outofdafog

Thanks for sharing that article Shellon. I may copy and paste and send to my congressmen, as I did write them last night. I am truly amazed about this, because some of these others also tried to tell society, "hey look, I am going to do this again". And of course in the politically correct world that we live in today, we wouldn't want to trample on the rights of a seriel child molestor. Unbelievable.

I manage an apartment complex and the other morning the police came to my door at 6:30 am needing to get into a unit. They told me the mother had left her 2 year old all night and someone had called after hearing the child cry at length. I had to call the maintenance guy to go over to the complex and let the police in. She went to jail when she came home. My child is 15 and I would not leave her alone all night, maybe up to midnight or one or so, but not the entire night. I can't even imagine leaving a 2 year old. I am very over-protective too I guess, but gosh in today's world, they are being snatched right out of their bedrooms. You have to be. As Abagail stated: most are known to the family in one way or the other. Nowadays, you probably need to do a back ground check on someone you might want to date (if you are a single parent).

What does this have to do with homosexuality? We are talking about pedophiles. Who said anything about homosexuality? Mj - you know from other discussions, that my daughter is gay. Why would you bring this up in this thread? I am going to take a wild guess that most pedophiles are heterosexual. This thread is about contacting your congressmen and being as outraged as people were when we watched the Terri Schaivo thing. Where are all the protestors? Where is the religious right on this. Oh that's right, the UNIVERSAL church just moves the pedophiles from parish to parish. This has nothing to do with homosexuality. It is stereotypes such as that, that harms this society.

You know lately it seems that I can't soak up enough "earthly knowledge". It is like everyone "in the world" knew so much more than I because my head was buried in the "sands of TWI" for the bulk of my adulthood. I had no idea why I hated the Catholic church, other than the fact I had been "programmed by TWI" to hate them. Actually in coversations since the pope's death, I learned that the word "catholic" meansUniversal. In some ways you could say that every denomination stems from catholicism. But this post is just not about the catholic religion. It is just like my mind is like a sponge wanting to learn about new and different things. I am not afraid so much now to "think out of the box". Wow, every day I see more and more of how TWI had me full of fear of thinking for myself. It is really scary to think about now. It is like there are issues that the whole world is and were dealing with and we were not allowed to consider any other type of thinking or believing. FOX FAN (I lean slightly to the right, but try to remain moderate in all things)

As an added thought.... Where is the righteous indignation that we saw with Terri Schaivo?

What is the deal with this latest spat of child molestors, kidnapping and killing OUR children? Yes, we as a society need to step up and speak out to our law-makers regarding this heinous crime against "our" children. I am appalled at their boldness, one right after the other. I say micro-chip them all and keep track of their whereabouts; if not, keep them in prison. Intend to write my congressmen.

water buffalo, i think it might have been because it was from VPW and I really respected him at the time. it was pretty exciting being in the mind-set I was, fairly new to the ministry and i was already getting word of prphecy from the teacher himself. i guess true word of prophecy could come into play during the course of a person's life. like specifically if God was trying to tell you something and you weren't listening so he had to tell somebody else.........oh gosh is that still waybrain? or does that make sense. is that biblically accurate?

In the late 70's, the way marketing team were all at headquarters and I do remember that VPW did a personal prophecy for each of us. I remember part of mine...............your future is as bright as the promises of God........ believe it or not, I held onto it because the top MOGFART had done the prophecy. don't put too much stock into it now. if God wants to tell me something, he knows he can tell me.

yes, I used to think of the Pope as the devil incarnate. But listening to everything that he has accomplished and how much people loved him, it is a fascinating learning experience. I too wish I had followed more of his life. He just sounded like an all around good man. I can't say I agree with the doctrine, but I can only judge for me. The numbers are astonishing though. 1.1 billion catholics world wide. I am glad the waybrain is giving way to more open thinking.

Isn't that special.

Well long gone: Ever hear of compassion. Did your Jesus ever show that?

Oh please, I think he has taken this beyond Terri's wishes. He got what he believed she wanted, she is dead. Why not a small olive branch to the parents to allow them the burial? He fulfilled Terri's wishes. Do you really think Terri Schaivo wanted her parents to be left out of such an intimate part of her living? Her death. If we want to talk about what she wanted, then I doubt any child would want her parents to be treated like this. You think she told Michael, that if ever I am in a vegative state, please make sure you pull the tube and PLEASE don't let my parents attend my funeral and DEFINATELY don't let them know where I am buried. Come on..............

Does the name Scott Peterson ring a bell??

Actually 7 years long-gone Interesting article: The roots of spouse being decision maker deeply rooted in the bible. www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/29/shaivo.law.ap/index.html

" It's just another attempt to force our nation to become a theocracy using "morals" that have nothing to do with Christianity or anything good. " I don't want to force anyone to do anything, but what is wrong (regardless if you are religious or atheist) with a society that wants or has morals. Are morals a bad thing now??

I am just heartsick over the sadness of this event. I can't even imagine. :(-->

Very interesting article: www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151862,00.html

Mark, I am appalled at what they are doing to that woman in Florida. Trust me. I was only trying to share what the morphine was for. Not that I agree with it. Although, in my father's case, I was never asked. My mother and older brothers and sisters made that decision with the doctor.

The morphine is not for pain. It is to make the respiratory functions less dire. Apparently during this type of death, the breathing speeds up and down and it does appear the patient is in respiratory distress. This must be done more for the families than for Terri herself (if she is not feeling pain). They did this for my father during the last several hours of his life.

I think this whole situation has brought up a national debate that is probably somewhat good for our society. No matter what sphere you are from, someone will read their own ideals into this whole situation and come up with their own reasonable conclusion. I think it is healthy at times for our society to openly debate. I know I try to listen to both sides and sometimes I am so ....ed off at the husband, and I think if that was my kid and you were "graced" by the court to keep me away from her, I would want to kill you. Other times, I listen to the medical field and the more "unattached" thinking heads and think they make perfectly reasonable arguments too on the case. I am really torn, and it makes me feel that at my age I should have already considered these end of life scenarios. Emotions have their place in any situation, but to go to either extreme to me seems just a little too far fetched. Like these late minute filings that say that she tried to speak, when the tube was being removed and their was a witness to that. She supposedly said: ahhhhh waaaaant..........This is their current evidence for their appeal. They swear that she is saying that she want's to LIVE. This case has made me consider though my last wishes and to make sure I make clear what I want or don't want. But I know that it should be my right to decide. I guess I just don't trust the husband. Don't know why, just got this bad feeling about this whole deal. Also someone said

Wives..........submit unto your husbands

mj - vaden's post is "poopoo" wrapped up real purty just like TWI was. Don't take off the wrapping - cuz it is sure gonna stink"

Very nicely put, mj412 - thanks for that sharing No longer feeling like a "little peon" the way they wanted you to feel like in TWI next to "THE LEADERSHIP"

Please don't misunderstand.....I learn something new here almost every time I come. So I take alot away with me also.

Okay this might sound wierd, but I come here just as I would a "support" group but not all the time. Actually in reading this thread, it made me ask myself "why I really come here". It can be just like a group that meets downtown face to face, except after a long day at work you don't have to get up and go out again. (showing my age) I guess face to face is always best, but with the new technology, it makes sense to use it for some good. Having been on Waydale and Greasespot, my need to be comforted has changed to "hoping to comfort or help someone else" by sharing my experiences. It's give and take for me. Hope that doesn't sound selfish