This is not going to be what the title made you think. I’m not going to present ideas about women being depressed, more likely to use/abuse drugs or to be sterile due to having an abortion. I’m not even going in that direction. I want to present to you how now that abortion is an accepted world wide practice, the result has been an overwhelming slaughter of female humans before they are born. This is NOT only in China because of the one child policy, but also other Asian countries such as India Viet Nam and Nepal,and in Eastern European countries such as Albania, Georgia and Armenia. (Actually, the UKis also beginning to see an increase in boys to girls. LINK)

 

So, first off we have this supposed women’s rights issue resulting in less women. Babies don’t matter, they don’t have the same right to life as other humans. ANd it’s girl babies who end up dying more, world wide.

 “when we heard a moan of pain from the bedroom next door…The cries from the inner room grew louder—and abruptly stopped. There was a low sob, and then a man’s gruff voice said accusingly: ‘Useless thing!’

“Suddenly, I thought I heard a slight movement in the slops pail behind me,” Miss Xinran remembers. “To my absolute horror, I saw a tiny foot poking out of the pail. The midwife must have dropped that tiny baby alive into the slops pail!… ‘It’s not a child,’ she corrected me. ‘It’s a girl baby, and we can’t keep it. Around these parts, you can’t get by without a son. Girl babies don’t count.’

“The real cause, argues Nick Eberstadt, a demographer at the American Enterprise Institute, a think-tank in Washington, DC, is not any country’s particular policy but “the fateful collision between overweening son preference, the use of rapidly spreading prenatal sex-determination technology and declining fertility.” These are global trends. And the selective destruction of baby girls is global, too.”

-http://www.economist.com/node/15636231

 

http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/gender-imbalance-china-statistics

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/04/27/indias-worsening-gender-imbalance/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/19/china-gender-ratio-women-men

http://www.britishcouncil.org/marianna_grigoryan.pdf

 

But that’s not all there is to it. 

The gender ratio imbalance is now having a very negative impact on women who were actually allowed to be born and grow up, namely, higher instances of rape and sex trafficking, and being married off to men who are up to 30 years older. So now, this gendercide – thanks to abortion – more women are being abused. Go women’s rights, huh?

 

“Growing evidence (LINK) suggests that in countries like India and China, where the ratio of men to women is unnaturally high due to the selective abortion of female fetuses and neglect of girl children, the rates of violence towards women increase. “The sex ratio imbalance directly leads to more sex trafficking and bride buying,” says Mara Hvistendahl, author of Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men.”

-http://ideas.time.com/2013/01/04/rape-in-india-a-result-of-sex-selection/

 

 

“…economist Lena Edlund estimates that every one percent increase in the sex ratio results in a six percent increase in the rates of violent and property crime. In addition, the parts of China with the most male-biased sex ratios are experiencing a variety of other maladies, all tied to the presence of too many young men. Gambling, alcohol and drug abuse, kidnapping and trafficking of women are rising steeply in China.”

-http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/14/opinion/china-challenges-one-child-brooks

 

 

“The skewed sex ratio in Punjab and Haryana could have wider and more permanent social effects like rise in exploitation of women, higher crime rate, an increase in sexual diseases and depression among youth.”

-http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-03/india/29376931_1_ratio-inter-caste-marriages-female-foeticide

 

 

 

“…this plague of female foeticide has some drastic long lasting effects too, such as increasing crime rates over a period of time, discouraging girls from acquiring education or higher studies, slackness of women safety implementation laws and much more.”

-http://spotonlists.com/crime/10-reasons-why-female-foeticide-is-bad/

 

 

“…It is quite common to meet Chinese couples where the man is 10, 20 or 30 years older than his wife….”

-http://www.forbes.com/sites/china/2011/05/13/chinas-growing-problem-of-too-many-single-men/

 

 

“The rape has also sparked a national debate in India on violence against women. Before her condition worsened in a New Delhi hospital last week, the girl told her mother that she didn’t want to die. But martyrdom, thrust upon her, has made her an unwitting symbol of India’s fight against sexual violence. Her death is a stark reminder of the hundreds of women who are awaiting justice in India, where one rape is reported every 20 minutes.”

-http://world.time.com/2012/12/29/india-demands-change-as-it-mourns-gang-rape-victim/

 

 

 

On Facebook, someone posted a link to this article: Are Christians More Like Jesus or More Like the Pharisees? Since the link was posted by someone who has made no bones about his godless and liberalness, I went to go check it out. I was reading along until I got to their criteria for determining Christ likeness and Pharisee likeness. This is what they have:

 

Christ-likeness include the following:

Actions like Jesus:

• I listen to others to learn their story before telling them about my faith.
• In recent years, I have influenced multiple people to consider following Christ.
• I regularly choose to have meals with people with very different faith or morals from me.
• I try to discover the needs of non-Christians rather than waiting for them to come to me.
• I am personally spending time with non-believers to help them follow Jesus.

Attitudes like Jesus:

• I see God-given value in every person, regardless of their past or present condition.
• I believe God is for everyone.
• I see God working in people’s lives, even when they are not following him.
• It is more important to help people know God is for them than to make sure they know they are sinners.
• I feel compassion for people who are not following God and doing immoral things.

The 10 statements used to assess self-righteousness (like the Pharisees), included the following research items:

Self-Righteous Actions:

• I tell others the most important thing in my life is following God’s rules.
• I don’t talk about my sins or struggles. That’s between me and God.
• I try to avoid spending time with people who are openly gay or lesbian.
• I like to point out those who do not have the right theology or doctrine.
• I prefer to serve people who attend my church rather than those outside the church.

Self-Righteous Attitudes:

• I find it hard to be friends with people who seem to constantly do the wrong things.
• It’s not my responsibility to help people who won’t help themselves.
• I feel grateful to be a Christian when I see other people’s failures and flaws.
• I believe we should stand against those who are opposed to Christian values.
• People who follow God’s rules are better than those who do not.

 

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I was so surprised by these, although I shouldn’t have been. I do not contest the idea that most folks in America today who claim to be Christian are not very Christlike. But this list has serious flaws. Please tell me if you see them too and why. Please comment below and if you have Christian friends on your list who will see it, please rec. I am really curious to see what people think. So I probably will just let the comments go and not answer. 

 

 

“On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed a lawsuit charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2, are unconstitutional and invalid. On November 30, 2012, the Supreme Court agreed to hear argument on the patentability of human genes. The ACLU argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 15, 2013. We expect a decision this summer.”

 

http://www.secretsofthefed.com/exposed-angelina-jolie-part-of-a-clever-corporate-scheme-to-protect-billions-in-brca-gene-patents-influence-supreme-court-decision/

Sometimes I sort of wish it came with a stipulation. Because even amebas reproduce. And while there is such a thing as respect for position alone, it just doesn’t seem like producing offspring should give you a whole entire day of recognition if that was basically all you have done.

I have known women who had children solely for the extra benefits they will get for them. I have known mothers who claim that their children are their everything, yet when it came down to something the child needed vs. going out on the town for a drunken boinkfest, the child lost out every time. I have known mothers who blamed/resented their children for the crime of being born. Yet all these mothers seem to think they should be put in the same catagory with the ones who actually do put their kids first. 

 

So, to all the mothers who understand just how important that position is…..The ones who pay attetion to what they say in front of their kids and who actually DO factor in how much what they do will affect those children; To the mothers who do not resent having to stay up all night to comfort them when they are sick, and have enough love in their hearts to not resent giving up a few extras because that money must be spent on the things her baby needed; To the moms who take seriously the fact that they have brought into this world a whole new human and undergo that responsibility with the best they have to offer; To all THOSE moms….

 

 

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO YOU!!!!!

 

 

 

First, I have to start by saying I have always loved, loved, LOVED the sky. When I was young my mother read to me the book ‘The Hiding Place’ by Corrie Ten Boom. I no longer remember which one of the girls, but one of them said she really missed the sky after they had been in a concentration camp for a couple years and it had been that long since she had seen it. And ever after that, I paid closer attention to it and discovered just how beautiful it always is. There is always something to look at, and the clouds are never exactly the same twice. And every morning and every night the whole sky goes pink – my favorite color. And it seems after it rains, when it clears up in the afternoon, the sunsets are the best. 

That’s what happened today. Only, there was a rainbow first. I have taken to carrying my small Optio camera in my purse for just such occasions. So out it was whipped and snap I began. Most of these pics were taken from a moving car.

 

 

You can click on each one to see a bigger copy.

 

 

This is the best one of the rainbow:

 

 

 

I cropped it:

 

 

 

As we went along, the rainbow faded, but the sun began to sink in the sky. Rick was kind enough to pull over so I could get some shots:

 

 

 

I cropped it:

 

 

 

 

Then we went on and I began to snap away out the window at 70 MPH or so. I am sure I am more wild than everyone else in my family because they were all freaking out about it. Apparently, my hair was flying out the front window and back in the back window with the kids. They didn’t seem to think that was safe enough for me. Rick was worried about the camera, but I had the string thingie around my wrist – it wasn’t going anywhere. Plus he only paid like $5 for it at a pawn shop. 

 

And LOOK! I got some GREAT shots!!!!

 

 

 

 

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The sun was still setting on the other side of the sky, and so I put the camera over the top of the car:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I saw the fog on the mountains and it was so pretty I had to get a few shots:

 

 

 

 

 

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That’s all I got today. Hope you enjoyed.  

 

 

 

Today I was tagged by my friend, @megabyyte to do this cute new trend someone started where you have to tell 16 facts, habits, or goals about yourself, and then, “If you’ve been tagged, please complete and tag me. Don’t forget to tag 10 of your friends.” If you’ve been reading me for a while, you may already know some or all of these things. But, anyway….So, here goes.

 

1.) I was a HUGE nerd in school. Never invited to any parties or asked out by any guys or anything. I sat alone a lot at lunch. 

 

2.) I collect books, music albums and different kinds of bird feathers. I don’t think it is possible to have too many of any of these things.

 

3.) One time, I hit a wife beating SOB with my car on purpose. (He did jump in front of me trying to intimidate me first though.)

 

4.) The closest thing I think there is to feeling like you are flying is riding on on a motorcycle. Although I’ve only been able to do that maybe a total of five times, I absolutely love it and there is nothing else in the world like it. 

 

5.) Music must be in my DNA because I love it like a fifth child. My music keeps me sane and cheers me when I am down. I cannot wait to hear what they come up with in heaven! I can learn to play anything by ear on the piano (only one key though, no chords. I’m not that talented yet.) And it seems all my children have a knack for music too. 

 

6.) I also collect jewelry. I don’t care if it is real or not, but real stuff doesn’t turn so it lasts longer. I tend to go with silver because it is cheaper. I have every single piece of jewelry I have ever owned, and that adds up to a whole bunch. But since most of it is fake it’s not like it’s all that valuable to anyone else.

 

7.) I like to write/draw calligraphy. I also like to paint little knickknacks too – it really brings them to life.

 

8.) Planting flowers is also a hobby of mine. When we finally get our very own house, I plan on making it beautiful with all kinds of plants and flowers. And if it turns out I am lucky enough to own property with a little brook or creek nearby, I have a whole plan for turning one spot near it into my own little piece of heaven. 

 

9.) Ever since I was a child, I’ve always loved animals. I was that kid who took in every stray. Once, a German Shepherd who had been abused and her spirit broken showed up. We taught her to be a guard dog in six or eight months. It is my dream to have a pet fox and a pet otter.

 

10.) When I was in my mid teens, I sang in the church youth choir. Everyone that heard us loved us and invited us to come sing at their church. So we went around and guest sang at churches all over NC and VA. Those were some of the happiest times of my childhood. 

 

11.) I have a serious goal to obtain a hammered dulcimer and learn to play it. 

 

12.) There is a place in my heart so full of rage at all the wrong I have endured, all the wrong that I am aware of in this world, and all the injustice, deception and cruelty. Sometimes it seems so overwhelming, and I feel so completely out of place in this world. The older I get the more I understand certain things older folks in church used to say about being homesick for heaven. And I think that most people still as young as I don’t think like that, and then it makes me just feel old. 

 

13.) If I eat chocolate, cookies or cake, I MUST have milk to go with it. I will actually turn it down if I can’t (most times). And the chocolate has to be milk chocolate – I hate semisweet or dark. BLAH.

 

14.) When I was growing up, my mother never really cooked. If it didn’t come out of a can or a box she didn’t fix it. But apparently, I’ve learned a lot because everyone seems to think I am a great cook. 

 

15.) Of all of God’s creation, I hate crows, opossums, ants and coyotes. The death of these creatures brings me no remorse at all whatsoever. I really do mean hate.

 

16.) I can bait a hook and catch a fish, and I will even cook it. I don’t mind slimy worms. But I refuse to skin and clean the fish. 

 

Oh, to tag 10 friends, hmm. @WaitingToShrug, @grim_truth, @firetyger, @Erika_Steele, @Ghillies_guide, @lonelywanderer2, @musterion99, @Facetiouseloquence, @blonde_apocalypse, @TheGuyYouD0ntKnow.  Have FUN!!!!

 

 

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/05/07/2-va-boys-suspended-for-using-pencils-as-guns/

 

 

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/suffolk-boys-suspended-after-using-pencils-guns

 

http://www.drudge.com/news/168102/boy-7-suspended-pencil-gun

 

 

 

Funny how if the topic is sex they think the answer is to accept that they are going to do it no matter what and hand them a bag of condoms. But if the topic is anything to do with guns we must practice 100% abstinence and not even imagine such a thing. 

We already have one cat Rick named Kabar after the knife he got in the Marines. We had a couple others, but the coyotes got them. So, today we got two more, Snafu:

 

 

 

And Fubar:

 

 

 

Aren’t they CUTE!?

@soccerdadforlife ‘s page, he asked a few questions on his latest blog. I think they are very important questions, so I would rather answer tham in my own blog than a comment under his. You can read it on his blog here. But I copied it word for word so you wouldn’t have to. This is what it says:

 

 

Let’s assume that sin is real, all men sin, and that the punishment for sin is eternal death.  I have a series of questions related to this.

1. How are people saved, in your view?

2. Why do you think this?  (I’m asking for your evidence to support your view.)

3. What is the gospel, in your view?

4. What is your evidence to support this?

5. What is the connection between how people are saved and the gospel, in your view?

6. What is your evidence to support this?

7. What is the most important question in the New Testament?

8. How does this relate to questions 3 & 5?

Please let me know if you do not want to dialogue about your answers.

 

 

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Here are my answers:

 

1. How are people saved, in your view?

It’s interesting you should ask this, because lately I’ve been thinking a lot about “Being Chosen” vs. “Free Will”. And I have concluded that It is sort of a combination. Because God couldn’t be God and not have known the end from the beginning. So He always knew “from the foundation of the world” which ones would choose Him. And everything I know about God says He is extremely efficient. So He only calls the ones He knows will answer. Yet, because He is just, He took the sins of all on Himself when He was on the cross, so all would have that choice and their rejection of it real and true. Whosoever believes in Him…..If we confess our sins to Him….believe that He was raised from the dead, we shall be saved. 

 

 

 

2. Why do you think this?  (I’m asking for your evidence to support your view.)

 

 

What I’ve read in the Bible. There are MANY MANY verses about these things, but I will put a few of them here.

Being chosen:

Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Joh 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

 

Free Will:

Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

 

Act 16:30 – 31 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

 

He took on the sins of the whole world:

1Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

 

 

 

3. What is the gospel, in your view?

 

The Gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ – that we have a way to heaven.

 

 

 

 

 

4. What is your evidence to support this?

 

Again, the Bible.

 

 

 

 

 

5. What is the connection between how people are saved and the gospel, in your view?

 

Joh 20:31  But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. 

 

 

 

 

 

6. What is your evidence to support this?

 

The Bible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. What is the most important question in the New Testament?

 

Act 16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. How does this relate to questions 3 & 5?

 

I think I already answered that. But, 

Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

 

 

 

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Feel free to write your own blog with your own answers. I learned a long time ago that there is this huge debate going on between predestination and free will. So I predict that there might arise just such an argument in the comments. But, as I showed here, in order to believe only one or the other means to omit certain verses to the contrary. I can’t do that. 

 

 

Well, I saw where @Megabyyte did one, and I have been considering doing one myself ever since. I did one a LONG time ago. So maybe there are new people who would like to know something about me. And since I took down all my blocks, maybe some haters will attempt a really REALLY tough question for me. But here’s the deal, I won’t make a public video of myself without getting all gussied up and trying to look my very best. And if I have to do all that it has to be worth it. So, if nobody asks me anything much it WON’T be worth it. Ask me anything, I’ll do my best to answer. If I get enough response, that is.