It's time to walk the walk

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Kay Pedrotti

It's time to walk the walk

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Wednesday, August 10. 2011

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By Kay S. Pedrotti

A visit with my daughter Beth is always enough to make me start thinking about things I may not want to face – she has a knack for being able to “call BS” on people and she’ll tell off just about anybody who is acting stupid.

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#1 Amy on 08/10/11 at 07:20 AM

I'm so glad to hear someone actually speaking the TRUTH! It's time for Christians to DO something. We go to church, sit, listen, leave, nothing changes (repeat). I'm praying that or community, country, and world will see what it means to truly live a Christ-filled life and DO something about it. Thank you Kay!

#2 Goldmember on 08/10/11 at 08:08 AM

Christ wanted us to voluntarily help the poor which as a nation we did until the government started forcing us to help them. Now that the government is taking 60+% of the money from working people to help the so called "poor", families that work are barely able to afford to feed themselves and you still see many helping the poor. Add that to the fact that so many of these "poor" people are sitting around drunk all day (and I see it everyday), or doing drugs and you begin to wonder if this is really what Christ meant. Did he mean for us to help people be sinful? I don't think so. He meant for us to give a helping hand to those in need in order to give them a leg up, not to finance a lifestyle.

So, I say to your daughter, convince our ultra-liberal government to return the working man's money and quit stealing from the working person to give to the drunks and drug addicts and the people will return to their generosity by choice.

#2.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/10/11 at 09:12 AM

Excellent comment, Goldmember. The thieves that have been elected now evidently extend to our own Governor. He has chosen to give internet service and computers to the "less privileged" of Atlanta. I wonder who pays for that gift? Maybe we should coax our Pike teachers to cheat so that we can reap our tax paid benefits. I cannot believe these cheating teachers are on PAID leave, costing millions, until they are tried. Put them on unemployment and pay back the ones who are found innocent, that is my opinion.

God gave us a heart for LOVING and GIVING, and a brain to keep it all balanced.

#2.2 Sometimes on 08/11/11 at 06:49 PM

You have to throw Jonah from the boat!

We are charged with looking after widows, orphans and the least of these. It doesn't say anything about complaining about it or deciding who is least.

29,000 children under the age of 5 have died in Somalia of malnutrition while the USA's obesity rate goes up. When was the last time you went to bed hungry? Come on people. We are better than all this judgemental negativity.

#3 Sheila Tolley on 08/10/11 at 09:04 AM

Yes, indeed. The first and most important Christian move is to elect a Christian to be our Commander and Chief. A person who has Christian values. A person who has respect for our Oval office. A person who does NOT approve of abortions. A person who places his hand over his heart when OUR Pledge of Allegiance is being recited.

We have not had a leader as President since Ronald Reagan.

Come on back, Jesus. We have lost our minds in America. I think it is too late to catch that runaway train.

#4 only in the south on 08/10/11 at 12:59 PM

Goldmember: when Jesus said to help the poor, it was not voluntary. He was telling you to do so. It is our own ego that gets in the way.

Sheila: our country was founded by people who were fleeing a land that was "Christian" in order to practice religious freedom...Thomas Jefferson owned a Quran. Some of the founding fathers were atheists. Dont rewrite history to fit your tea party narrative.

#4.1 fat bass tard on 08/11/11 at 06:08 AM

every one of the founding fathers with the exception of benjamin franklin professed in their own writings that they believed in Jesus Christ. so you quit listening to your liberal professors trying rewrite history. not a single one of the founding fathers were atheist. i have a mormon bible, doesn't make me a mormon. it just makes me studious.

#4.1.1 Insomniac on 08/14/11 at 12:53 AM

You have a Christian Bible also. It doesn't make you a Christian either it just shows how studious you are not.

#4.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/14/11 at 11:46 AM

It is no surprise that you have insomnia, you are too full of hate to sleep. You are truly jealous of fat basstard. Now knock yourself out, you need a nap.

#4.2 Goldmember on 08/11/11 at 08:51 PM

He said "When you do this to the least of these..."; not, "Do this to the least of these...". The only requirement for salvation is the belief in Jesus Christ. "For whomsoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life". Charity was supposed to be a choice, not forced on you by greedy politicians using your money to buy votes.

#4.3 Sheila Tolley on 08/14/11 at 11:41 AM

Our country was founded and established by people with the same values as the ones who wrote The Constitution. Save your self a coin or two so you will have that "In God We Trust" in your pocket. When your pal odummy gets through....that will be the only CHANGE you will have. Don't get me fired up........I despise him so much for destroying America.

#5 Anonymous on 08/10/11 at 07:09 PM

I don't think Jesus meant for the Federal Govt. to do it for Us. Yet I still give voluntarily over and above what the Govt. redistributes.............

#6 EBT-less on 08/13/11 at 09:02 AM

One of the Ten Coomandments state, "Do Not Steal" and I am being stolen from every week by the Federal, State, and County government. I never authorized such a deduction! With that said, I must admit that taxes are a necessity. I just dont agree with the way my taxes are distributed within the community. We should not have to support generations of EBT recipients. The truly disabled should be provided for but not able-bodied people who live their life raping the system. Drug test recipients of any welfare programs and allow them 6 months to find employement. If they have still been unable to find gainful employment then they must provide a public service of some type to "EARN" their check. Require them to attend economic courses which educates them on the effects of not being a productive member to society and the burden they become to their fellow americans. I am not against public assistance, but I stand strong against recipients resistance to being self-supporting. I will help you when you first help yourself

#7 Back to reality on 08/13/11 at 02:05 PM

Between The Government and Christianity controling your thinking you will all always be a bunch of freaks. Brainwashed by two organazations. I love to hear peoples sense of reasoning. The next president will fix the economy and Jesus is coming back to show us more of his magic tricks and to rescue as all. My what a simple world you freaks have made for yourself. Whish I could believe in such nonsense.
Christianity was stong for awhile but as people became more educated and actually started to read what the Bible states many have had a change of heart. 2000 years of waiting for Jesus to return started to question the whole cooky story also.
But enough of my opinion lets stick with the facts. The Christian Church as a whole is declining in numbers every year. As them old Christians die off there is not enough young ones that believe the silly things that their elders did. I tried to slick son into going to church. He comes and told me he searched the world wide web and in his research has found that no man can walk on water. A darn 11 year old boy with a greater sense of reasoning then his 67 year old Grand Daddy. We are going to let Grand Daddy go on believing what he believes. I just hope he doesn't try to walk on water. He can't swim......................

#7.1 EBT-less on 08/14/11 at 06:26 AM

So, "Back to reality", why did you take your son to church? Did you not know it was full of "freaks"? I am not interested in your religion-I just wanted to point out to you that after reading your post, it's pretty obvious the "educated" people you referred to is someone other than yourself. Even though we belong to civilization of free speech, it's incredibly rude to respond to a Christian article and criticize their beliefs.

#8 ChristianMingle.Com on 08/14/11 at 09:33 AM

Yeah I'm real stupid. I could never grasp the concept of turning water into wine, feeding 1000 people with a fish and 3 fruit loops, virgin births, splitting seas, egg pooping rabbits on easter, and lets all not forget the "reason for the season", Santa Claus!!!! But hey, its all about ones sense of reasoning.

The more I studied science the less it helped me grasp it also. So I guess I am stupid in science also.

As a single unemployed parent I really just went to church for the reason most do. To see if I can find me a good Christian gal (hopefully a freak all around!) and hopefully some work. Being I drank up all my money Saturday night I figured I might as well get saved anyway til my next check comes. After all it is how it works isn't it.

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