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AGAINST THE LAW OF NATURE

Sep 23 2009, 4:27 PM EDT by Christina_Skeels

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EVERYTHING HAS TO HAVE ORDER. NO ONE EXCEPTS SPONTANIETY AND FUN--A CERTAIN JOY TO LIFE AND THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE'S ACTIVITIES. GOD WANTED ORDER IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND BY HIS TEN COMMANDMENTS. GOD ALSO ORDAINED A CERTAIN ORDER BY PAIRING ALL THE ANIMALS, TWO BY TWO IN NOAH'S ARK. WOMEN WITHIN THE PAST THIRTY YEARS HAVE BEEN STRIVING FOR RECOGNITION AND EQUALITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE--WORK, HOME AND SPORTS. MANY PEOPLE REMAIN OLD-FASHION IN THESE ENDEAVOURS. SO MUCH PREJUDICE EXISTS IN OUR SOCIETY. I FEEL IT IS REALLY SAD HOW WE ARE BROUGHT UP TO THINK AND FEEL BY WHAT WE ARE BOMBARDED WITH GROWING UP AND GOING THROUGH OUR INADEQUATE EDUCATION SYSTEM. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGINS WHEN WE ARE SMALL AND WHAT WE ARE TAUGHT. WHAT I WROTE IN THE PREVIOUS THREAD ABOUT CAIN AND ABEL APPLIES HERE ALSO. THE BEST GIFT TO GIVE YOUR CHILD IS THE GIFT OF IMAGINATION. TO ALWAYS FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AS PEOPLE AND TO PREVENT HANG-UPS ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

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RE: AGAINST THE LAW OF NATURE
By: Christina_Skeels, Sep 23 2009, 4:27 PM EDT

I agree that everything SHOULD have an order, but to say that everything HAS an order can't necesarily be true. If it were we wouldn't have the concept of chaos, although some would argue that chaos has order in itself. God did want order, and we have been striving for order for a long time in our world and society. Somehow though we have yet to reach fairness and equality in all aspects of life. I will agree in saying that our education system could use work, as I recently read an article in psychology class about standardized testing in Kindergarten. Yes, they really do in some places, shocking I know. I will say though, that in terms of imagination, that doesn't really exist as a concept anymore, and I wonder if there's something that can be done about it? (Something to think about.) Think about how our society is. We're so computer dependent, I say that laughing as I'm on the computer to write this, and the computer does everything for you. No more pen and pencil on the paper, you just stick an idea in your head and tell the computer, and it can pretty much make it for you. You can edit photography to look the way you want, you can do so many things on the computer now a days. Now, that's not to say that you don't have an imagination, because you get to create what you want, but it takes less effort, however, it does in a sense take away some of the creativity. Honestly, I don't know what was wrong with handing a child a pen and a paper and saying, "Draw. Use your imagination." Giving someone a computer is like giving someone a multiple choice exam, you put the answers right in front of their face, so all they have to do is pick one. Where is the learning in all of that? It's purew memorization if you ask me, because the moment we walk out of that room, we'll forget all that information anyways. However, our education system is an entire conversation in itself. Thanks for the thoughts!

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THE FIRST MURDER--CAIN AND ABEL

Sep 23 2009, 3:30 PM EDT by francespoeta

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AFTER BANISHMENT FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN, EVE GAVE BIRTH TO TWO SONS--CAIN AND ABEL. ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, CAIN AND ABEL WERE IDENTICAL TWINS. THE SONS GREW TO MANHOOD--CAIN BECAME A FARMER AND ABEL BECAME A SHEPHERD.
THE CULMINATING EVENTS LEADING TO THE MURDER IS THAT GOD FAVORED ABEL'S SACRIFICE OF ONE OF HIS SHEEP OVER CAIN'S SACRIFICE OF THE HARVEST. THIS THROUGH CAIN INTO A RAGE AND UPON SEEING HIS BROTHER IN THE FIELD--HE SLEW HIM.
AS WITH ANY SENSELESS KILLING THERE IS MUCH RATIONALIZATION AS TO RHYME AND REASON. THESE RATIONALIZATIONS CAN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THE CIVIL WAR--BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER. THE SENSELESS KILLINGS WE ALL READ ABOUT DAILY AND HEAR ON TV NEWS REPORTS. ALL THESE EVENTS MAKE US WONDER WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO--AND FINALLY THE SENSELESS MURDERS FOR DR PETIT'S FAMILY IN CHESIRE TWO YEARS AGO.
PEOPLE TURN TO GOD TO FOR AN ANSWER, HOWEVER IN MY OPINION, I FEEL GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE THEMSELVES--FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AS PEOPLE AND HAVING A CERTAIN JOY ABOUT LIFE. IF PARENTS COULD JUST STIMULATE THEIR CHILDREN'S IMAGINATIONS WHILE THEY ARE GROWING UP, THE CHILDREN WILL GROW UP WITHOUT HANG-UPS ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR SOCIETY, THIS IS LACKING AND I FEAR WILL ALWAYS BE SO.

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ADAM AND LILITH

Sep 23 2009, 3:28 PM EDT by francespoeta

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ACCORDING TO JEWISH FOLKLORE, LILITH WAS ADAM'S FIRST WIFE. GOD MADE THEM FROM A SINGLE FORM OF CLAY, AS EQUALS, AND WHEN HE HAD COMPLETED THEM--HE SEPARATED THEM WITH ONE SWIFT CUT. THIS GIVES EMPHASIS THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THERE IS SOMEONE THAT IS EXACTLY LIKE YOU CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH--THE ONLY SCAR IS YOUR BELLYBUTTON SIGNIFYING WHERE YOU WERE ONCE JOINED. LILITH AND ADAM WERE ANXIOUS TO BE JOINED AGAIN, SO ADAM ASKED LILITH TO LIE DOWN BENEATH HIM. LILITH CHALLENGED ADAM WANTING TO KNOW WHY SHE HAD TO BE UNDERNEATH WHEN THEY WERE EQUALS. WHY DID HE HAVE TO DOMINATE WHEN THEY WERE TWO HALVES MADE OF THE SAME CLAY? ADAM TRIED FORCE, BUT THEY WERE ALSO OF EQUAL STRENGTH AND HE DID NOT SUCCEED. SO ADAM TURNED TO GOD FOR HELP LAMENTING ABOUT LILITH'S DEFIANCE AND REFUSAL TO SERVE HIM. SHE WAS BANISHED FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND GOD THEN GAVE ADAM EVE WHO WAS FORMED FROM HIS RIB WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP, WHO WOULD BE HIS HELPMATE AND SERVE HIM.
CONSIDER THE GOLDEN RULE--ONE SHOULD BEHAVE TOWARD OTHERS AS ONE WOULD HAVE OTHERS BEHAVE TOWARD ONESELF.
MEN SEE VISUALLY, AND THAT IS LOVE TO THEM AT FIRST, WOMEN THEY TAKE HEART. ONCE A MAN TAKES HEART, HE UNDERSTANDS A WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW HOW UNFAIR MAN HAS BEEN TO WOMEN, THEN THEY BECOME EQUAL. REAL LOVE.
THIS TO ME IS NOT RADICAL FEMINISM, BUT A VALID POINT THAT GOOD COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL IN LOVING RELATIONSHIPS.

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