Posted on 08/27/2007 9:30:47 AM PDT by PurpleMan
"What I did was very immature so that means I need to grow up," he said.
He said, "Through this situation I've found Jesus."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Life is life. Think about it.
Cruelty is cruelty. Think about it.
Modern culture has embraced certain elements of a subversive 1960s morality, fundamentally the same beliefs that motivate PETA freaks. Whatever feels good to believe has replaced any true concept of "man over beast".
What they say they believe does not match with what obviously strikes an emotional nerve in them. That's why you find comments like the one you replied to.
In saying this, I shouldn't have to repeat that what Vick did was wrong. But I repeat it anyway, for the slow and the stupid.
Sure, it's really hard being morally superior here... This whole thread is like people who can't discuss rape without turning chauvinistic. Wow you're against rape?! I'm really impressed...
papering a house with toilet paper is immature. Torturing dogs and organizing dog fights for profit is well byond that. It’s a character flaw and it’s criminal behavior. Jesus won’t save you from prison. And he deserves it.
I guess the same can and should be said for his accomplices in the dog-fighting business...not to mention every other nut case in America who participates in this evil practice.
I don't doubt that God could save Vick, I just doubt that He did. We shall see.
HUH? The man brutally slaughtered living breathing animals because they weren't good enough. He lacks a conscience...he's a sick person who is a danger to society.
his lawyer told him to play the Jesus card today
notice he never said he was guilty of the charges just flawed, but we all know Jesus will fix that...
There certainly is a such thing as “too soon to apologize”. I’ll give you that.
But it’s never too soon to be sorry, and piling on such a person isn’t good.
I can’t answer for anyone else here, but there are two reasons that I am so angry at him.
1. Dogs happen to be my thing. There are many reasons that are very personal, but they are valid nonetheless, and as a result, this is a very personal issue for me.
2. He had everything. He had money, he had fame, he had talent (though I didn’t think he was as talented as everyone else did), and all he had to do was not do something stupid like this. It is infuriating to me to see all these morons, not just Vick, get everything they want and then piss it all away because they can’t exhibit even the basest elements of common sense and decency. I think of all the really good kids who would love the opportunities he had and would thrive and do good things with the chances he was given, and to see him waste such a blessed opportunity angers me.
He has found Jesus now. Again, if he has, then great, but think of what he could have done with his life and his position as a role model (like it or not, athletes are role models) if he had even taken a minute to simply look for Jesus before he did these things.
I say this from personal experience. I found Jesus after my life bottomed out. But honest to God, looking back, if I had listened to Him in the first place, if I hadn’t made so many stupid choices, my life would have been better. My children would have been better served. I can only fix what I broke from here on out, but if I hadn’t broken them in the first place, oh the things I could have done. I think that is what bothers so many people, from what I have seen. That he just was so damn stupid with a chance that some men would give their left you-know-what for.
OK. How ‘bout a statistical analysis of bad guys who say that they have found Jesus but actually haven’t as compared to those that say they have, and actually have.
Any guesses?
I say 50 to 1. Fifty liars for every sincere case. JMO.
Sadistic behavior towards living creatures is NOT immaturity. He’s a sick b@stard, and I’m glad his world is caving in around him.
The day my dog drinks my beer is the day he starts looking for work.
Yep. The all need intense treatment before being set loose on the public.
I am positive the majority here have not tortured animals or promoted dogfights. And yes, we must speak out against something this sadistic.
Jesus has a habit of hanging around police stations. That’s why people tend to find Him immediately after getting in trouble with the law.
Vick is simply 'too late smart' here; at least per his career plans. I would hope, anyway. Perhaps he can take his new-found Faith and become a Minister. . . better; a Missionary to far away places. . .
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