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Hearing voices

December 27th 2011 03:37

Just a pondering....

Why do we lock people up and call them mentally ill if they say they hear voices, except when they are ministers/evangelists, in which case we send them money, or Republicans/Tea partiers, and then we let them run for President.

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Posted By: Ruth Moratz - Category: Random ponderings

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Teaching kids to measure their self worth with materialism

November 24th 2010 05:03

It's that time of year, Toys for Tots is looking for donations of gifts. It's a shame that kids are taught their self worth is tied to whether or not they get gifts during holidays. I'm not saying Toys for Tots is a bad thing, only that it's a shame that they are needed.

Kids with parents that can spend lots of money and give them lots of gifts are assumed to love their kids more than parents that can't afford to give much or anything at all, and it's even worse for foster kids. How can kids help but feel they are worth nothing when they go back to school after the holidays and the more well off kids are bragging about what they got. Once more enforcing that the more things they have, the more they are worth, the more they are cared about.

With families, friends, the media and retailers enforcing this idea, is it any wonder they grow up to think money and material things are everything. Thinking the more they have, the more important they are.

I would love to see people start having giftless holidays. Teaching their kids that there are a lot more important things then having people give you things. Having more time to spend with their families instead of in the malls. Not have to go into debt because they are expected to buy things for everyone when they can't afford it.

There are a number of Native American traditions where children are encouraged to share or give away prized possessions. There was a small study done which tested the generosity of Native American boys raised within this tradition with Caucasian boys. Each group was given two lollipops and both started to immediately eat one. The Native American boys then gave away the second one to others that didn't get any, while the Caucasian boys kept the second one for themselves. Wouldn't it be great if we could teach all children to share and give things away rather then always be expecting things to be given to them. To show them that their self worth is not measured in things.

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Posted By: Ruth Moratz - Category: Random ponderings

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church allows marriage to (un?)dead/spirit but not same sex?

November 24th 2010 04:03

I was just watching a show where nuns were marrying christ and it got me thinking. Why is it okay to marry a zombie/corpse/spirit, but it's not okay to marry someone of the same sex? I remember some of the more idiotic responses mentioning that if same sex couples were allowed to get married soon they would be marrying farm animals..huh? Yeah, I didn't follow the reasoning either. Yet, getting married to something that's long dead is fine? I could see that leading to far stranger things then farm animals.