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IMHO, I believe we are witnessing the birth of a new Civil Rights movement. With another non-indictment more and more people will be galvanized into action.

What to Do? The same-sex marriage debate has caused a lot of Christians to wonder how we are supposed to treat our gay brothers and sisters. Are we called to try fixing people, or can we just love them as they are? Here are 8 ideas to keep in mind if you’re feeling unsure of how we’re called to act. Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Galleries/How-Do-I-Balance-Faith-and-Friendship.aspx#ZZGu8KATHOfo8e2L.99

Dr. Glenn Reynolds passed to his rest on February 22, 2015. He was a renowned physician and activist for the disabled. He had had polio in his youth but continued to practice medicine and conduct his activities from a wheelchair. He was honored by the American Medical Association as physician of the year. He served on the presidential commission for the disabled.

I think journalistic sloppiness has been around for a very long time. And certainly low integrity propagandists are also nothing new. I think perhaps what is different now more than ever is the saturation level. It used to be that we were limited to maybe a newspaper, news magazine or two and no more than three TV news sources and a few local radio stations. And even then, there was a limiting factor of personal resources and time to access even those relatively few news sources. The resources necessary to produce and broadcast/distribute were a major limiting factor as well. Now any idiot with a computer can start a rant on the internet and label it news, or truth or whatever and with a push of a button it is available to potentially a worldwide audience instantly, with no editorial or peer review checks and balances. And just as easily others of similar ilk and mindset can with a quick cut and paste repeat it over and over. And for the news/info consumer there is a flood of this sort of thing to sift through for a few kernels of reliable stuff. Far too many show no less intellectual integrity (discernment/wisdom/rationality, etc.) on the consumption side either, just lapping it all up, passing it on without bothering to think, check it out or caring that they play into the hands of the propagandists.

This might be just me, but is it weird to isolate the 10 from the group of 148? As if the 10 were the notable ones?

Give, give, give

Here's the way the chapter ends: 13 Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot; this is what being human is all about. 14 For God will bring to judgment everything we do, including every secret, whether good or bad. [Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot; this is what being human is all about.]

On the other hand, we seek after eternal life where we will want for nothing, live in relative luxury so very often described in terms very much like the lifestyles of the rich and wealthy. We will likewise have an eternity to acquire unlimited education and knowledge. I really do not think the New Earth inhabitants will remain poor and uneducated or that progressively more so as their righteousness is perfected. So why is it that money and wealth is a negative here and now but not then and there?

Sign me up! I'll spend a few millennia being a tourist of the stars