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New York landlord becomes legal guardian of 93-year-old Holocaust survivor: 'She had no one else'

I can understand the need to say "why me". Despite my best efforts not to I have caught myself saying it at times. But I don't believe in predestination, or some grand master plan for the warp and woof of life. It's all just random. Things happen because they happened. The undeserving prosper and the deserving fail as often as the reverse I guess. You do your best with what you have and things work out as they work out. My faith in God makes me believe that, in the end, we will find out that all those things we found so unbearable and caused us so much pain were not a big deal at all. It's like when your high school girlfriend dumped you and you thought the world was ending. Later on as you grew in experience you realized it wasn't a big deal at all. I think, hope, it will be like that after we have left this life behind.

I have to admit my optimism has taken a hit of late. But like CS Lewis said, the sun is always shining somewhere else. It makes me happy to be reminded of that. Yeah, I know that wasn't where Lewis was going with that thought but I'm putting my own spin on it.

Don't know about you guys but I think good news is more important than ever.

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USS Chancellorsville renamed USS Robert Smalls Totally approve of this. Robert Smalls was a badass and should have had a movie made about him by now. This will do. Also as soon as I saw the name of the ship I thought it was odd. Is there a USS Little Big Horn or a USS Kasserine Pass floating around out there?

Hey everyone. It's been a while. The last few months have been... challenging, to say the least. I've been struggling with a major medical problem and it's taken a lot out of me. The good news is it seems a corner has been turned and the situation is improving. So very thankful for that. I hope you guys and your families are all doing well and kicking the world's ass! @Gfted1home grown tomatoes are the best!

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How the phrase 'Let's go Brandon' made a little boy with autism feel loved Something good comes from something stupid.

Russian journalist sells his Nobel prize for a record $103.5 million to help Ukrainian children

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Tourist Survives 18 Hours at Sea By Clinging to a Soccer Ball WILSON! Is that you?

I agree with this. I believe in God and I believe someday I'll meet God. And I think, like all of us, I'll be called to account for both for the good I could have done and didn't and the bad I shouldn't have done and did. And I believe I'll also be shown the things I did that really mattered to someone. By design or accident I hope I'm leaving the world a slightly better place than I found it for having been here. I believe when we do meet God what we believed or disbelieved will not be high on the discussion list. Only what we did and didn't do. I've known militant atheists who have lived a far more "Christian" life than many professed Christians. I refuse to believe all the good acts of non-believers will be dismissed out of hand because they didn't "think" correctly. Just my $.02. Like I said I don't know the truth. No one does. But we will all find out sooner or later.

Nope, not Gromnir HA! Good Fun!

Bruce what did I tell you once? There are only like 10 people posting here. You might be speaking to him everyday and don't know it!

Ahh the ravings, the threats, the promising of our total destruction... good times!

Not if they only heard about evolution from others.

The world would be a better place if the people who say they follow Jesus actually paid attention to the things Jesus said and did and followed His example.

If we are discussing some sort of "soft" transition, dressing and acting as the preferred gender, that is all good with me. Even light hormone treatments. This is all reversible if desired later. Once you start having surgery and cutting things off there is no going back. Not to OEM normal at least. That is life altering and NOT a decision to be made by someone not mature enough to understand. So save the surgery until after adulthood.

Let's see. We don't allow kids to own or carry firearms, drive cars, enter into legally binding contracts, or give consent for sex or other things because they are not emotionally or educationally mature enough to understand all the implications. But, there is a group of people who think we SHOULD let them have life altering surgeries? Surgeries that will eliminate the possibility of having biological children. That will make them susceptible to future health difficulties and complications particularly since their bodies are still growing? Anyone see a problem here? Being transgender is a hard thing to deal with and if transition brings relief then more power to them. Nut it is not at all unreasonable to insist the individual be a consenting adult capable of making an informed decision.

The idea of getting into a twist over religion or lack thereof, makes no sense to me. There are two possibilities: either there is a God or there isn't. Either there is an afterlife or there isn't. The existence of either cannot be verified so you have faith or you don't. If they don't exist believing in them changes nothing. If they do then disbelieving changes nothing. Suppose for a moment God does exist and is a supreme being and creator of all things. Such an individual is completely beyond the comprehension of us. So it's absurd for one person to tell another "God wants this" or "This is God's will". So the idea that a bunch of middle easterners had conversations with God 4000 years ago strains credulity. But that does not rule out God's existence. I look at it this way. Don't be an as---le and everything will work out fine. If God is what most folks believe He is then you'll be in good shape. Be honest, compassionate, and charitable with the fellow humans and I think it won't matter that you believed in God. I think God will believe in YOU. And if none of it was true than at least you will be remembered as a good man but the folks you knew and made the world a little better while you were in it. There are my own opinions of course. I believe in God and Jesus because the events of my life led me to that. But I have no more insight than anyone else so it would be foolish for me to insist on anyone else sharing my conclusions or criticizing them for their lives leading them to different conclusions. BTW if you have never read or watched The Life of Pi you should. It's an entertaining story but it also has a very enlightened take on religion.

Hey my view on religion and belief can be summed up as "whatever get's you through the night". (I stole that from a Law & Order episode, Jack McCoy actually said that). If an appeal to Paul Maud'dib got him through Civil Procedure who am I to tell him he's wrong. There is one thing a KNOW about God, religion, Allah, Buddah, etc: we will all find out the truth one day. Hopefully not for a long time though.

As long as teachers give tests there will be prayer in school. As long as report cards and college entrance exams are a thing you won't be able to keep God out of education! There was a saying in the USMC: There are no atheists in combat!