Love God, remember he is not human and has no human limitations,,,,,

remember no one is perfect

practice forgiveness and empathy because karma is a *****

remember we are all interconnected,

remember each individual counts but only because there is a group for them to count IN, and so the group counts too,,,

remember the world has to be shared and isn't required to cater to your every desire and wish,,,,

remember parenting comes with no manual, there are probably as many imperfect parents as there are imperfect kids

remember we are ALL imperfect

remember every action in life, from the moment we are born , is a choice, some much tougher than others

remember people are complex, and not simply defined by any one choice, mistake, action, or quote from their life,, not even from any one hundred,,,,,

remember elders have lived longer for a reason and are valuable resources of information to be respected ,,,,

remember that resources, networks, and education are the most valuable commodities

remember that wealth is not the same as income,, even the poor have income and the indebted have income,,, but the wealthy have RESOURCES and FREEDOM,,,,

remember no one is totally self made, we are all the product of the experiences we encountered just as much those we chose, from our education to our family interactions to the lucky moments when someone thought we were worth giving an opportunity to ahead of any others

practice gratitude instead of expectation,,,,

I tend to think it is probably not the shade of white,, and probably not black either,,,,

by 'just a man' , I mean human, born from the union of a human male and a human female

all humans are the creation of the divine creator, and I still refer to them as man/ mankind

nothing can make a human more than a human

a God, to me, is not born of human flesh and is not restricted to human limitations

I only know of one God, the Creator, I expect man to bleed, to die, to be restricted to scientific and physical boundaries,,,,I don't expect any limitations on God

Jesus was not 'just a man', to me, because he was only carried by a human female and not created from the human flesh but by Gods hands directly

The bible says that if we have the FAITH required, we can do as he has done, or rather, through God we can do what he has done through God

Miracles do still happen

that is in revelation, a lot of metaphor in that book of the bible,

I believe in judgment he will be seen, but I don't believe that means he will not or can not be already here on earth before that event,,,,

if he were just a man, yes

it wouldn't be on me to call anyone messiah or God, but that wouldn't eliminate the reality of there being Jesus in the flesh or God in the heavens, nor would it be sacrilegious to believe it if/when they express the fact,,,,

even these things, 'knowing who we are',, 'knowing right from wrong'

I don't believe to be inherent information from birth, I don't believe it to be knowledge that babies have in the nursery

they are concepts, ideals, that we learn from how we experience our environment and interactions with others,,,,,

I do not think he can be recognized because I don't think he would take a fomr like that in the images people have seen,,,,

I think he is mostly a charitable observer,,,,

I think I would need to feel the man was Jesus and know by his actions , words, demeanor,,,etc,,,

I don't believe there is any way to avoid faith, ,,,learning from others is a necessity for growing


imagine how little we would grow if we insisted in staying in our own tunnel, living only by our own experience, history, and exposure?


yes, it makes us vulnerable, being human makes us vulnerable the mmoment we are born,,,

Yes I do.

I believe he has been here for a while,,,don't know exactly when

I believe judgment day will come. but likewise not sure when,,.,.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ca_t551lQ

Jodi Arias and Casey Anthony?

they both seem to lie with such straight faces,, its eerie,,,

a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices


3

archaic : scrupulous conformity : conscientiousness


4

: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religion

I suspect one day it will be clear that 'aliens' are only humans who got carried away with the technology of cloning and bending time,,,,,,

usually when people try to force themselves in, it results in wars

lets hope people can be more civil than that

there is Christian love,, love your neighbor as yourself and love God first

that means following Gods guidance and treating others as you wish to be treated, wanting the good will and good health for others that you want for yourself,,,etc,,

there is family love, love that comes from the bond of sharing a life, a home, obstacles, struggles, ancestry, a reliability that others can have on you and you on them, a loyalty, along with wanting the good will and good health for those family members


there is a romantic love, love that is born out of moments of emotion that come and go, love that is about the physical/psychological reactions we have around another person


there is friendly love, almost identical to family love

that's a difficult question because 'crime' covers so much area from non violent to violent and poverty and violent crime are hard to detach from each other as desperate and starving make for a lot of resentment and anger

and wealth and non violent crime are hard to detach because those with money and power can be very creative and desperate to maintain that money and power at the expense of others,,,


but,,,


If I could choose one OR the other, Id choose poverty but being safe from violent and non violent crime

people can be resourceful when they aren't stressed about such things, and they can come up with ways that don't require a lot of money to get through life,,,

I don't know what decision you are referring to,,,,

the question was whether people would want their pilot armed if they knew they had an arrest for domestic violence

its a subjective issue that seems to be about how people feel, I was paraphrasing what I got from one of the responses,,,

I just think it was an opinion, I have heard it in many forms

people who have lost children , for instance, have said that others wouldn't be able to understand how it felt

its just the notion that unless something happens to us, we cant truly understand what that SPECIFIC something really 'feels' like when it happens,,,,which I happen to believe is true



however, we can empathize, imagine, or even understand what similar situations feel like if we have been through them

I have always felt death is death, and when people lose loved ones,, in whatever manner, they are still grieving just the same,,,,so I can relate as someone who has lost a loved one to that pain, even if I don't know EXACTLY what one feels when the death is violent vs natural,,,a child vs an adult,,,etc,,,,

most of us would probably not respond to a disturbing or disagreeable thread by deactivating the account,,,as opposed to choosing a different thread to participate in


but, that being said, I do understand that one might be offended at some of the 'gung ho' 'id prefer someone quick to use a gun in case something were to happen on the plane' responses

you gotta be able to take the good with the bad to be a match for mingle