During the Rev. Mr. Lowe's ministrations at Bethel, he formed a Bible class, of which I was a member. We used to draw promiscuously from a hat a text of scripture and write a composition on the text, which compositions were read after service in the afternoon, to such of the congregation as remained to hear the exercises of the class. Once, I remember, I drew the text, Luke x. 42 : "But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her." Question, "What is the one thing needful?" My answer was nearly as follows : " This question ' what is the one thing needful ? ' is capable of receiving various answers, depending much upon the persons to whom it is addressed. The mer- chant might answer that ' the one thing needful ' is plenty of customers, who buy liberally, without beating down and pay cash for all their purchases. ' The farmer might reply, that ' the one thing needful is large harvests and high prices.' The physician might answer that 'it is plenty of patients.' The lawyer might be of opinion that ' it is an unruly community, always engaging in bickerings and litigations. ' The clergyman might reply, ' It is a fat salary with multitudes of sinners seeking salvation and paying large pew rents.' The bachelor might exclaim, ' It is a pretty wife who loves her husband, and who knows how to sew 22 on buttons.' The maiden might answer, 'It is a good husband, who will lore, cherish and protect me while life shall last.' But the most proper answer, and doubtless that which applied to the case of Mary, would be, 'The one thing needful is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, follow in his footsteps, love God and obey His commandments, love our fellow-man, and embrace every oppor- tunity of administering to his necessities. ' In short, ' the one thing needful ' is to live a life that we can always look back upon with satisfaction, and be enabled ever to contemplate its termination with trust in Him who has so kindly vouch- safed it to us, surrounding us with innumerable blessings, if we have but the heart and wisdom to receive them in a proper manner." The reading of a portion of this answer occasioned some amusement in the congregation, in which the clergyman himself joined, and the name of "Taylor Barnum" was whispered in connection with the composition; but at the close of the reading I had the satisfaction of hearing Mr. Lowe say that it was a well written answer to the question, " What is the one thing needful? "
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Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.
— Gandalf to Galadriel in The Hobbit
Pedophilia is NOT a kink. You can NOT kink-shame pedophilia. Pedophilia is NOT normal, OR healthy. Pedophilia is all RAPE fantasies, how is that HEALTHY? There is NO such thing as a practicing pedophile who does NOT RAPE. Pedophilia is NOT AND NEVER WILL BE a sexual orientation, because sexual orientations revolve around which sex/gender you like, and children aren’t a sex/gender. CHILDREN CANNOT CONSENT. The ONLY people who listen and agree with pedophila apologetics are pedophiles themselves, because no SANE person would think pedophilia is healthy, normal, and OKAY. Comparing pedophilia to homosexuality is NOT HELPING because at one point most people thought all homosexuals WERE PEDOPHILES. Now fuck off you sick pieces of cocksnot.
Amen to that!!!!!!
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give me your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
I had this thought today:
I have come to the conclusion that people are either predators, prey, or defenders. The predators are almost always overcompensating for a lack of comfort with their own lives. They are almost always acting out toward others because they feel that they are victims in some other area of their lives. If a person lacks the intestinal fortitude to be comfortable in their own skin; they feel compelled to tear the skin away from those who have said fortitude. They are weak, frightened little children, seeking a boogey man under the bed, to explain away their own insecurities in life.
