was, after all, going to bless him and his descendents still further forever. Abraham then had grounds to believe God, and believed. God credited this faith to Abraham as being not only acceptable but pleasing. God demonstrated the whole spectrum of faith -- before and after -- through Abraham, and left it for all to see. We see many faith experiences in the new testament that are nothing like Abraham's. We don't expect ours to be anything like Abraham's, they weren't. Yet the same basic elements will be there; perhaps abbreviated, but in their entirety. All it takes is faith the size of a mustard seed, if it is genuine, to please God.<br />
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Faith without obedience? I wonder what James would have said about faith without obedience? Judging by his advice on works, he might say faith without obedience is dead, and useless. I don't want to put words in his mouth, but he did say that faith without works is empty and useless, dead. He might argue that attaining to faith does require certain ingredients, certain substance. <br />
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Saying that obedience to the directives of the gospel is not a required ingredient of faith was a recipe for disaster for Simon the magician. He claimed he had faith. He may have even had thought he had faith. He confessed with his mouth, was baptized, and had nothing. Why? Because his faith did not meet the requirements. Christian faith has requirements. My faith in the 'prosperity gospel' falls short; it does not meet those requirements. I have faith, yet I'm broke. Mine would not be the testimony they are looking for at a prosperity gospel revival meeting. They would feel sorry for me, and conclude that I have not yet arrived spiritually. They would pray for me. I would tell them I believe in another gospel, the gospel of Jesus the Christ. If I could read of the requirements of the prosperity gospel of Christ I would gladly fulfill them and glean financial prosperity. But I don't see them in the gospel of Christ. So, I am left financially broke, but wealthy beyond measure in the Spirit of a loving and kind God who wants to bless me for an eternity by having me as one of His own child. <br />
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For the Galatians, obedience was an integral part of them attaining the right kind of faith. Some of them obeyed the false brethren and were severed from Christ. That misplaced obedience leaves them with a misplaced faith, which leaves them displaced from God. Obedience to the Spirit of Truth -- Christ, becomes faith, which becomes liberty, freedom, and joy.<br />
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Faith
is an act, a response, to an upward call from God. Obedience to the call results
in an answer of faith. Faith is itself an act of obedience. Not only do we confess
with our hearts (by way of our mouths), but we must.
Without doing so we cannot confess our faith to the Lord, and He cannot confess that
He ever knew us.<br />
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O.k., point made, hopefully. But what about misplaced obedience today that is rendering some people's faith of no value, or of no affect? What about those who have confessed faith in Christ in our churches and later find themselves rejecting it? Was it real? Or those who never give God a chance in the first place? Perhaps they are one of those who say, though a God of kindness sounds tenable, a God of wrath, or one who lets bad things happen does not meet their requirements for a worthy God. He does not meet their requirements; and consequently they do not meet his. What about also those converting from Christianity to Islam? They have found the story of Mohamed more believable than the story of the Bible. The bible does not meet their requirements, and consequently their faith is placed in a god they will never know. What about those Christians who believe all religions worship basically the same God? There is a big conflict with the Bible there. And what about Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses as Christians? They use a bible rewritten by men who didn't even identify themselves. They have lots of faith. Does their faith meet the requirements of the gospel of God in the bible of the original manuscripts? I talked them out of their interlinear Greek/English fake bible. I carry it in the car wherever I go. In the first few passages of John one they fail to accurately reflect the Greek and attribute diety to the Word who was with God in the beginning. That is no way to hope to translate a bible. Their faith is of no affect unless it obeys the authentic Word of God. Those are the Gospel's the requirements, not mine.<br />
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Now is this what the would-be teacher who designed the paraphrase at the beginning of this discussion meant when he said, "(Obedience) is . . . not a required addition to faith"?. Probably not. But it is what he said, and it is a shame. <br />
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How are we believing? Can we believe however we want? The social sciences are eager to demonstrate that people often believe what they, how they want, even in spite of being shown evidence to the contrary. Christians are not exempt. The bible tells us that men want their ears tickled and to accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires. Thus, in this world we get wildly divergent and uncompromising views on politics, economics, religion, and Christianity. People's beliefs are often according to what they want to hear and driven by whatever beliefs benefit them the most. Christian faith has requirements that are according to God and Jesus, otherwise there would be men designing and remanufacturing every sort of doctrine according to their own requirements. God's requirement are easy to love: <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>(Micah 6:8)<b><i> He has
told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do
justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? </i></b></span></blockquote>
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I know this is getting long. I need for this to function as a reference repository for ideas pertaining to free faith in my archive to serve as a reminder to myself what I believe, and why -- my memory is not a reliable storage unit. Let me close for now by referring back to Jame's teaching on saving faith. This is one of the most frustrating passages for me to incorporate into everything else the bible teaches about faith versus works. The Lord makes us be patient and work to understand James. If you have been to the Christian debate blogs you will have seen the term "saving faith" used prolifically. You will see people break it down intricately, ad nauseum, according to their own personal view. But James did give life to the term. I use the term "saving faith" as little as possible because in my view it has been widely misused. I have watched some of the smartest Christians alive try and agree on what is 'saving faith" is in the Christian context, and they can't. So, I look at faith as being either faith or not being faith, and it works. Faith based on the Truth saves. I'm going to go with that. Imitations abound, and, they are not hard to identify. A brother at the Wednesday night bible study uses the term "genuine faith". I like that. But James asks his congregation whether or not the faith that they are exhibiting is a faith that saves. James points to a faith that some of them are demonstrating as being a useless and empty faith, even dead, and which appears to<i> 'require'</i> something further. Agreed, there is a need for a softer term to use here than "require". But the point I would like to suggest is that, it is not important that we teach newcomers that <i>"obedience is a required addition to faith"! </i>But, it is important we do not teach them that "<i>obedience . . . is not a required addition to faith</i>". The latter is a losing and repulsive exercise. Even more important, as the aforementioned scripture texts have shown, our challenge now is to figure out how to teach obedient faith in ways that befit God's new testament, His gospel through Christ, and to do it in ways we can use, minute by minute, in our lives daily, so that we can all rightly obtain, and help others to obtain the freedom and joy that ushers forth from coming to that rich act of faith pleasing to the Lord. <br />
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I'm looking forward to meeting that challenge right here in upcoming moments of spare time.<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">-Useful Record- last updated on 3/26/2015</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">This is not a supposed journalistic endeavor, but merely a continuing exploration to grow in understanding. This article will continue to expand in not only thoroughness, but hopefully in brevity and clarity as well. The above may even be revised periodically for those reasons. This thoughtground is not primarily an archive, it is primarily the ongoing reflection of a living, growing student of God's world.</span><br />
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Easter season flower from WalmartTodd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-36321777831490382392015-03-03T16:03:00.001-08:002015-04-07T19:40:17.912-07:00I Don't think It's Permanent Wow, the stress has been draining from my body this past month as I reintegrate into my daily life things that have been on hold for the last 4 years of school. Things such as cooking more often, carpentry, contemplation, bible study, or, on a real good day, visiting two or three different musical instruments. A couple of years racing, racing, racing, had me drained. Trying to pay bills, be a parent, and getting a research paper of some description in by the end of most weeks filled up the schedule. Heading back into school at 49 seemed no problem; but then maintaining studying full time through my mid-50s was a challenge. But it had its desired effect, and after four years of study, hard work, and neglecting quite a few things, I am back at it, oddly better than I was when I put things on hold. I am better on all instruments, and in remodeling and repairing, I approach each project much more relaxed, with the meticulousness of constructing a good paper. My brain is ever so much more able. That is one of the unexpected benefits of four years of intense study. I'll take it. <br />
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It has been roughly four years since I went back to the academy (as my college roommate of almost 40 years ago put it). The last few months were brutal, with stress slowing me down more so than during the rest of the time. I've had the uncharacteristic feeling of mental exhaustion for about 4 months. Oh, I have good days and bad days, but this was constant. Judging by how I've rebounded since I don't think it's permanent. I'm still not sure if the fatigue had anything to do with stopping daily cod liver oil, which is great food (protein and vitamins) for the brain, or if it was the constant pressure of four years trying to maintain the best grade possible (well. . . and learn as much as I can while I have the opportunity). Well I got it before it got me and I think I'm in the clear. Fish oil may have had a lot to do with this past four good years of mental retooling. Fish has been a main staple in most people's diet since the beginning of time. Historically, most people lived either close to the seashore or not too far from a fresh water stream and consumed fish regularly. I'm going to get back to it. I personally need all of the mental advantages I can get. <br />
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It is important to go to an accredited online college if you hope to come away with a degree which has any value. That has always been a reality. There is, however, one even more important thing. Get in there and learn the subject matter. Take advantage of all that is being offered. The diploma is good to get your foot in the door, but it is what you actually learned that will dictate your eventual success. Where you go to school does not matter nearly so much as how you perform in the first year or two post education. That has everything to do with whether you have learned to apply what you were supposed to have learned. And on top of that, the most challenging task a college grad has is to go on learning after graduation. Careers, the job market, the sciences, no longer remain the same for very long. The given of constant change in life has shifted up a notch to rapid and exponential change in science, knowledge, and technology. Information and computation technology has produced a new global economy, booming scientific discoveries, and exponentially increasing rapid technological advancement. Life long learning is the new norm - everyone else gets left behind economically and technologically. <br />
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I am not here to glamorize or deify technology. Along with all of this upsurge in the speed of information gathering and the ability to compute and organize it comes limitations. It is more apparent than ever that humanity has hit a ceiling in its capacity to understand all of the information it has at it's disposal. Some of us want to take particularly the information we want to hear and ignore the rest, at the expense of a truer big picture. Many of us couldn't care less about any truth - truth has simply never shown up in our lives. The confuser has many of us under his spell. Very few of us can agree on anything anymore. We have come to a limit in the ability to understand and agree on what to do with this information these machines have so neatly collected for us. Information overload. The electronic information is blowing many of us out of the water. So much information, and so little capacity to understand it. And it is only because our educational system has let us down, leaving most of us without the tools of thought to tell fact from fiction - and in too many cases to even be able to read and write. And, unlike the economies that are slowly overtaking us - China, India, Malaysia, we scoff at higher education. Without cultivating the minds and workers to help our country stay competitive in the new technology driven world economy our ability to sustain our countries competitive economy will continue to slide. Former American corporations have taken advantage of the new electronically accessible global environment, moved to the other side of the world, and used the vulnerable and plentiful third world labor force to become new affluent global residents. This leaves America with very cheap foreign products, and a labor force with hoping to maintain as high of a low-wage lifestyle they can while competing with people in the third world who are one paycheck above living in a cardboard shanty. The new global corporate paradigm is to buy one's way into the next impoverished third world country, use up its natural resources and cheap labor, and move on to the next. This is a reward of using new electronic technology well. The new global labor market will have to become equally electronically and globally savvy, and together, "collectively", work its way back up to a living wage. In the meantime, a very poorly educated American labor force continues to "decollectivize". Very interesting.<br />
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Back to more manageable things. At one point early in a Community Development class I had about a year ago I realized that someone with a familiar sounding name called Dr. Randall Stoecker had the greatest number of publications cited in my main textbook. When I looked back in the references at the fellow with the familiar sounding name I noticed that whereas most of the other authors had one or two respectable citations, he had three to six times as many as everyone else. I was already aware Stoecker had published a long list of books and papers in his field after I had searched his name online, found him teaching at U-W Madison, and a link on his homepage to a long list of published works. I sent him an email and gave him my best regards. 36 years ago he was my good friend and college roommate at U-W Whitewater. <br />
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I have made it to level #162 in Candy Crush Saga and have spent only 5 dollars. I had only spent $3 up to last week until I decided to make a donation to them to partially reimburse them for all the fun I was having (feeling guilty, and cheap). It is not that I am so good, or so fast, because I'm not, but simply that I enjoy playing until I win a level on its own terms, fair and square, without paying for a win. The game is fun. I have found them to be very fair and patient (as fairness goes these days). This game goes well with the other family tradition I recall which is sometimes needing to spend a lot of time in the bathroom. Who would have thought such a relaxing pass time would have health benefits?<br />
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My daughter is amazing. She is going to high school online, at home, in charter school fashion. Next year
we will finish out "Deanta's big adventure" back in the traditional
school in town for her junior and senior year. We are excited. We are
excited about this year too. We have much to be thankful for. But the first semester of geometry went very hard. I had gloated the year before how well I had recently done in college intermediate algebra, but, was now faced with being useless in geometry. I could not help her. Her mother would offer to help her and then withhold any help from her in order to punish her for one thing or another. Her instructor at the time was also not overly helpful. But the book . . . finally, was decent - an online math book that turned out to be a decent instructional resource. We have had some bad ones. Her online algebra book from the previous year had been a disaster. It was not helpful. I had to teach her, and the teacher had to help. She and I gave the book every chance and it just did not teach. It appeared to be quickly thrown together. This year however, in geometry, I was helpless. When I was in high school I had fallen behind in geometry, and bombed. I had really struggled. At that time, rather than seeking help, I had felt there were far too many greater, more relevant school day possibilities. I'm still not sure I was wrong. In hindsight, I would have like to do better in geometry. But nobody cared what I got in geometry, least of all me, so in my frustration I would throw in the towel, gave up, and went to open gym. Not my daughter though. She has been way behind. She had thought that she could rely on some of us for help. Finally, realizing differently, she had given herself over to the book . . . but this time the book was there for her. All semester, although waiting for somebody to show up and play teacher, she had still been plodding along, methodically passing each lesson with usually an A, or a high B, learning the material, in spite of my telling her to hurry up and just blow through it before she falls too far behind. She just finished first semester geometry two days ago, 6 weeks into the second semester, with a high B. Now, she is going much faster while not waiting around for the rest of us to give her a hand. I am totally impressed. And now, after I had given up on her, if she dedicates enough time to it she could even finish the year with an A. I learned a lot too, and it wasn't geometry. <br />
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Things are good. To finish out my state counseling accreditation I am going half an hour to Wausau twice a week for two college courses at Northcentral Technical Institute: <i>Intro to Counseling</i>, and<i> Understanding Addiction, </i>getting ready to start working again at least two days a week in construction subcontracting (I love to build), very broke, very happy, very blessed, preparing for work in an exciting field. <br />
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<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-58292589866984553222015-02-15T10:24:00.002-08:002015-02-16T21:20:47.446-08:00Christian Anger Management In his famous gospel account Mark 2:28 he writes of how Jesus reminded the Pharisees present in the synagogue on that day how God had made the Sabbath for all to rest, including himself. He insisted on it, finally even commanding that his people do it. The week typically kept people very busy, and there was one day needed each week simply to rest. The seventh day of the week was designed by God for man (male and female) to rest from his or her work. Jesus had earlier taught the Pharisees how the Sabbath was made for man, not the other way around as they had claimed, and today he was going to teach them that it was lawful even to do good on the Sabbath. But first he quizzed them again on their new understanding by asking them directly "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath . . . to save a life"? They kept silent. <br />
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Has this ever happened to you? The Pharisees were not only unwilling to open their minds up to the possibilities Jesus presented, but incapable to bear being asked. After looking around at the Pharisees with anger and grieving at their hardness of heart Jesus restored a man's withered hand. Jesus' anger, quite possibly, was summarily dispensed with. <br />
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Jesus was "angry" and intended for those around him to sense it. We are taught to feel guilty and reckless in our anger, and the vast majority of the time likely should; but in all instances, the challenge is to let it propel us toward positive action. There always is some good result it can prompt in us. Anger happens, and as we can see in the case of Jesus, it can be there for a legitimate reason. The field of psychology considers anger one of the primary emotions. As humans, it is a vital part of our humanity. If you don't experience anger, you cannot be sure that you are human. It is part of the image of God. In this account, he depicted anger as a predictable response in the face of arrogance and denial. And he demonstrated what he does with his anger -- he controls it, and channels it into positive action. Anger resolved.<br />
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The Pharisees on the other hand, probably appeared very restrained and proper, even humble in their silence. They were, as often times are soft spoken and meek individuals, wolves in sheep's clothing. They, the silent, and probably appearing very reserved, were taking counsel among themselves along with the Herodians (government officials) as to how they might destroy this man who had performed a miracle in their presence, while they could only stand silently by.<br />
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The Pharisees were silent, probably quite composed, yet, to maintain their composure they needed to kill. They could expose Jesus as having violated the Sabbath law, hope to conceal or misrepresent his miracle, but they knew their silence would not be effective as the miracles and teaching would keep coming and the only way they could prevail was to kill him. This would work out in the short term, but in the long term, they would learn what Jesus meant when he had said they could kill the body but could not kill the soul. They believed in a resurrection of the dead, but made the mistake of not breaking their silence and comparing notes with him.<br />
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He had set aside a day for his people to not only rest from their work with his blessing, but to use it for good. To have this blessing turned on it's head and used as a weapon by the leaders would be upsetting to say the least. But his lesson does not settle on anger for its resolution. Anger reveals his emotional response, but then becomes secondary to miraculous resolution. He resolutely builds back up and restores the Sabbath day's proper interpretation, and a lame man's faith and love, as well as that of everyone within seeing and hearing the event and it's reverberations then, and since. He builds back up. He intervenes according to what is necessary to care for the souls of men and women in ways that demonstrate hope, justice, and mercy, using both wrath and kindness accordingly as to what most effectively navigates his beloved self-corrupted fleshly creations and their valuable souls safely, in one large spiritual ecology, on into eternity. It is absolutely astounding. Thanks for stopping in an sharing in my amazement.<br />
<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-18343653519352536452015-02-08T20:01:00.001-08:002015-03-08T21:39:30.742-07:00The Many Faces of Martyrdom. Isn't it interesting how in recent decades the news has been filled with suicide bombers and others running into battle to kill or be killed in order to personally benefit themselves in their death? <br />
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The apostles, by contrast, did not want to die, they wanted to go on teaching -- to live. Yet, they did not fear death. They had seen Jesus render death as being of no affect. They were all eventually put to death for refusing to deny that they were witnesses of such a thing. Nor did they kill.<br />
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The reason they did not fear death is that they had seen a man who claimed he was sent by the Father, be put to death, and appear to them immediately afterward, just as he had told them he would. They had seen enough. God did not need them to kill, nor fear those who threatened to kill them, but only to believe what they had seen and been told in person. They could only keep telling others until their dieing day. They left the day of their martyrdom in his hands.Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-49634544391997000932015-01-27T17:41:00.000-08:002015-03-08T21:37:11.489-07:00The Iraq War Just before the invasion of Iraq it was well known in my church bible study group that I felt the invasion of Iraq was a disaster waiting to happen. It would be a trillion dollars, 15,000 dead Americans, and not matter if we were there for 5 years or 50 years, the day after we would inevitably leave, the next thug would rush into power and likely be even worse than Saddam Hussein. It seemed clear that our Air Force through satellite
technology and precision bombing could easily have dealt with any threat of
weapons of mass destruction. 13 Years later the actual cost of the war is at two trillion dollars, 4,500 hundred dead American military personnel, 32,000 wounded, hundreds of thousands of military children and families left with direct trauma from loved ones coming out of a war zone as well as the PTSD victims, 32 military personnel suicides a day, something much worse than Saddam Hussein taking his place, and the U.S. the blood of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and military personnel on its hands. The first president Nouri al-Maliki, whom the U.S. had put in power to replace Saddam Hussein, got the ball rolling in his new role by sentencing his political opponent to death (had to be smuggled to Turkey), and now Saddam Hussein's Sunni Muslims, as well as their opponents, see no option other than large-scale, long-term violence until the other is crushed, oppressed, or dead. There is enough revenge stored up against the West in all of the orphans and victims to last for centuries. <br />
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And American's are left with the equivalent of verbal and political warfare at home launching blame at one another for the disaster of wasted time, money, and human lives.<br />
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Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-71617397402933658142015-01-21T10:14:00.003-08:002015-01-21T10:14:32.365-08:00findingthewisepath.comBy the way, as soon as I can get its domain name transferred from WIX to Squarespace, findingthewisepath.com will be off and running! Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-1126670167139171002015-01-19T22:14:00.001-08:002015-01-21T13:32:40.233-08:00Celebrating "Tonight"<span style="color: #45818e;"><i> I just remembered that some time ago I asked God that, if it was His will, and it fit in alright with the rest of His overall plan, could I please live until I'm around 90 (this would be for my daughter's sake). And so, tonight it dawned on me, just in case, I had better start brushing my teeth twice a day.</i></span><br />
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The above post "Tonight" is actually a blog entry from 9/13/2005, and the second recorded blog entry I ever made. It has been sitting there unpublished as a draft since that time, for the good reason that it should have been, and perhaps still should be -- but for the urge I had to go back tonight and see when this blogging all began for me. This blogging is where I found I could sit for 16 hours, studying, writing in Christian blogs, thinking, learning through debating with many others the multivaried doctrines of my new faith, without falling asleep. I did not know I could do that, nor did I know how much I could enjoy it. I could sit for hours, day after day, studying, writing, exploring, discovering, clarifying, problem solving, learning, watching, seeking, finding, observing people with some of the highest levels of academic achievement disprove and devour each other, handily and summarily, day in, and day out. It caused me to begin to lose heart, to not even want to go into this new marketplace of ideas, yet, surprisingly . . , I did not fall asleep. That, for a while, was my biggest surprise. And then something happened and I came to find a richer, unexpected surprise. Blogging, pondering, simply writing . . . clarifying thoughts, was good for the soul. It bore fruitful understanding. Using the symbols of thought, to develop and clarify thought, produced finally useful, clear and well developed, much needed, and much appreciated thought. How handy this proved to be in a world whose information often gets abused. <br />
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I wish I had saved my first blog entry. It seemed so primitive and cloddish at the time that I soon deleted it out of embarrassment. It went something like, "o.k. then, let's see, one, two, three, let's let 'er fly", and I pushed the "publish" button and recorded my first blog entry. Man I was exhilarated. I thought that post lacked the style of a real class occupant of the blogisphere at the time (laugh) but now, wow, I wish I had kept it for the record.<br />
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An hour ago it was a minute past twelve. I had just submitted the final paper in the final class of a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Behavioral
Science. The educational experience has reaffirmed my trust in the value of the basics. They are good. "Keep it simple, stupid"! Everybody has heard that one. Isn't that actually a warning to a "smart" person to not betray their intelligence by letting bloated reasonings distort a more easily understood? There is power in the basics. Big ideas many times fail. The basics remain, unable to be denied, and available to be readily applied better the next time. I'm not talking about inventing a better spaceship, I am talking about going moment by moment through the day. How faithful they can be. Additional proof that He is faithful. Yet, complexity can be beautiful when it is a soundly interwoven series of well established basics.<br />
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And finally, consider taking a big chance at learning more about things you did not know you were interested in; start a blog. Find out what's in there. Surprises await you. <br />
<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-33442869450059917722014-10-08T12:28:00.001-07:002014-10-20T19:52:34.921-07:00One day we brought boogie boarding to Eau Claire Dells<span id="goog_1496485718"></span><span id="goog_1496485719"></span><br />
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This was our first time at Eau Claire Falls and we just decided to bring the boogie board along. Sorry for the quality of the You Tube recording below, but there you can see my daughter's first whitewater boogie board run. Until then, she had no idea how fun these little boards could be on a river. My run was too ugly to watch (maybe some other time), but her's was good. In her previous run, she had slid off of her board and lost it downstream (I had to fetch it). But her second run was a keeper. I was just amazed after watching my flub that she agreed to do it. Enjoy.<br />
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<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-70313269723472407482014-04-22T20:21:00.000-07:002014-04-22T20:44:40.629-07:00A Tail of Two Animals (tale coming soon!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-66373502339421656352014-04-18T14:41:00.001-07:002014-04-22T21:01:08.170-07:00Psychology 101, Question 2, Option B<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;">
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In mid-January, Lord willing, I will have a bachelors degree in Applied Behavioral Science. My goal is to counsel young men and boys (now even young women and girls) at the Lincoln Hills School. That is the youth prison here in Wisconsin. Since I had taken Psychology 101 back in 1978 I was allowed to by-pass it this time around. However, recently my academic adviser must have reconsidered, feeling that 36 years was an awful long time since having my last exposure to basic psychology, signing me up for it this term. I am glad he did. The first time around was a life-changer in terms of understanding how the human animal tends to think. This time is much richer.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">School is paying off dearly; I am stretching in every direction. Things are good. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The voice is continuing to develop, and I am back on the piano again in church, as well as sometimes playing bass guitar, six-string guitar, or simply singing harmonies. The bible study there has been good and sometimes there is no music practice and I wind up in a rousing game of basketball in the small church gymnasium. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Explain the processes involved in how one senses the world around them (sight,
touch, hearing, etc). If you had to give up one, which would it be? Why? What
in your life (think about home, work, school) would be impacted by this lack of
sense? How does perception influence your sensory systems?</i></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i> </i> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;">We take the world in through our senses. If that were all that happened, then we would would all just be. . . (<u>insert the name of your least favorite animal or political party, right here</u>). But something happened to us, mankind that is, sometime within the recent past of less than 10,000 years or so. Some would say it was with the discovery of agriculture somewhere around 7-10,000 years ago. Others
would point to a convincing lineage and historical record dated back to
when it appears their God visited this already existing planet and
created a whole new larger spiritual man with an entirely new set of
attributes out of something that he had cultivated for billions of
years. At any rate, it is an amazing thing what, nearly inexplicably, happened to mankind not too long ago – for there was a
sort of complete transformation. "Prehistoric Man" changed from nothing
more than a "senses" driven high form of animal life, foraging,
prehistoric, barely distinguishable in intelligence from any other
animal, into something quite distinct. Until then, like a trained animal, it was almost as if our existence was based primarily on an operant conditioning. It was almost as if then some biological constraint had been lifted and we could all now simply “know”. We were finally very distinguishably aware. Not
only could we substantively remember the past but we could anticipate
the future and the tools of language sprung up with which we could talk
all about things. Suddenly we had multiple large families of complex languages, agriculture, and our diet was worse than ever! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;">At
any rate, we are man (male and female), distinctly “wise”, conscious of
it, and best of all we are aware that we are conscious of it. We
have become well equipped with the tools of communication to evaluate
and discuss our newly more developed and greater conscious awareness
(LeFrancois, 2011, 2.5). Prehistoric times ended and then we really had something to write about! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;">By what process do we sense the world around us then? The same way an animal does I suspect, with one big difference: the human has a very different main processing center. Prehistoric
homo sapiens seemed to have developed from an existence based on
typical animal senses, instincts, and seemingly a heavily operant style
of learning and existing into a more distinctly human way of processing. Man was prepared with a very good main processing center. She experiences life through her senses much like an animal, I’m guessing, but she interprets it much more uniquely. We “sense”, and then ideally, before we respond, we do some major interpreting that no other animal species is equipped to do. And somewhere in all of that is an interesting process that we are still trying to understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;">After consulting with my daughter, I determined that I would the most willingly give up my sense of touch or even smell. I
would much rather give up my hearing than my sight, notwithstanding
that I am a musician, for, as my daughter pointed, matters of
convenience (bumping off of walls, running from bad guys, etc.). I would
certainly be a sad quiet day in some respects around here though if that
were to happen, and joyous in others, because there is always plenty of
else to do without hearing, and less whining to distract.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;">Reference </span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">LeFrancois, G. (2011). Psychology: The Human Puzzle. San Diego, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"> Bridgepoint Education, Inc. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://content.ashford.edu/">https://content.ashford.edu</a></span>Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-76911789735961192842014-02-13T08:53:00.000-08:002014-02-13T14:46:35.802-08:00I Found This in My Refrigerator.<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is some expired cottage cheese that I rediscovered in my refrigerator one day. From white, it has turned into a color extravaganza bustling with new life forms. There appears to be at least 4 different types of mold in there (maybe more).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">They are likely to be bacteria (as opposed to fungi).
Generally speaking they are known as microorganisms (in many instances germs) -- or, the smallest creatures on earth. From several miles beneath the
earth's crust to high in the sky, microorganisms have a widespread presence on
this earth. From 200 miles above the earth, looking down, they are the
only visible life form. We see them in special satellite photos taken of the
oceans in early spring. They are massive blooms of phytoplankton
registering as fantastic swirls of green, blue green and red in the northern
oceans. Microorganisms have a fundamental and far-reaching organic dominance here
on earth -- literally penetrating into every nook and cranny – and are
absolutely everywhere. But fear not,
they have an irreplaceable part in nature and comparatively few of them are
harmful to us.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Earlier in history, it was apparent to people that some spoiled
foods were inedible and caused harm while others were actually pleasing to the palate – sour cream, sour kraut, I can’t think of too many others. And that certain illness were caused by some
sort of transmittable something or other.
We didn’t know how all of that worked. Although,
simple hand-washing, first recommended by the Lord, was already a well known
first line-of-defense against the invasion of disease, it was still not entirely
known why.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Then the theories started to fly.
There was the theory of spontaneous generation, as well as the bad air
theory. Then came Antonie van
Leeuwenhoek in his dusty Holland fabric shop during the late 1600’s. He opened up a whole new world of
magnification to us and subsequently became known as “one of the most original
and curious men who ever lived”. By
grinding glass lenses to ever-finer specifications, he could determine the
thread counts on the bolts of linens he was buying to make his draperies and
upholstery. Soon, through these early
magnifying glasses he also gazed at specimens of pond water about which he wrote,
“.<i> . .there were many very little
animacules, very prettily a-moving. . . in such enormous numbers, that all the
water. . . seemed to be alive.”</i> He soon
had constructed 250 powerful microscopes that could magnify up to as much as 300
times. He very accurately described
bacteria and protozoa. Eventually he was recognized as a scientist of great
merit. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">By the 1800’s microscopes were capable of magnifying 1000 times or
more, and the “if. . . well, o.k. . . then. . . ” approach of deductive reasoning
in the scientific method, a very sound, logical method for beginning to map out the
physical intricacies of God’s creation.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Let’s fast-forward to the amazing story of Hungarian Dr. Ignaz
Semmelweis. Read his story on
Wikipedia. He proved that deadly
infections were indeed spread by doctors simply not washing their hands between
patients, yet unable to change the stubborn ways of his lazy-minded colleagues, and save lives, eventually wound up committed to an insane asylum, and went down in history as
a sort of peevish genius.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">The rest of the story through the “germ theory” is more
fascinating than any science fiction. We will forgo that here.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature -- they are everywhere. Most don't reside in any specific plant or
animal host but are free-living, could be isolated from the soil, water, plants
and animals just about everywhere, and are not known to cause disease.
Others are capable of producing disease if they are introduced into a
part of the body that is not meant for them to be in.
They will then invade, cause infection, and it is up to the many
specialized antigen fighting cells in our body to stop them. The ones
here in the picture of the dish in the refrigerator are easy for the body's
defenses to deal with. Our eyes are our first line of defense (early
warning system), then I suppose, our nose (less forgiving). Our taste
buds are next, then stomach acid with its fierce acid bath is next in line, and
if all of those defenses don't work, our stomach muscles are next (eeewwww).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">To disarm the ones that get past the body's defenses, we have to
rely on the defenses that bacteria themselves use against each other.
These are what we know as antibiotics. Antibiotics are what many
bacteria use in their quest to not merely survive
but to invade and dominate other cultures of bacterium.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I can't be absolutely sure what these various microbial culture in
my dish are. My microbiology professor would be able to name most all of
them by sight. But that is only after many trips to the microscope where
they would be stained and analyzed by shape and post-stain adherence, whether
they live in chains or clumps or any number of other tell-tale traits.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And then other men would go on to build better and better
microscopes until one day the amazing electron microscope would be put together. It would enable us to peer at not only now the
miniscule nucleus of a tiny living cell unit, but at each of the billions of
genes contained in them, and the variety of nitrogen bases that comprised them
and the countless electron they consisted of. And we now know that these unimaginably small
and numerous hundreds and hundreds of trillions of particles that make up these
things are simply giants in comparison to the smaller particles we have
discovered yet cannot see. Even if we
someday are able to see them, there will be smaller particles yet to come that
we cannot. Our eyes and our tools are
finite; they have limits. Still, there
is spirit. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">We know it is there. Those
particles in our immense minds containing our deep invisible thoughts, finally,
that is wherein lies the miraculous, incomprehensible division between soul and
spirit. That’s where the stuff of life
dwells. The stuff of real life. The stuff that Jesus had access to. The stuff that Jesus was a part of, and had
authority over. Therein, God showed us where
we came from, and what we meant to Him – what it all meant. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Jesus was able to show his irrefutable authority in that area to
everyone he met. No one doubted his
spiritual import, but only questioned whether it was a good or bad, or if it
even mattered. He gave us the Creators
model -- “That which is born of flesh,
is flesh, and that which is born of Spirit, is Spirit”. That was not just a generous revelation of <i>what was what</i>, but of who and what He
was. His purpose was to explain the
creative God-head of the universe, which he was a part of. His method was by demonstrating the existence
of and difference between flesh and Spirit – <i>organic life</i> made of the elemental things of the earth, and<i> eternal life</i> consisting of similarly
indestructible spiritual matter that held it all together. His means was by coming and fellowshipping
with His creation, teaching it about true life, which came from above, and
demonstrating eternal life. This is Spirit.
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">This is the God whom self-willed men did not want to find – the
one with a fierce reputation for love and productive engagement with His
creation, a constant invisible yet tangible and irrefutable presence which they
were now accountable to. In the process “Man” was able to discover that he/she need
look no further in their quest for Spirit because God left his testimony in
Spirit – Spirit and Truth. The only
known truth who had demonstrated power over ‘spirit’. Predictably, it was the same God, the only
God, who revealed Himself since the beginning of the present earth and man’s
presence on it. It was a done deal.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Now we explore his magnificent creation knowing
whose it is, where we are going, and of what we are made – flesh and Spirit. If we listen and learn, follow and allow
ourselves to be led by Him.With our marvelously curious minds and the powerful tools
devised by them we look in amazement at the universe of micro-organisms, and
beyond, and see how easy it is to forget that something greater than that is
here. He is here. He is everywhere.</span></span></span>Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-40718179823305664902014-02-12T15:47:00.001-08:002014-02-17T21:39:26.189-08:00Unfortunately, Wisconsin's Constitutional Ban on Same Sex Marriage is Likely to be on its Way Out.<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br />
The American Civil Liberties Union<a href="http://www.wjfw.com/stories.html?sku=20140205173838"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span>filed a lawsuit<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span></a>for a
group of same sex couples in Madison on Monday (2/3/14). They will challenge Wisconsin's
constitutional ban on same sex marriage. With their success in other
states as an indicator, then they are likely to succeed. Why? Is it
inevitable? Probably so due to the fact that the dominant culture in the U.S.
has not succeeded in distinguishing "marriage" from a plain legal "contract", nor does it seem to mean anything more than that in our popular
culture. So, may it rest in peace.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Yet, it's unfortunate. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;">If Christians cannot define
marriage to a lost world, a Christian institution with origins in the nation of
Israel, then they may lose it. They cannot seem to be able to
differentiate it from a Constitutional right. So perhaps that is what
they've let it become? Unfortunately, statistically, in the area of divorce, Christians are already
equals with non-believers. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;">If we cannot distinguish a
"marriage" as being a unique union between a man and a woman and a
"legal civil union" as being between any two friends of the same sex
desiring legal protection, then we have lost our salt. There should be no
confusion between the two types of unions. Two people of the same sex
cannot produce biological descendants together nor cultivate their
own biological family -- they have no incentive to endure a marriage, nor even
need a marriage in the first place, apart from legal protection. The
institution of marriage was originated for at least this type of description,
composed of man and woman, husband and wife, a label for a unique nuclear
family, or simply a unique unit of two. The facsimile of two people of
the same sex trying to do the same thing bears no likeness. Two people of
the same sex can still have an intense fondness, lust, love, with a physical
attraction, but can only imitate the critical part of a marriage. Two
people of the same sex cannot go through the consummating act of a marriage,
but can only dumb it down, lessen, and perhaps even render the institution as
being of no affect, useless anymore, and far gone from its original definition.
Perhaps in the future, gays will marry, and heterosexuals will enter a
simply more pragmatic agreement of a legal civil union. It is already
happening in Europe, and therefore likely to be picking up steam in the U.S.,
proving, finally, that a civil union can indeed accomplish all of the legal
requirements of marriage desired by the homosexual subculture, yet they are
still plodding forward politically to ultimately and inadvertently prove that
the original marriage was unobtainable, and they have in the process
contributed to making it obsolete. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br />
Marriage predates Democracy, yet unfortunately we have allowed the political
system to redefine it and assume its ownership. The same political system
would instead have helped the over 90% in our country who are heterosexual to
retain its uniqueness. But it seems as though they (we, I) cannot defend
marriage as being different than a simple "legal civil union" and now
must give it over to being something, apart from lip service, mostly legal.
It has been given over to being a mere legal contract, a signatory of
friendship that can be legally honored or broken in court of law as a
friendship wears out, void of any nuclear family need for genetic identity and
longevity or historical significance, and simply be scavenged now by any two
adults of any description purely for its legal entitlements.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br />
A civil union signifies legal entitlements between friends -- a social
entitlement that should have been extended long ago to a battered minority here
in our society from a humane social and political perspective, but now is
finally ushered in as once worthwhile human institutions and marital values are
dying and being ushered out.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br />
And to the rest of the world the founding institution of marriage will have a
ring of religious bigotry to it instead of the sound of unique beauty and
promise that it was founded on, because God's people could not help it continue
to stand as originally intended. They could not define it to anybody else
as being different than a mere political civil/legal union. What a shame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;">_______________ Update </span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">________ 02/17/2014_______</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;">What do you know . . . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;">In Indiana -- for one -- they know the <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/02/17/gay-marriage-ban-vote-indiana/5560497/">difference between a "marriage" and a "civil union".</a></span><br />
<br />
This move can maintain a plain institution of marriage there. They are the new forward thinkers. <br />
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-5820550354635353732014-02-12T15:37:00.000-08:002014-02-12T15:37:12.616-08:00A Research Paper on Health Care Policy.<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Final Paper: Public Health Care Policy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Todd Saunders<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SOC 320 Public Policy &
Social<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="text1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Instructor:
Vahik Ovanessian</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">01/20/2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Public Health Care Policy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The public policy process usually begins with an issue identified as a
public problem. The issue then must find
its way through many competing interests and participants onto a narrow agenda
of issues where, in whatever way it chooses, government decides how to deal
with the issue. It enters into the
‘would be’ process of problem solving.
The outcome can then range anywhere from having little to no effect,
partially or completely solving the problem, or making the matter even worse. This paper will take a comprehensive look at
the health care policy problem here in the United States as well as the
policy-making process itself. It will do
so by looking at the scope, nature, and evolution of the health care policy-making
process. At the same time it will look
at the actors, institutions, and political concerns involved, as well as some
of the approaches they used in formulation, adoption, and evaluation of health
care policy. It will then analyze public
opinion and its impact on the process, and close with a look at present health
care policy, its direction, and its potential future.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Early in this countries history there was
no formal health care system. Government’s involvement in the health care
enterprise was generally limited to sporadic charitable provisions for the
relief of the poor. Beyond that, public
health care was the headed up by religious groups and charitable organizations
relying on patronage from the wealthy. The
beginning of our current system of health care may have begun in 1739 with
public funding of the Pennsylvania<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>general<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>hospital in Philadelphia, the first health
care facility in America. The young
physician with the idea had been impressed with a health care movement in
Europe and the famous French hospital, the Hotel-Dieu in Paris.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> From this period, the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">U.S. health-care system is said to have
begun evolving upon entrepreneurial principles. Government would assist in
informing society about activities that would improve general health. Financially, it would come to the aid of the
destitute as well as people who were economically or physically
disadvantaged. To a growing extent,
society at large was acknowledging that good health was intrinsic to not only human
welfare but economic prosperity as well (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:1).
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Then, not too long after the expansion of state responsibilities came a
number of scientific advances in the 20th century. The number of preventive public health
initiatives then began to rise. Governments
began to increase their role in curative care through regulation, funding, and
the provision of care itself (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:1).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
If we fast-forward ahead to now, the U.S. health system has blossomed
into a sprawling giant. A bewildering
complexity of institutions, barriers, programs, contradictory requirements, and
red tape (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Portes,
Light & Fernández-Kelly, 2009. pp.
487). It attempts to serve at least two well-established
needs. One is economic prosperity, and
two, is health. Research demonstrates a direct
link between the health of a society and its economic prosperity. Societies need healthy populations to
function. Healthy populations are more
productive than unhealthy ones, and productivity means economic prosperity </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:1). Economic prosperity is what most
governments desire. But health care in
this economy is itself a commodity which you cannot get unless you pay for
it. So it appears to be the age-old
tension of, “You have to spend money to make money”. But how much does a
society then spend? And what exactly
does it get spent on? And then, a common
related question is whether access to basic health-care is a ‘commodity’, or a
‘right’? These and other questions must be debated and analyzed. That is no easy thing. Not only is the process toward sound public
health-care policy a problematic, complex, and often contentious process, but
it is said that nowhere has the discussion in the policy arena been more
contentious than in that surrounding the adoption of health-care policy reform
(Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:1). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On that note, let us move on to where the health care problem reentered
public and political awareness and how it managed to stay there until the
process resulted in adoption of groundbreaking reform. It was during the 2008
presidential election that the problems were again singled out. They were rising health-care costs and the large
number of uninsured Americans. Maybe we
should first recap the history of these two health care policy concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Out of concern for the uninsured, President Harry S. Truman proposed
replacing private insurance with a national system. That proposal was defeated in Congress by
lobbying from American Medical Association (AMA) and insurance interests
((Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:2).
Shortly after that, health care once again returned to the national
institutional agenda. President Kennedy
expanded health care with a</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">program called Medical
Assistance for the Aged, and by extending insurance to those who qualified for
Social Security. After him, through the
War On Poverty reforms, President Johnson introduced the Medicaid and Medicare
programs.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Rising
health care costs into the 1970’s </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">destined
the federal government to become more involved with both Medicare and Medicaid
at the expense of the private sector. Next,
the introduction of the managed-care system and the Health Maintenance
Organization (HMO) through the 1970’s and 1980’s could not succeed in
controlling costs. It simply shifted the
burden further onto the private sector.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
Through the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">mid-1970s
and early 1980s U.S. health costs were increasing at alarming rates. Access was becoming still more limited, and
the uninsured population was expanding quickly.
The 1974 National Health Planning and Resource Development Act (NHPRD)
had not helped the larger problems of the time.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Later, during the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reagan era, higher-use rates per insured in Medicare
and an extension of the Medicaid-covered population appears to have assured ongoing
cost increases (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012.
11:2). During the George H. W. Bush administration from 1988 to 1992 the
need for health reform was apparent, as both costs and the number of uninsured
continued to rise (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:2). There were many practical proposals
forthcoming but no institutional consensus on what to enact. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By the early 1990’s, there had been widespread calls for reform due to
higher costs to both patient and provider.
This had caused a policy making shift from the systemic (public) agenda
to the institutional (policy making) agenda (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012.
4:3). It could likely be said that there were more stakeholders now feeling the
pain of the health-care policy status quo.
This desire for action captures the mood in congress when the Clinton administration
first came to office. The administration stepped boldly into policy change. He proposed creating a national health
insurance system that would solve both the problems of escalating medical care
costs and unequal access. As it turns
out, he tried to pass comprehensive reform too suddenly, instead of incrementally
according to tradition. The objective of
his Health Security Plan was managed competition. Its thrust was aimed at trying to shape
market forces within the structure of national health insurance. It was
perceived not only as too complex, but also as ‘too much government, too
soon’ It opened itself up to being
characterized as “socialism”, and thus a threat to individual freedom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Next came George Walker Bush whose 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug
Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) expanded Medicare to include
prescription drugs and allowed the individual to set up a ‘health savings
account’. He vetoed some additional
legislation on the basis that it suggested a drift toward socialism. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That brings us back to the 2008 presidential election after which Barack
Obama earned the right to be the presidential actor in the policy-making
process of the period. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A year after he became president he pushed through the
enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. This put in place a
health-care system that covered 95% of Americans. It was a historic expansion of
health-care policy in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Let us
look now at the policy-making process that predominated. Two issues held the
main stage. The first was cost containment, an international problem faced in
all industrialized nations. The second issue, particularly in the United
States, was the growing number of uninsured.
Other factors were: changing family structure, increasing labor
force participation of women, and expanding public budgets. These trends all
have important consequences for health care systems (Quadagno, 2010). Policy analysts and
actors, health-care professionals, and advocacy group all argue the health-care
in America is in a state of near crisis, and one that is only likely to get
worse as the aging population places increasing burdens on the health-care
system (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012.
pp.11:2). These forces all helped
open the window of opportunity for health-care policy change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Some of the groundwork for change had already been laid by previous
administrations. George W. Bush had made
it clear that he believed changes in health care were necessary (Theodoulou
& Kofinis, 2012. pp.11:2). The Clinton administration had generated
ideas in substance and strategy. So what
of change?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The U.S. is a welfare state. There are a variety of health care models used
by the world’s industrialized welfare states.
There are three distinct regime
types used by western nations.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
There are the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Social
democratic" regimes which provide for extensive welfare benefits granted
to all as a right of citizenship, such as in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. The second type is the
"Conservative" regimes which function through traditional family and
hereditary status relationships, and are in France, Germany, Italy, and
Australia. And then, the "liberal" welfare states which are characterized
by extensive reliance on means-testing, a preference for the market over the
state, and government subsidies to encourage private welfare </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Quadagno, 2010.
pp. 127). They include the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, and the United States.
Another typological model used to describe the United States model is
the “insurance model". Private insurance has always been an embedded actor
in U.S. national health care policy. In
the insurance model medical services are distributed through free markets, and
the state's role is limited. Even with
heavy state involvement the U.S. Medicare program does not cover all
health-related expenses, but leaves a lucrative "medigap" market for
private insurers (Quadagno, 2010.
pp. 127).
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
Interestingly, the birth of the insurance in the United States began in
1847 (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:2).
Its beginnings accompanied the emergence of medical facilities. Back then, public and private support for a
national insurance system in the U.S. was great. The U.S. Public Health Service had been
created in 1798. But as time went on, by
the early 1900’s, unlike in the industrialized nations of Europe, nationalized health
care insurance in the U.S. had lost its appeal.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> So
privatized public health insurance policy was the only option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
The nation’s first “prepayment” health insurance system was introduced
in California and Michigan in 1933 by the private insurance company Blue Cross. These plans then gradually spread to all
states in the union. This was a part of
the evolutionary process that helped make the private health insurance industry
a useful tool in national health care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
Part of insurance industry involvement was by the employer providing
insurance for the employee. This is the
largest single business expense for many employers </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Quadagno, 2010.
pp.126). These expenses were designed to be tax
write-offs. Through the years, with the constant and disproportionate rise in
health care costs, employers have been cutting benefits and shifting more and
more of the cost to employees. This
shift was a festering source of economic insecurity for those families. Family
insurance premiums were raising by large percentages as well (Quadagno, 2010. pp.125). Between 1999 and 2008, with health insurance
premiums nearly doubling, the number of uninsured continuing to rise. Health-care costs also were becoming a major
contributor to the U.S. fiscal deficit (Theodoulou
& Kofinis, 2012. 11:3). The
business community was becoming aware of an impending crisis. The recession that began in 2008 made these
existing problems worse.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
Finally, s</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome businesses lobbied government
for a national insurance program. One
which would require all employers to pay their share of the employee’s
health-care costs (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012.
11:3). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n a polarized political climate, the
task of addressing an imminent health care crisis was not easy. Proposing his plan before a joint session of
a Democrat-controlled congress to resounding applause was a good public
relations strategy. His was able to begin
to define the debate and shape public interests. And with a fresh electoral mandate for a
legislative initiative to address unaffordable health care he had immense
relative power and a full arsenal of political capital. Tangible power which derived its strength
from an idea whose time may have come. It was a relative power which he could for
the moment use to compel and coerce his fellow policy actors during design,
formulation, and adoption of new policy (Theodoulou
& Kofinis, 2012. 1:1). He had
gained the upper hand politically. He
appeared to continue to hold on to it until the implementation stage. But policy enactment was not far away
now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In
designing his proposal President Obama made an effort to work with key
stakeholders in his plan such as employers and the insurance industry. He
worked closely with congressional leaders and other key members of congress,
seeking their involvement. He met with and
involved key actors in the health system.
This involvement and compromise was key to his policy’s success (Theodoulou & Kofinis, 2012. 11:3).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> His
formulation of the policy sought to b</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">uild
on existing employment-based <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">insurance,
distributing costs across the board to all employers, putting an end to some</span>
employers’<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">free</span> passes, and pooling all into a national scheme. The policy’s goals would seek to reg<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ulate</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">market</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
such a way as to </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">expand</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">access</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> to health care, stop the cost shifting</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> and
add greater </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">cost</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">containment
</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Theodoulou &
Kofinis, 2012. 11:3)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> This kept the insurance industry happy as
well. They could expand the size of
their employer client pool. They were
further made tractable by the ‘individual mandate’, requiring everyone to
purchase health insurance, thereby expanding their pool of paying customers who
now have government subsidies to help them purchase coverage as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> The health care field was found by
President Obama in an amenable position.
Health care industry expenses were increasing beyond their control just
like everyone else’s. They would
participate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> To
win state governments, Obama promoted their freedom to formulate and enact
their own health-care policy and even increased their block grants to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> Timing
was key in the adoption stage of the ACA.
Obama pushed the proposal through the whole legislative process very
quickly. The process lasted about a
year. Public opinion actually began
growing more negative at the beginning of the implementation stage. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> In public opinion, there are those who feel
medical care is a ‘commodity’, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to be bought
and sold like any other market good. It
follows the market principle (Claassen & Highton, 2006). pp.
414). One weakness in this principle may
be most evident in health insurance plans which refuse to cover some diseases
and exclude pre-existing conditions entirely (Quadagno, 2010). For many people, this puts health care beyond
their reach. The U.S. might rightly be
perceived as being inconsistent to insist that a fetus has the right to be born
but not the right to keep itself alive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> On the
other side of public opinion you have some who hold that health care is a ‘right’. A moral issue involving the principle of
social solidarity. This principle refers
to an understanding that individuals and groups share common risks and that
citizens of a community are obligated to care for each other in times of hard
ship (Quadagno, 2010. pp. 130). “Solidarity
has three dimensions: risk solidarity, income solidarity, and scope solidarity.
‘Risk solidarity’ means that premiums should be unrelated to health risk, that
each member of the group should have access to health insurance, and that the
cost of disease and medical care should be distributed across all members. ‘Income solidarity’ emphasizes that premiums (or
contributions) should be related to ability to pay and should thus vary with
income. Finally, ‘scope solidarity’ means that members are entitled to receive
a comprehensive package of benefits” (Quadagno, 2010). The different ways
these ideas can play out is subject to the individual nation’s own creativity.<b> </b>Conveniently
for President Obama and his side of the debate, a focus group research
conducted for the Obama campaign found that the public responded most
positively to messages that emphasized social solidarity, and that they
rejected the idea that health care was a commodity (Quadagno, 2010. pp.131). However, the same study also concluded
that at the same time people clung to a fear of the threat of socialism and emphasized
the importance of consumer choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We have
seen that there are differing opinions on the role of government involvement in
health care. What is at the bottom of
some of them?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It has been seen that policy makers and the public are each bound within
a specific local reality that will influence their opinions. Yet, evidence shows that is goes further than
that. There is a relationship between
national histories and the direction of future public policy </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Kikuzawa,
Olafsdottir & Pescosolido, 2008.
pp.388). The same conditions with different historical traditions will
mean differing levels of acceptance of similar public policy. It is thought
that, through a general socialization process, citizens come to view their current
government involvement in health care as the way things "should be"
and that they tend to share those beliefs together (Kikuzawa, Olafsdottir &
Pescosolido, 2008. pp.387).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Another complicating factor in public
opinion is the finding that, "When policy increases (decreases), the
preference for more policy decreases (increases)"</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Kikuzawa, Olafsdottir & Pescosolido, 2008. pp.389). Too much policy, good or bad, tends to turn
people off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Still another influence on national
health care opinion is how much one will personally benefit from national
health care. Certainly someone with a
low income, who normally could not afford certain health care, will benefit
more than someone well off. And this
will affect his opinion of national health care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
What the future may or may not hold for national health care systems is
the subject of many observers. Some
envision that aging populations and rising costs are likely to be a constant
force in the future direction of national health care systems </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Kikuzawa,
Olafsdottir & Pescosolido, 2008.
pp.386).</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
On another note, it has been shown that the reality of globalization is
prodding national actors to look abroad at both the solutions and mistakes of
other countries and use them to avoid mistakes of their own (Stevens 2001). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
Another consideration was that, in the United States, health care
currently consumes one-eighth of national resources and is the largest item in
many state budgets </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Quadagno,
2010. pp.131). If the rising cost of
health care follows historic trends, that will get much worse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
Researchers are seeing that the less support among citizens there is for
government involvement in health care, the more poor health in the population </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Kikuzawa,
Olafsdottir & Pescosolido, 2008. pp.). Lax vaccination programs and poor
preventative health care will be a part of that. Even with better technology, if the U.S. does
not improve in the area of education on health issues, then our low health
outcome numbers will increase and so will the burden of poor health on the
economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Subsequent to adoption and during implementation
of the Obama administrations ACA was a sort of counterinsurgence of the
opposition. Some did not want the policy
change so badly in the first place that they decided to obstruct the
implementation of it. This is a normal
part of the policy-making process </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Theodoulou
& Kofinis, 2012. 6:3)</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Also, those in charge of the new policy’s
execution did not get their jobs done.
That reality could affect the future performance of the policy and make evaluation
very difficult. These things all remain
to be seen as the new policy emerges, develops and ultimately changes within
our transient society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
This paper has delved into the health care policy-making process in the
United States. It has looked briefly at
the immense scope, the problematic nature, and the promising evolution which
describes policy development and change in this country. It singled out some of the actors, institutions,
and political concerns involved, and some of the approaches they used in
formulation, adoption, and evaluation of our health care policy. It analyzed public opinion and demonstrated
some of its potential impact on the process.
It then closed with a few thoughts on the precarious state of the
present health care policy, some speculation on its current direction, and
future evolution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">References<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The American Civil Liberties Union<a href="http://www.wjfw.com/stories.html?sku=20140205173838"> filed a lawsuit </a>for a group of same sex couples on Monday (2/3/14). They will challenge Wisconsin's
constitutional ban on same sex marriage. With their success in other states as an indicator, then they are likely to succeed. Why? Is it inevitable?. Probably so due to the fact that the dominant culture in the U.S. has not succeeded in distinguishing "marriage" from a plain legal contract, nor does it mean anything more than that any longer in our popular culture. So, may it rest in peace.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yet, it's unfortunate. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">If Christians cannot define marriage to a lost world, a Christian institution with origins in the nation of Israel, then they may lose it. They cannot seem to be able to differentiate it from a Constitutional right. So perhaps that is what they've let it become? Unfortunately, statistically they are already equals with non-believers in the area of divorce. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">If we cannot distinguish a "marriage" as being a unique union between a man and a woman and a "legal civil union" as being between any two friends of the same sex desiring legal protection, then we have lost our salt. There should be no confusion between the two types of unions. Two people of the same sex cannot produce biological </span>descendants<span style="font-size: small;"> together nor cultivate their own biological family -- they have no incentive to endure a marriage, nor even need a marriage in the first place, apart from legal protection. The institution of marriage was originated for at least this type of description, composed of man and woman, husband and wife, a label for a unique nuclear family, or simply a unique unit of two. The facsimile of two people of the same sex trying to do the same thing bears no likeness. Two people of the same sex can still have an intense fondness, lust, love, with a physical attraction, but can only imitate the critical part of a marriage. Two people of the same sex cannot go through the consummating act of a marriage, but can only dumb it down, lessen, and perhaps even render the institution as being of no affect, useless anymore, and far gone from its original definition. Perhaps in the future, gays will marry, and heterosexuals will enter a simply more pragmatic agreement of a legal civil union. It is already happening in Europe, and therefore likely to be picking up steam in the U.S., proving, finally, that a civil union can indeed accomplish all of the legal requirements of marriage desired by the homosexual subculture, yet they are still plodding forward politically to ultimately and inadvertently prove that the original marriage was unobtainable, and they have in the process contributed to making it obsolete. </span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Marriage predates Democracy, yet unfortunately we have allowed the political system to redefine it and assume its ownership. The same political system would instead have helped the over 90% in our country who are heterosexual to retain its uniqueness. But it seems as though they (we, I) cannot defend marriage as being different than a simple "legal civil union" and now must give it over to being something, apart from lip service, mostly legal. It has been given over to being a mere legal contract, a signatory of friendship that can be legally honored or broken in court of law as a friendship wears out, void of any nuclear family need for genetic identity and longevity or historical significance, and simply be scavenged now by any two adults of any description purely for its legal entitlements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A civil union signifies legal entitlements between friends -- a social entitlement that should have been extended long ago to a battered minority here in our society from a humane social and political perspective, but now is finally ushered in as once worthwhile human institutions and marital values are dying and being ushered out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And to the rest of the world the founding institution of marriage will have a ring of religious bigotry to it instead of the sound of unique beauty and promise that it was founded on, because God's people could not help it continue to stand as originally intended. They could not define it to anybody else as being different than a mere political civil/legal union. What a shame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;">______________ Update </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;">________ 02/17/2014_______</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;">What do you know . . . </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;">In Indiana -- for one -- they know the <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/02/17/gay-marriage-ban-vote-indiana/5560497/">difference between a "marriage" and a "civil union".</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;">This move can maintain a plain institution of marriage there. This is constitutionally feasible. They are the new forward thinkers. </span></span><br />
<br />Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-29246919270741927642014-01-18T21:40:00.000-08:002014-02-01T12:11:41.125-08:00Unlocking Verizon --<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I’ll share with you my transition from Verizon to ATT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">First of all, Verizon was gouging me (demonstrated by widespread web complaints), I had no choice
but to disentangle and go to some other carrier.
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Since then, my internet with Hughesnet is faster and
cheaper. I have no Jetpack ( portable wi-fi for laptop service wherever there is cell phone service), but I virtually never used it. There is usually wi-fi where ever you go. Now, I use my mini iPad for "anywhere" service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My phone service is the same with ATT, only cheaper. As for reception, I have a reception booster
in my car and home, and if ATT presently has fewer towers than Verizon, I simply don’t gab on the phone when I drive enough for it to matter. But I suppose I might be in the minority there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have the improvement of a certified-new iPhone 5 for half price now, with no
contract. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The cell phone service providers/carriers are now required by law to let you keep your
phone number and unlock your phone to use with your new carrier. All phones unlock, that does not mean that it will work with the new carrier, some for some reason (several conspiracy theories) simply don’t always make
the transition over to the new carrier’s system. There is supposedly no hardware difference. Apple claims to make the phones no differently for one carrier than the next, but to just give each
carrier initially a chance to lock the phone into their own system. So when a person changes sevice, ATT for
instance, will look at your IMEI number located in the “About” section of your iPhone,
and tell you if your phone will make the transition or not. But the phone may or may not make the jump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Verizon will tell you that they don’t know why some don’t
work with other carriers. They say their
phones unlock automatically at the time of the transaction when the number is
transferred to another carrier according to the wishes of the owner of the number. When it doesn't, and you suggest that it is
not Apple’s fault but their own software system that is at the bottom of it,
they suggest that Apple actually may put some sort of chip in per carrier batch which personalizes it to that carrier. That absolves them of the problem and makes it a hardware issue. Apple has a disclaimer which states it does no such thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well who cares, unless you’re one of those whom
ATT tells that your phone will work on their system and you need not buy
another one when you change plans? </span>They tell you to get it
unlocked through Verizon. Verizon tells you it is. But it doesn’t. And you begin wondering why you wasted all this time running around from Verizon store to ATT
store, spent hours on the phone, only to find out that now you are without a phone for 4-5 days while you order a new one. </span><br />
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So for several days, I use my daughter's new Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. She loves that she can talk to it, that is she enjoys its voice recognition feature (now that she has learned to type?), and is learning her way around the rest of it. <br />
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I miss my iPhone. I have come to appreciate its reliability, plus I don't want to change anymore right now in the device department.<br />
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Speaking of smartphones, the smartphone technology keeps holding center stage in the technology media marketplace, and I am enjoying it. From using facetime to help my daughter with her algebra homework when I'm not home, to dictionaries, encyclopedias, online college, online high school, learning the German language, maps, notes, timers, a flashlight, clock, bibles, bible concordance, weather, news, etc, it is very useful. The least gratifying of things I use my smartphone for is experimenting with Candy Crush Saga. I am trying to manage Candy Crush Saga playing right now to not let it take away from the larger blessing of having a smartphone. I am up to level 50 and have stubbornly not spent a dime to improve my score. Its more fun if you don't give in to its goading you into spending money on it. It is trying to work some psychology on me by chastising me for failing to reach the goal. With patience, you will eventually pass the level, without spending any money for more moves, and therein is the competition. My goal is to get better at it, enjoy it, and not ruin the competition by spending money on it (the competition should be between me and the game -- not how much of my score I am willing to buy). Although, with all of the enjoyment I get out of it, I wouldn't mind compensating them some financially -- paying my way.<br />
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Now may be the time. Is my Candy Crush adventure over? I've reached level 50 without spending a penny but am locked out of anymore levels until I either "Ask Friends" or pay $0.99 to unlock. For some reason, it will not let me log onto Facebook to ask friends. <i> </i>I have been replaying already passed levels just to bide my time, and frankly, have even gotten a little bit tired of the game. I've been thinking it was maybe the transition from Verizon to ATT that caused the problem logging onto Facebook -- no problem logging onto anything else. So I guess it's time to put my money where my mouth is and see if they finally forced my hand. <br />
O.k., I paid my 99 cents. It's unlocked, but for some reason, still cannot connect to Facebook. This too is a mixed blessing. My Candy Crush adventure continues. Next time I have some extended time in the bathroom, I'll get back at it. Or maybe I'll read the news instead -- or my bible.<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">_______</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">Update</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: orange;">_______</span></b><br />
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First Candy Crush still will not connect me to Facebook. This is probably a step toward improvement in the quality of my life.<br />
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Second, I sent my old iPhone in for recycling. They appraised it at $110.00 dollars. I followed all of the instructions including emptying it taking the battery out. Now today I got my electronic gift card as payment for sending it in. The phone was less than a year old, barely used as a back-up home phone, originally cost me $350.00, and they sent me $11.64 for it. It is in the form of an electronic gift card. I can carry the email on my phone or my pad with card number and PIN and use it anywhere (though never quite as easy as it sounds).<br />
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So, with $11.64 for a barely used one-year-old $350.00 phone, the recycling program may not be useful if you are on your way out of Verizon. However, with ATT, the expensive Verizon Jetpack data hemorrhaging has stopped, and their "recycle" trick only reminds me that it is nice to be done with them. For the same service, minus the portable jetpack capability (which I never used), I now pay much less with ATT for phone service, and with Hughesnet for internet service, and get faster speeds with each. This is now much more like a blessing in disguise.<br />
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One last jab-<br />
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I truly miss (not) the great tech support with Verizon when I could call them and get an American English-speaking agent on the phone whom I could understand and converse with fluently, and ask why I have used more Gbs in the last two days, with almost everything turned off, than I normally would use in a month (why another $150.00?), and hear that "made in America" voice tell me that there was nothing they could do and they were genuinely sorry for what I was going through. Such considerate people, who would mind spending an extra $300.00 in two months to help their company thrive? Well, . . . me. Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16662993.post-72894895184340116552013-12-04T10:14:00.002-08:002013-12-04T10:19:40.475-08:00Beware of Starting a New Wireless Contract With Verizon Wireless. They have done something to their wireless internet system that is costing customers hundreds of dollars more per month. It is a bit of a nightmare. Simply search, "why has my Verizon data usage gone up?" They are pulling something and it is a bank breaker for a lot of people. I switched to Hughesnet,, and compared to Verizon Wireless, I am very happy with system speed and price. When my smartphone contract runs out in a month, I am changing to Sprint. I immediately saw what was happening with Verizon, and they still got me for a few hundred dollars. Todd Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460516882625598170noreply@blogger.com0