Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Are All "Human Rights" Legitimate...?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states something to the effect of women having a right to bear children.... [Am having trouble finding a copy of the exact wording on the Internet....] And I'm not sure I agree completely with that issue...? I'd say it's more of a privilege than a right...? However, it's a very complicated subject and then there are people who believe in forced sterilization, in some cases; and I'm not sure if I agree with that either...? I don't know... Maybe there's a balance needed and cases can be studied individually....
Am just wanting to make the point that not necessarily all the "rights" that are declared are so necessary, or even legitimate...??? But as I said yesterday, I believe the majority of the human rights ARE legitimate....
[Myself, I've had some controversy over my own child-bearing matters and I've discussed it previously.... And I believe that after any person is born, we need to respect that life and God has a plan for them....]
Monday, May 30, 2016
The Bible and Human Rights...
Christians sometimes quote the Bible out of context to support their own point of view.... Sometimes they're just not familiar enough with the Bible.... Or they can be misguided, or even fanatical.... But I believe the Bible supports human rights.
There's a particular chapter of the Bible that explains about true worship and describes some people who are unsatisfied with their religion.... And this chapter says that people need to express some practical Christianity by helping those in need, in any way....
In the Bible times, it was common for people to fast as part of their religious practise.... But the following passage tells about what God sees as a true fast, true religious worship.... It's the 58th chapter of the book of Isaiah. Will quote a few verses:
"Is not this the fast that I have chosen?--to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? ... Isaiah 58:6, King James Version.
"...If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if
you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted soul, then... [God will
bless you]." Isaiah 58:9-10, New Revised Standard Version.
My dictionary says that a "yoke" is: "that which joins together, the frame for joining oxen...
a mark of servitude, slavery...."
When Jesus was on the earth, He spent a lot of time healing and helping people.... And he warned us against being like the Pharisees who had a lot of man-made rules and felt self-righteous.... Jesus was compassionate, and not just to the socially-acceptable people.... These days, we have a slogan--WWJD?--What Would Jesus Do? And I believe Jesus would've been supporting the majority of the human rights issues, if not all of them...? Nobody should be oppressed and discriminated against.... And Christians and others are free to read the Bible further for themselves, if they wish to know more...! These are a few of my comments, and some quotations.
[Personally, I have a FEW concerns about how some of the transgender rights should be handled...but I don't really want to get into a debate.... I'm not an authority and I've made mistakes in my explanations in the past.... And to be honest, I have a tendency to be a controlling kind of person--although I don't mean to and don't want to.... And I'd rather let the churches figure out their own issues, if they want to differ from some of the prevailing humanistic views in the USA...? But
we certainly shouldn't make people feel bad by our bad behaviour towards them....]
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Public Awareness
Wasn't aware of it ahead of time but May 17 of this year was the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.... And personally, I think the public could probably use some more education about these topics, especially about transgender issues. [Sometimes there's still ignorance and prejudice against gay issues also.]
Catching Up
In my last post in this blog, I was listing all the issues that I thought we were done with.... I guess the transgender issues were another point which I wasn't aware of.... Have been writing in my Waterlily Story II blog lately....
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The Overall Picture
Have said in my previous post below that the criminal matters were the most important thing but there were actually three major issues. There was the landlord/tenant matter, there are the gay issues, and there are the criminal matters.... All of these have been quite significant to deal with. And we're preparing for publicity.... [Questions about my life and childhood, along with the support and testimony of the "Irish boy" have been secondary....]
Even though there's one part of the criminal matters that MIGHT'VE been human error, I'm going to take the position that certain police knew I was being prosecuted falsely and it's within their power to help.... They've also taken a solid step towards admitting liability in the past.--It's just that they weren't willing to settle at the time.... And now, I believe I've written everything I can--about the criminal matters and about the other topics.... Short of wandering along cow paths and cow pastures, so to speak.... And if the police need some time to think about things, that's fine. They can take their time....
Even though there's one part of the criminal matters that MIGHT'VE been human error, I'm going to take the position that certain police knew I was being prosecuted falsely and it's within their power to help.... They've also taken a solid step towards admitting liability in the past.--It's just that they weren't willing to settle at the time.... And now, I believe I've written everything I can--about the criminal matters and about the other topics.... Short of wandering along cow paths and cow pastures, so to speak.... And if the police need some time to think about things, that's fine. They can take their time....
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
One Question Answered
Have answered one concern, as I said, which was brought up by a particular police group,
but I've decided it's not worthwhile to respond to various individual police agencies with
their miscellaneous concerns.... It's not productive.... These police are missing a lot of
facts about me, which have already been explained elsewhere; and the biggest issue is the
criminal situation.... Right now, I'm just waiting for the police who I believe were involved
in prosecuting the charges falsely--without giving me a proper chance to defend myself....
If they're going to step up, it'll make a difference; and they admitted some liability in the
past.... [Nothing official in writing so far, however....]
If the parties need some time to think about my writing about the criminal matters, which
I did in kind of a private blog, then that's fine....
Don't know if we'll get anything settled by Christmas--it would be nice!--but whatever
they can do would be appreciated...!
[If some police purposely interfered with the evidence in the criminal matters, then it
would make a difference--unless if the problems were caused by human error...?--In
the case of human error, it might be harder to get anyone to come forward...? We'll see...?]
but I've decided it's not worthwhile to respond to various individual police agencies with
their miscellaneous concerns.... It's not productive.... These police are missing a lot of
facts about me, which have already been explained elsewhere; and the biggest issue is the
criminal situation.... Right now, I'm just waiting for the police who I believe were involved
in prosecuting the charges falsely--without giving me a proper chance to defend myself....
If they're going to step up, it'll make a difference; and they admitted some liability in the
past.... [Nothing official in writing so far, however....]
If the parties need some time to think about my writing about the criminal matters, which
I did in kind of a private blog, then that's fine....
Don't know if we'll get anything settled by Christmas--it would be nice!--but whatever
they can do would be appreciated...!
[If some police purposely interfered with the evidence in the criminal matters, then it
would make a difference--unless if the problems were caused by human error...?--In
the case of human error, it might be harder to get anyone to come forward...? We'll see...?]
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Definitely Plan B!
Yes, so we're working on Plan B! It might be a month or so yet...? Give or take a little!
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