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Feb 13Liked by Jim Davidson

“ Adults should look to the children.”

Parents are so damn distracted.

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It is interesting to read your comment. As I was finishing my workout in the fitness centre tonight I had the thought that the good people of this world have been tormented, terrorised, and taught wrong. I'm working on another essay and those thoughts will be a part of it. But, to explore them briefly, I believe parents have been tormented by exceptionally evil people who have gained control of many American state legislatures, the national legislature, the agencies of the executive branch, and some 140 county governments where exceptionally large cities are located.

The torments include regulations that make it difficult or impossible to run a small family business. Taxes that make it impossible for a single "breadwinner" to earn enough to support a family with children. Corruption that rears its ugly, filthy head when the fire chief sends someone to "explain" that your business won't pass inspection no matter how much you spend on the fire equipment and exits unless you pay the grifters. Same deal with the health inspectors. I could go on at great length. It would be repetitive but, perhaps, instructive.

The terrorism includes direct threats to family members. People who are in positions that matter are told that their children will suffer accidents and death. Some who are resistant to this sort of thing find that their children are indeed kidnapped, raped, murdered, injured, poisoned, or otherwise harmed. The same is true with spouses, with other family members. The demon worshippers actively hate humanity and will hate you individually without ceasing.

Taught wrong is a long list. I think the nationalist socialist education association is demonic, evil, worthless, hateful, and wrong. That's "the nea" if you found my insertions confusing. I don't think they have any interest in children except as slaves and torture subjects. The teachers unions are run by evil people. I won't stipulate that the teachers who are involved in some 29,000 cases every year of child molestation are any good either. Nor are their colleagues who turn a blind eye to abuse, molestation, violence, and coercion. Teachers in pubic skools are a bad lot, and have gotten a lot worse in the last 50 years.

But teachers are not the worst offenders, in my opinion. The clergy are among the weakest, stupidest, nastiest, most pathetic wrongdoers going. And I would still hold that view if every single pederast priest and pastor were dragged down to perdition tonight, because the others do not teach the power of God. Which, if you read the Bible, you know is the power you command as a believer. They have taught a saccharine cloying weak broth that pretends to be Christianity and isn't. It disgusts me.

So, those are some thoughts. I'm not sure what you wanted from me. Sympathy? Revulsion? Encouragement?

Adults should look to the children and children should look to the adults. Because at some point if we don't care for one another, there won't be anyone worth saving. Which would be a terrible drag on my plans to build starships and voyage to the furthest human outposts twenty thousand lightyears from here, and beyond. Put the whole schedule back a thousand years or more. Not to mention delay sharing the gospel with good souls in this earthly realm. And many would suffer in the near term. I don't mind purposeful suffering, suffering that has meaning because it results in some good. I would that there had been another way, but I reflect every single day on the suffering of Mary and Jesus during the Passion because it brought about eternal salvation for all mankind.

But suffering that has no purpose? That really saddens me. I find it all around and it is very disappointing. People suffer so much and they don't see how to stop suffering. "They would not listen. They're not listening still. Perhaps they never will."

Thank you for your comment and for reading my stuff. I would like to encourage you to say more, but I'm not sure how to do that part.

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Feb 11Liked by Jim Davidson

So sorry for the brutally executed loss of your dear friend Neil. A rousing article - thank you.

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We only met one time at a convention in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2002. But he was a good guy, and he didn't deserve to die. There's a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado area that has some answers to give. There is no statute of limitations on murder.

Thank you for your kind words and for reading my stuff.

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I appreciate your sharing very, very much.

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Feb 11Liked by Jim Davidson

Great prayer, Jim. I’m gonna use it.

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That would be a blessing. Thank you. God bless you. Amen.

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