Happy All Souls Day!

Jesus the extremist. I wish people could read better, but repeat that the bad thought was not proof of being bad but rather those who are only restrained from bad actions out of fear are bad, to my way of thinking.

Actually the teachings of Christ are not that He makes people good but imputes His righteousness to believers. It seems you don’t believe Him, so wasting time discussing the matter can definitely wait for a rainier day.

“Psychology training,” “id level,” “psychic apparatus”

Most impressive terms. One would think they actually meant something if one knew nothing. It’s interesting to consider some of the schools of psychology including structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, gestaltism, psychoanalysis, individual psychology analytical psychology, humanist psychology, transpersonal psychology and cognitive psychology–to name a few.

Each one considers itself better than all the others and holder of absolute truths and that the others are just mistaken at best. If you could put a voltmeter to each one and see whether it were right or wrong, I fear you might be disappointed. Thankfully for you, there is no proof of the wrongness (or even possible rightness) of any particular school of thought here.

David for truth,
or failing that–impressive terminology
and Atmore

There is no ONE bad decision that makes you a good or bad person. Rather the basis of our character comes from a lifetime of choices (a complete body of work, if you will). Hence our tendency to rush to judge some and to rush to defend others. We know that it is “out of character” for them…or, we know it is well within their character based on past “bad” decisions.

Me – for looking at the life of a person and not judging them as good or bad based SOLELY on recent good or bad decisions.

Actually, I do have an idea. All your hopes, wishes, dreams shattered by something beyond your power to fix, knowledge that more pain, suffering and death lay ahead if something didn’t change. I don’t think I’ve disagreed with a word you said or a thing you did. You have burdens no other human can carry. You didn’t appreciate people cutting down your children for what another did.

Without reading anybody’s mind I understand her frustration, too, in that so many keep acting like it’s all good even though as you well know, it isn’t good.

You tried to get help, but the one needing it denied he had a problem. You tried to get him to give up the dope but he denied he ever used it. You said he “is not the same man that I married. He’s become someone that we don’t even recognize: paranoid, angry, violent, obsessive, irrational,” and others stand up for the new, unimproved man.

You deserve better, not people attacking you for protecting your children as if the one who refused your help was the only one worthy of consideration.

May the Lord strengthen you and your children
and give understanding to the other

DUH, obese too.

David for honesty

Please consider what I actually said was, “In fact if I even wanted to do it but didn’t do it out of fear of punishment, I am still a bad person”

Understand, that’s just me but if my ONLY reason for not doing a bad thing is fear of punishment then I am a bad person held back only by that fear, just as some killers are only restrained by handcuffs or prison bars.

If a bad thing might tempt me but I don’t do it because I know it would be wrong, then I am a better person.

If I weren’t even tempted in the first place – - –

Also please understand here I am not even pretending to judge any specific person because as my Atmore friend keeps pointing out, I’m too ignorant to do a thing like that, “DHG has no perspective on – - and therefore has absolutely no basis for commenting on whether he is a bad person or a good person that made a bad decision…and YES, there is a difference!!!”

I’m simply discussing the concepts of what a person is in relation to what he does. My friend seems to think the two are unrelated. It would still be interesting to know what that ONE bad decision is supposed to have been since it seems to be all important to him.

David for perfect psychology and understanding

DHG did make a comment earlier…”thanks Heather, that helps give perspective”. And THAT is the point, DHG has no perspective on Mark, Sr and therefore has absolutely no basis for commenting on whether he is a bad person or a good person that made a bad decision…and YES, there is a difference!!!

however when it comes to just thinking something….that makes you a bad
person….come on.

Just this morning I was thinking when I read that one of the cops from the
stand off had to undergo surgery and was still in need of blood and then
right on the heels of that statement it said the perp was still in the hospital,
my first thought was perp….you can eat crap and die!

SO IN YOUR WORDS THAT WOULD MAKE ME A BAD PERSON…

I don’t happen to be a bad person…. I know that…..
I take care of ppl who deserve care….and I don’t like and never will all the others
who go around and make life hard for them.