OTOH, trying to hit one's mother in the head with a hammer, isn't anything I'd want to talk about, reclamation by reading the Bible or not.
“OTOH, trying to hit one’s mother in the head with a hammer, isn’t anything I’d want to talk about, reclamation by reading the Bible or not.”
That is the nature of public confession. I admire people who publicly confess. It takes guts because it strips down your own ego and all the good works you do thereafter bring that much more glory to God rather than to you.
I’m a private confessor myself — VERY private when it’s something terrible.
Your screen name hints at something:
“nopardons”.
There should be a mechanism for vetoing a corrupt pardon, but I believe there should be MORE pardons for people who do no harm to other innocents.
I threw a shoe at my mother when I was around eight.
I did not have to wait for my father to get home that time. She made sure I never did it again. AND my father whupped up on me when he got home.
Not my proudest moment. And one I relive every couple of years when my siblings get together. My brothers thought it was a funny thing.
I realize you made a cautious remark earlier lamenting flame wars. To me there is a time to be cautious and a time to be bold.
I hoped you would take a side.
But I do apologize for the timing of my remark about your screen name. Corrupt pardons do concern me. But at the same time, I wish there were more righteous pardons of people who harm no one else or of parents who accidentally harm their children with no ill intent.
Bad timing on my part. I ration my time here and get impatient these days. Your name is very familiar. I’m sorry to offend you.
A lot of FReinds had piled on against Carson from bran new slander-reports. Shame on them! And shame on Trump for not defending Carson’s personal history and assuming the best in him.
[But now I must forgive Trump. After all, I sure don’t want a President McRubio.]