April 24, 2009 by dave.

How does one get viewers for TV? It seems that sensationalism mixed with a few exaggerations does a great job.

“Big Love,” which purports to be a sort of documentary about polygamy and the “Mormons,” is a great example of the use of a hot topic, which when combined with lots of rumor and innuendo can lead to an exciting program. In this program, special mention has been made of the LDS (Mormon) use of temples in a highly inaccurate and inflammatory manner.

Unfortunately, when a some of the ideas and practices which one group considers to be sacred are distorted and made to appear almost obscene, one who realizes the truth must make a protest. For those who are willing to learn of the truth the following URL contains a very brief but factual account of LDS temple usage.

http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/03/12/church-video-on-purpose-of-temples/

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October 2, 2008 by dave.

The current financial crisis seems to have developed from some intentions that could have been good for many people.  It would appear that many members of congress and other organizations felt that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, being quasi-government institutions, could be used to aid less fortunate people in obtaining affordable housing.  This is quite a noble undertaking.  One with which no reasonable person could find fault without appearing either prejudiced or insensitive.

Unfortunately, certain things happened that caused many of the loans granted to go into default.  These happenings included a housing slowdown, some slowdowns in the employment sector, greed in the financial sector and apparent lack of oversight by management and / or government.

Obviously, there have been and will be many, many books, articles, blogs and other communications pointing fingers of blame and trying to determine:

• whether defaulting on loans led to the housing slump or vice versa,
• whether that job slump caused the housing slump or vice versa,
• whether greed in the form of huge salaries, etc. which gave many persons who could have exercised oversight a bit of blindness or did they just do such a wonderful job of getting mortgages out to everyone,
• whether the starry eyed ideal that every person should have the right to home financing led to some blindness as to the possible results of that action or it was the politically correct (i.e., it might lead to more votes in the upcoming election)
• or whether it was just the natural evolution of the capitalist system which obviously needs huge amounts of socialism to keep it on the correct path.

Those who have not captured the slant of the above rant will probably not appreciate the conclusion being drawn:  that is, that just because we have good intentions, it does not follow that pursuing those intentions without regard to the effects they may have is often very dangerous and leads to bad outcomes.

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September 5, 2008 by dave.

It has been entertaining watching the candidates maneuver their way to the final selections: entertaining, but not very informative. At this point, I am not very happy with either party’s choices. From some of polls, this appears to be the case with many other folks.

I note that one candidate is a very smooth, slick professional campaigner. In my not-so-humble opinion, he has done little else in his political career than campaign and win, mostly by avoiding complicated or controversial issues. He has become the “Teflon Man” who has no bad (or good) sticking to him to have to hide or explain away. It appears he to wants to be president so that he can change things. Since he has no visible evidence of being able make any changes or even shown a desire to change things up to this point and has absolutely no executive experience, I have to wonder how, or even why, this will be accomplished. I suppose that his wife would now be a little more happy with her country if she were 1^st Lady, but that doesn’t make me any more happy.

The other candidate, a certified war hero and professional maverick, has not convinced me of much except that I would rather have him answer the White House phone at 4 AM than any of the others. He promises “change” like everyone else. But, what is to be changed and how will it be accomplished? Good luck on doing much with the Congress. They are hopelessly partisan and endlessly divided into squabbling factions. The Supreme Court is populated with unelected legislators and will remain so for some time—not much hope there either.

But, I will have to make a selection by November. Presently, I am of the McCain camp as I don’t see the alternatives as being very effective in the present world with its terrorists, extremists and powerful dictators. Much of my support for McCain is based on having lived long enough to recognize that militants, extremists, dictators and others do NOT behave in accordance with the hopes and wishes of the general population—not even left-wing liberals. Rather, they usually act only in self-interest. They often, extremists especially, march to the beat of some drummer that follows no logic or even basic human instincts.

I wish that there were other reasons besides having a “bull dog with lipstick” for a running mate to help me in my support. So far, I haven’t found many.

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January 29, 2008 by dave.

I have recently read about 1100 pages describing in great detail the
dating and progression called, evolution, of everything from the
universe to life itself. It has been a very interesting read.

Very early in the treatise, it was pointed out how unfortunate it is that
some persons will only believe what they can personally conceive.
The authors then proceed to put down any view that differs from
theirs or of which they appear not to be able to conceive.

As the authors presented their idea of evolution, one is required to
accept the following caveats:

• No intelligence, creator or god is required nor even welcomed

• The laws of thermodynamics, specifically the laws oft quoted as getting
  something for nothing and all things tend towards disorder, must not
  be applied to organic substances; that is, according to the well
  known dictum, “electrons do not start fads,” must be amended to
  state, “except in organic systems.”

• Occurrences that would require unimaginable concurrent circumstances will easily
  occur if one just throws in millions and millions of years.

• If the learned can conceive of it, it will occur—and in their manner.
  

It seems to me that it really does take more faith (a naughty word to
many evolutionists) to believe that blind chance or, as some put it,
evolutionary pressure, and differing behavior for organic substances
lead to the creation of life than to believe intelligence, that is, a
Creator or God.

Evolution, the Theory of—some zealots have suggested changing “Theory” to “Law”.

To be fair, it must be noted that evolution in the sense of selective
breeding, survival of certain strains under changing weather and even
man-made conditions, and over generations of fruit flies is easily
demonstrable, however this evolution theory, sometimes referred to as
the “special theory of evolution,” has some problems when
expanded into the more far reaching “General Theory of Evolution.”

Charles Darwin conceived of his popular theory after coming to the conclusion
that the story of creation as found in the Bible could not be true.
It was necessary, he felt, therefore to come up with a theory that
explained creation in a scientific (no God or Creator) fashion.
Unfortunately, the understanding that many persons had of the Bible
creation theory at that time (and many still have) are not what the
scriptures actually state.

Some of the interesting but not scriptural ideas that most likely
influenced Darwin’s thinking include:

• God created everything out of nothing.

• God created the universe in 6 days consisting of 24 of our present hours
  each. Yes, 6 days, the 7^th was for rest.

• God, a being having no body, parts or passions created man in his own
  “image.”

Theories, Theories, Theories

Spontaneous Generation of Life

One item of great interest to me is that one theory of life that
scientists thoroughly debunk is the old idea of spontaneous
generation of life. People had noticed that when trash or something
similar accumulated, suddenly there were cockroaches and other vermin
about that obviously were not there before, so, life must have
spontaneously generated. We now can readily explain how this seeming
anachronism can come about and know that life does not spontaneously
generate. Why then do the Evolutionists preach their own version of
spontaneous generation of life? Well, it just so easy, just throw in
millions and millions of years and life generates itself so
effortlessly out of some organic molecules in a salty ocean being
struck with lightning.

What do the Scriptures Really Say?

• God created everything from nothing?
  D&C132:33 … The elements are eternal, … [link]
  Abraham 4:1 And then the Lord said: Let us go down. And they went down at the beginning, and
  they, that is the Gods, organized and formed the
  heavens and the earth. [italics added] [link]

• God created the universe in six 24hour earth days?
  Many religious scholars have noted that the word, “day,” has many meanings.
  Many now recognize that “day” often specifies an undefined space
  of time with some beginning and some end, for example:
  Abraham 4:5
  And the Gods called the light Day, and the darkness they called
  Night. And it came to pass that from the evening until morning they
  called night; and from the morning until the evening they called
  day; and this was the first, or the beginning, of that which they
  called day and night. [italics added] [link]
  A quite possible way of describing the creation of this earth would be that it occurred in
  six creative periods; (1) gather the materials and make the planet,
  (2) give it a pleasing form, (3) Set up the moon and stars, (4)
  plant flora, (5) set up the fauna and (6) put man on the planet.
  Finally, in the seventh period, rest for a while.

• God, a being having no body, parts or passions—what a concept! (Why
  does John say, “God is Love?” How could such a God be angry?)
  created man in his own “image?”
  Moses 6:9 In the image
  of his own body, male and female, created he them, and blessed
  them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created
  and became living souls in the land upon the footstool of God. [link]
  D&C 130:1 When the Savior shall appear we shall see him as he is. We
  shall see that he is a man like ourselves. [italics added] [link]

Strengths in the Evolutionist’s Views

• The Special Theory of Evolution (See Above) is readily verifiable.

• There are many fossils and other evidences to lend credence to their
  views.

• It represents the best thinking of many very intelligent persons.

Weaknesses
in the Evolutionist’s Views

• A lot of anachronisms [items out of time line order] remain
  unexplained. For example, young carbon dated wood fibers embedded
  in very old rock, the sedimentation of major rivers shows thousands
  of years of accumulation as opposed to billions or even millions.

  Not wishing to expand to 1100 pages, let this small sample
  suffice. A good many other examples can be found on the internet.

• No evidence exists that, as required by the theory of evolution,
  micro-evolutionary results can accumulate forever, leading to new
  species. Another way of saying this is that after breeding
  (selectively forcing evolutionary changes—that is, acting as a
  creator) a tremendous number of fruit fly generations, the latest
  generation is still are easily identified as fruit flies, not a new
  species.
  Abraham 4:12 And the Gods organized the earth to
  bring forth grass from its own seed, and the herb to bring forth
  herb from its own seed, yielding seed after his kind; and the earth
  to bring forth the tree from its own seed, yielding fruit, whose
  seed could only bring forth the same in itself, after his kind;
  and the Gods saw that they were obeyed. [italics added] [link]

• The Theory of Evolution requires uniformity in the processes so that
  accurate dating can be accomplished.
  Some scientists are now claiming that time is “slowing down”. What has happened in the
  past?
  Many theories even show that basic nuclear forces change /
  changed with time.
  It doesn’t take much thinking to realize that
  changes in time and basic forces of the universe can wreck havoc
  with any type of carbon or other dating techniques.

Where does all the above Leave Us?

Hopefully, it leaves us with a willingness to consider that the tale told in the
scriptures concerning this planet, earth.

Abraham 4:1 And then the Lord said: Let us go down. And they went down at
the beginning, and they, that is the Gods, organized and
formed the heavens and the earth. [italics added] [link]

Who Do You Think You Are?

As mentioned above science appears to make fun of the idea of the
spontaneous generation of life, but preaches the spontaneous
generation of, for lack of a better term, personality. Obviously, if
life is an accident of the universe, the sense of self-awareness that
I certainly have has no meaning. You, if there is a you, are just a
chance combination of neurons and “buzzing electrons” according
to one source.

I, personally, cannot accept that I am nothing but chance. So, I invite
you to consider accepting the following as I do. Therefore, again
calling upon the scriptures for greater understanding:

D&C 93:29 Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or
the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be. [link]

Abraham3:22 Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were
organized before the world was; and among all these there were many
of the noble and great ones;

23 And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the
midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood
among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he
said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before
thou wast born. [link]

So (not) Alone!

It must be obvious from the foregoing that I sincerely believe that
there is intelligent life in the universe and that we are not alone.
Those of us who have experienced contact with the spirit can attest
that it is just as real as the matter around us. Let me finish this
“rant” with a few more scriptural references:

D&C 131:7 There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All
spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be
discerned by purer eyes;

8 We cannot see it; but when our bodies are purified we shall
see that it is all matter. [link]

Moses 1:11 But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my
natural, but my spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not
have beheld; for I should have withered and died in his presence; but
his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured
before him. [italics added] [link]

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December 10, 2007 by dave.

The following summarizes my opinions regarding that class of religious folk who voluntarily classify themselves as Intellectuals.

My observation is that they, the typical Intellectuals, while representing themselves as being amongst the Believers, set themselves apart by also stating that they must honestly doubt and seek relevant confirmation of everything that is of religious and / or spiritual origin.  It is often obvious that the Intellectuals consider themselves to be of much greater intelligence and far more capable of analytical thinking than most.

Often, it appears that they might best be classified as professional Doubters.

The stalwart Intellectual’s methodology seems to be the following:

• A demand for Confirmation, usually meaning finding some evidence that is measurable by a known physical test.
• Spiritual Confirmation is usually not acceptable because it is private and personal, thus not measurable in accordance with the standards of the Intellectual.
• Very often, the Intellectual in selecting sources of information, especially when dealing with personalities and most pointedly when dealing with those who claim to be Prophets, Apostles or Saints turn to the enemies of such persons for their basic information and justify this practice stating something like, “they are more objective in their evaluation,” of said person.
• Very often the Intellectual will reject the information available from friends and close associates stating that their information is tainted by charisma and / or collusion.

It would seem that there is another form of Intellectual who, still desiring answers to all questions, allows that there just might be some other persons at least as intelligent and analytical as themselves.  Most of these intellectuals even accept that God, himself, may possibly be more capable than they; perish the thought. 

These intellectuals (lower case intended) methodology seems to include:

• Recognize that one can receive and many have received spiritual guidance.
• Recognize that enemies are ever so likely to either exaggerate or to prevaricate the weaknesses or other failures of the person in question.
• Recognize that friends, though perhaps prone to over emphasize strengths and under play weaknesses, are often much more in tune with the actual character and behavior of the person in question.

The bottom line is that I like to flatter myself into thinking that I am an intellectual and if so, hopefully of the second variety.

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August 30, 2007 by dave.

The Parable of the “Morning Glory” of August 6 inspired me to write this.
Weeding presents many parallels.
As I was contemplating the word, everlasting, in a ecclesiastical sense as in “everlasting punishment”, I realized that weeding can make its meaning considerably more clear.

Returning from an extended family reunion / grandchildren sitting foray of about 4 weeks, we found the weeds to have grown enough to hide the “real” plants in some areas of the landscaping.  Days of seemingly unending toil finally reduced the weed population to a minimum (note; not a nothing) and exposed the plants, many of them rose bushes, to the sun and their chance to grow.

Now, how does this apply to “everlasting”?
The weeds are always with us.  Oh yes, we can take off a few days without much notice, but let them have their way for two weeks and you will regret it.  Sometimes you can get your backpack sprayer, load the weed killer and spray away, wide spray in open areas and very narrow near the “real” plants, but even that has to be repeated.  But then, winter comes, the snow flies and even the weeds stop growing …

So, it is not everlasting weeding, it just seems like it!

But then, spring comes …

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August 6, 2007 by dave.

The idea for this piece came to me as I was weeding my garden this week after leaving it unattended for over one month. The garden was over-run with many varieties of weeds the worst of which was a weed called Wild Morning Glory.

Wild morning glory starts out with one delicate stem with a single leaf on the end poking out of the ground. It quickly grows into a clump of stems and leaves. Before long these seemingly fragile stems grow longer and become runners which discreetly hug the ground until they reach something to begin wrapping around. The runners are leafy and at intervals develop a pretty lavendar bloom. At the same time they are growing longer, joints form along them from which continually more runners form and more root systems dig into the ground to create new plants.

When a runner arrives at a plant such as a corn stalk or tomato plant, its tender and flexible leafy tip begins to wrap itself round the stalk of the plant. To the casual observer this might not seem like much of a problem. After all, it is just one soft and easily breakable stem and the plant it is wrapping around is usually much bigger. However, the stem behind the soft and fragile end thickens and becomes very strong. Each new offshoot from the stem behaves just as its parent plant and before long the runner has wound around the plant and its branches and is joined by the many fellow offshoot runners making a thick and strong cord which completely engulfs and ties down the plant.

A plant entangled in Wild Morning Glory finds that it is unable to grow upward or outward. New branches cannot form and delicious fruit cannot develope properly. It is often shaded from essential sunlight and is robbed of needed nutrients in the soil. It will eventually die unless it is freed, which is a tedious and painstaking process. Many times the dammage is irreparable.

The Wild Morning Glory can be likened to the problems, challenges and temptations each of us faces during our lifetime on Earth. Like the morning glory, with luscious looking green leaves and attractive lavendar blossoms, temptation often comes with very attractive accessories. Succombing to a seemingly small temptation to do wrong is similar to the small tender morning glory shoot. It can be easily repented of and plucked out of our lives. However, left unchecked, this little sin becomes a habit that leads to the growth of new sins each becoming a stronger cord entangling and binding us and preventing our personal progress or growth. Soon we can find that we are covered so completely that we are shaded from the essential sunlight of the influence of the Holy Ghost and we stop praying and reading the scriptures, the daily nutrients needed to keep our spirits alive and healthy. We will then have allowed ourselves to be cut off from the source of true happiness and much pain and sorrow is the result.

Unlike the plant, we have the ability to see danger coming and take steps to protect ourselves. We can weed out the temptations from our minds while they are small and easy to remove. In the event that we find ourselves engulfed with a problem, we can begin the painstaking process of overcoming and untangling ourselves from that problem. We also know that we have the ability to ask for help from strong and good people and especially from our Heavenly Father. Our strength and vigor increases as we untangle each cord of wrong-doing. This called repentance. True repentance brings us freedom of forgiveness, the freedom to be happy, and the freedom to enjoy the comforting influence the the Holy Ghost in our lives. We are free to continue to grow.

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February 16, 2007 by dave.

I have lived long enough to be somewhat skeptical of great pronouncements from the scientific community no matter what the subject. Global warming is another of these great pronouncements that I do not have much faith in. It is right up there next to curing cancer in the next week or two and stem cells curing everything. Now, don’t get me wrong, I do believe that some good will come of stem cell research and that some cancers will be mitigated or cured.

However, I am old enough to remember that scientists in the 1970s were proclaiming that the next ICE AGE was upon our doorsteps. This was about 30 years ago, time enough for the new generation of scientists to show how much smarter they are than the last.

Usually the problem occurs because data is taken over a short period of time and then extrapolated using the scenario: “If this keeps up” look what is going to happen! It makes producing the reports and papers (and getting them published) that are necessary to keep one’s academic position so much easier especially if the results predicted are catastrophic and controversial and the charts make really good Powerpoint slides.

So, why the predictions of Endless Summer now and of Endless Winter of the 1970s? A lot of speculation? I would certainly seem so. Let’s face it, we have good proof that climatic conditions have cycled hotter and colder over the ages. In fact, the settlement of northern Europe was greatly facilitated by a general warming trend many years ago. The eruption of various volcanoes in the early 1800s cooled the earth with disastrous results with no man made help involved.

But, it seems that lots of folks now a days have to have a cause. Global warming is convenient and politically correct so why not jump on the bandwagon? After all the year after Katrina was going to be a real blow out with hurricanes everywhere and cities being ripped apart because of the warming. That turned out to be a dud, but, maybe next year?

It’ll be fun to see whether another 20 - 30 years will bring the ice age predictions back - about 2030 maybe?

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January 13, 2007 by dave.

I recently read an article which claimed that more people are influenced in their buying decisions by anecdotal stories regarding a product than by actual statistical evidence gathered by reliable 3rd parties. The reference was to the automobile industry where it can be shown that although statistics show that American manufacturers are turning out just as reliable cars as their Japanese counterparts, most Americans believe that Japanese cars are better.

The fallacy of buying as influenced by an anecdotal story is illustrated by the following true scenario:

• One brother bought a new Ford station wagon some years ago. He was not very good at keeping up with maintenance, getting oil changes and the like as he happened to think of it and letting the rain do any wash jobs. He just drove the vehicle and drove the vehicle. He finally got rid of the car when the interior was too shabby for even his taste. The car had well over 100,000 miles on it and had had only the necessary repairs, such as new tires, brakes and battery.
• The other brother bought a new Ford station wagon of the same model, from the same dealer and at the same time. This brother is a stickler on maintenance, kept his vehicles clean and tidy, and never abused them in any way. This vehicle spent more time in the repair shop than on the road and was disposed of rather early in its life, still appearing clean and snazzy.

Now, depending upon which brother with whom you may have talked regarding their vehicles, you may have found Ford cars either praised or maligned. Where, at the time, statistically speaking, Ford vehicles were somewhat less reliable than their Japanese counterparts.

But, times have changed. American manufacturers have found that reliability is an essential factor in remaining the business and have improved greatly. So, what do you go by? “War stories” of someone’s good or bad experiences or statistics. That really depends on your faith in which end of the stick you usually receive. If you’re like me, who can unerringly pick out the slowest moving checkout line, you may get the lemon Toyota or the lemon Chevrolet, so does it matter? Maybe only which salesman you dislike least should be the determining factor.

My experience is decidedly in favor of maintaining the cars to the best of your ability, buying as cheaply as possible and driving the cars into the ground. Having lived long enough to see most cars dying at about 75,000 miles to where several of my later ones have lasted well into the 100,000s. But, with most of my peers only driving nearly new vehicles, does it matter? Only resale value should be considered then.

So, one may ask, what is the reason for writing this? Actually just to keep something on the blog. May your automobile shopping experience — which I avoid or at least put off for a long as possible (possibly why my cars last so long) — be a good one.

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September 29, 2006 by dave.

That old song, referenced above, from “South Pacific” regarding spreading of prejudices came to mind recently as I reflected on my feelings regarding immigration, especially from Mexico. I couldn’t see why we should have to educate and care those who sneaked into our country — why, my ancestors came to the USA as early at the 1600s and the last in 1862 and supported themselves, pushed the Native Americans out of the way, and built a wonderful nation! Of course, mine spoke English, were educated, got jobs easily, moved to the lily-white west and only rarely came into contact with any other ethnic group. So, why cannot new immigrants simply do what mine did?

Let me digress. Growing up during WWII, I observed many instances where prejudice was evident. A few stand out and made me think about what this was really all about:

• My father, although having nothing to do with the laws creating it or running the camp, was responsible for the construction of the Japanese interment camp, TOPAZ, near Delta, Utah. A rather dismal part of our history.

• A child relative was quoted in the local newspaper — thought, at the time, to be a really, really cute quote — “Daddy isn’t home now, he’s off fighting the Dirty Little Yellow Japs”.

• I observed a white guy yell at an oriental appearing person, “What’re you doing here, get back into your side of town”!

• While traveling, I met well-dressed blacks who cautiously ventured to ask my parents if we knew a place they could stay in town.

But that’s all over now — isn’t it?

I, on those rare occasions when I think about it, realize that I have treated many local Hispanics / Hispanic surname people with diffidence, at best. Sure, I was glad to get cheap prices on labor — when I needed it. I was happy to see so many mowing my neighbors’ lawns, collecting trash and etc.

Then, it occurred to me that I have 3 grandchildren with Hispanic surnames and somehow I just don’t feel the same way about them. In fact, I get angry if they are appear to be treated unfairly in any way.

Yes, my son-in-law has a Hispanic surname, but, his family has been in the United States longer than some of mine, his first language is English — his second, believe it or not, is Thai — his children are all blond with blue eyes and he is a very hard working perfectionist. (That, by the way, is the hard for me to live with since I am a, “Whatever is worth doing is worth doing any way you can“, type). Yet, he still had trouble getting a decent job — especially a face to face interview, maybe because his field is construction — because of his Hispanic surname? — that is, until he finished his degree in Business Management. Ah, what a college degree (or, preferably, money) does to deflect prejudice.

I, as I reflect back now, had, for many years, retained many of my WWII feelings about the Japanese until my work sent me to Japan and I had direct contact with that wonderful culture and people. I have even begun to appreciate Banzai as I saw how it was applied in a culture where land is at a premium. How easy it is to assume that anything different than what we know is “strange”, “illogical” (watch out Spock!) or “stupid”. The Japanese work ethic is impressive, their culture fascinating and they’re really tough competitors — something I admire, but have often regretted. I later learned similar lessons in Korea.

So, am I now prejudice free? Absolutely not! I have to steel myself against judging most middle-easterners as real or potential terrorists and, I am certain that I have many more prejudices that everyone else but I can see.

Now, how do I end this merry meandering monologue before I really get myself into trouble?

Let’s just say that I hope to some day, in a Christ-like manner, to be able to look at a person and see their strengths, their heart, their personality, their abilities and, if appropriate, their needs and/or weaknesses — rather like Martin Luther King, Jr. put it in his famous speech —and not than just their color of skin / exterior appearance / surname / cultural differences.

That is, see them all as human beings, my God’s children.

That I should live so long …

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