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What we have become

posted by jmcgee

The cartoon below, from Steve Breen at the San Diego Tribune, says it all.

H/T to my Beliefnet blog neighbor Tony Jones.
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Kim Jackson

posted October 25, 2009 at 11:50 pm


I think this cartoon says a lot about a society that puts fame ahead of character or good judgement. I don’t usually want government taking kids away from parents, but maybe the Heene kids should be, at least until the parents get therapy and parenting training.



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BRANKO BELICHESKY

posted October 27, 2009 at 12:17 am


Dear Father Creg:
Dear Deacon Creg:
Life it self is the largest University that we attend we will never graduate from and we shall learn each and every day and somewhere in the manuscript of life we shall try to enter a few words as fair weather Christians that we are. We can draw a lot of cartoons that we hope and pray opens up peoples eyes to impact the heart of one that we hope and pray that the impact is so strong that they do something about it.
World hunger we can overcome by uniting together using this cartoon as an example or a message that the problem of world hunger continues and we each and every one of us as Christians must do something about it.
Recently I entered my church and when it was time for me to give my thanks to the lord for the blessing he has given me I was making my weekly donation and a fellow Christian that was next to me saw me leaving a large amount of money in the basket he told me hay Mr. Take your money out don’t you HAVE A DOLLAR? Just leave A DOLLAR, I told him to leave my money in the tray that it was my gift to the Lord so that he would have the money to do his work.
We as Christians have to look at the facts in order to stop World Hunger we cannot do it just by drawing cartoons we must open up our pockets when we go to church and give until it hurts so the Churches of the world have the money they need to feed the hungry. DO NOT WAIT TO GRADUATE FROM THIS WORLD UNIVERSITY FOR IT MAY BE LATE FOR YOU.
My fellow Christians it is truly time to use this Cartoon as a Guiding Light to help feed an empty stomach of a mother , father a child we can do it by uniting and giving .
Than you for your time your Christian Brother.
Branko Belihesky
bitola2000@yahoo.com
Your Christian Brother



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