Buck, it's not nice to tease pre-schoolers.

God also made alcoholics, murderers, pedophiles, drug dealers, etc. It's not what they "are" that's sinful; it's what they "do". We're all sinners. The goal is to stop committing the sins, not to stop being sinners.

Because we owe money to more than 17 people or entities. How would you suggest we do that? "Here, you 3 share this coin and you 47 share this one and..."?

Wrong skin color for what?

As I used to tell my children when THEY were small: "There's nothing wrong with 'wanting'".

DCM, the problem is that you're comparing 2 different things: in the first sentence you address how we treat PEOPLE; in the second, you address how we think about their CONDITIONS. Jesus showed us how to do this in His interactions with the woman at the well. He treated her with dignity, yet He also told her to stop doing what she knew was wrong. I know, a lot of people today would say that she had a deep-seated need for male attention, an over-active libido, a fear of loneliness, or a mild case of ODD. Jesus knew what her reasons were just as clearly as He knew what she was doing; He didn't tell her she needed to stop feeling that way, He didn't tell her that her wants/needs were silly or stupid, He just told her to stop sinning.

Silly Rose, those are containers FOR Progressivs.

Bullying is not a simple matter of releasing physical tension; bullies don't harm other kids just because they need to "let off some steam". Bullying is a problem of the heart. You can't solve internal issues by changing external actions.

(1) I read the article through, twice, and I'll have to ask you to please indicate where it says "the teachers claim that the kids are they're [sic] life". (2) You might also give some consideration to the differences between the words "there" (adverb), "their" (possessive adjective), and "they're" (contraction). (3) "Once again the almighty green back trumped human life." No, it didn't. There were no human lives lost due to the teachers' action nor were they even in danger of being lost if other adults hadn't volunteered.

(1) Sexual connotations should be reserved for ads about natural erections, not ads about national elections. (2) The ad concept IS sexist since there's no corresponding ad with a young man talking about HIS first time...to vote.

"Thanks to everyone at PBS. I am so happy to be a part of your final season." I'll send her roses for her birthday next year if her prophecy comes true.