For example, an unmarried young man was “weird” if he insisted on sexual abstinence before marriage. There were glaring discrepancies back then of course, and we kids were the first to spot these on our radars. Abortion was rare and limited only to situations in which the mother’s health was in jeopardy. My parents were professing Christians when I was a boy. My observations are my own perceptions and offered here for fellow searchers who may be looking for something deeper than a mere secular (or religious) world view. There are many subjects I can rant about today, but I suppose one of the biggest changes I have seen in my life concerns marriage, sexual expression, and family structure. I’m further anchored by the fact I have enjoyed a personal relationship with the Creator, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, for more than fifty years now. While many see time, chance, and evolution as the driving forces in the world, I have found a way better paradigm in the Bible. It’s been a wild ride! History is going somewhere. “Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it.I remember well the Great Depression, World War Two, the Korean and Viet Nam Wars, and all that followed. “It is better to lose your life than to waste it.” “A veterinarian who naively gave PETA some of the animals, thinking they would find them homes, and examined the dead bodies of others, testified that they were 'healthy' and 'adoptable.'” But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.” “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.37, Macmillan “Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. “History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom”, p.266, Library of Alexandria arrested the normal development of the physical sciences for over fifteen hundred years.” “As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees.
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