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"Let the children come to me for theirs is the kingdom..."

God doesn't mean by this that we have to put on nappies again, soil them, then wait for an adult called our parent to clean us up.

God doesn't mean by this that we have to learn to goo, gargle, shriek and stamp our feet before Him before He will consider changing the dirty nappies that clothe our soul. God has in mind that we need to desire to come before Him as eager, expectant students.

God has in mind that we need to desire to look to Him for physical healing and spiritual nourishment; for it is His delight to nourish and sustain us.

When we read the Holy Bible it is soon apparent that God is marvellously compassionate toward to all age groups and that He has got an incredibly soft spot for children.

When we read the Holy Bible it is soon becomes apparent that as soon as Jesus Christ's approximate birthplace and approximate birth time was made known to Satan that he began working through Herod to seek to kill Him.

It is very important to know that Satan has a vicious hatred of children, whereas the risen Jesus Christ has a sublime love for children.

The rise in the number of killings by children recently worldwide shows that the level of hatred against children is similar to when Jesus Christ lived on earth.

It is therefore more imperative than ever for parents to desire to fight their addiction to watching heinously evil television programmes that mock rather than glorifying God.

It is therefore more imperative than ever that parents repent and resolve, often for the first time. to teach their children from the Holy Bible.

In a more a more general sense we are either children of Satan or children of God.

This means that we are either children of the father of lies, Satan, or children of the Author of truth, God Triune.

So whether you look and behave like a green elephant , buzz like a bumble bee , have no buzz in you that would frighten a bee or are seriously deficient in many aspects of living like me, God has a glorious plan to not only introduce you to the risen Jesus Christ but to conform you to His image.

He has already taken the initiative and shown you glimpses of His love.
Your challenge is to decide if you what to have an intimate relationship with Your delightful compassionate Teacher, High Priest Friend and holy God.

Go for it. Start to see yourself as a child in need of a Teacher of ultimate truth who is King of heaven and earth and your wife wont run away from you next time when you offer to dance with her.
God bless you.

"Let the children come to me for theirs is the kingdom..."

God doesn't mean by this that we have to put on nappies again, soil them, then wait for an adult called our parent to clean us up.

God doesn't mean by this that we have to learn to goo, gargle, shriek and stamp our feet before Him before He will consider changing the dirty nappies that clothe our soul. God has in mind that we need to desire to come before Him as eager, expectant students.

God has in mind that we need to desire to look to Him for physical healing and spiritual nourishment; for it is His delight to nourish and sustain us.

When we read the Holy Bible it is soon apparent that God is marvellously compassionate toward to all age groups and that He has got an incredibly soft spot for children.

When we read the Holy Bible it is soon becomes apparent that as soon as Jesus Christ's approximate birthplace and approximate birth time was made known to Satan that he began working through Herod to seek to kill Him.

It is very important to know that Satan has a vicious hatred of children, whereas the risen Jesus Christ has a sublime love for children.

The rise in the number of killings by children recently worldwide shows that the level of hatred against children is similar to when Jesus Christ lived on earth.

It is therefore more imperative than ever for parents to desire to fight their addiction to watching heinously evil television programmes that mock rather than glorifying God.

It is therefore more imperative than ever that parents repent and resolve, often for the first time. to teach their children from the Holy Bible.

In a more a more general sense we are either children of Satan or children of God.

This means that we are either children of the father of lies, Satan, or children of the Author of truth, God Triune.

So whether you look and behave like a green elephant , buzz like a bumble bee , have no buzz in you that would frighten a bee or are seriously deficient in many aspects of living like me, God has a glorious plan to not only introduce you to the risen Jesus Christ but to conform you to His image.

He has already taken the initiative and shown you glimpses of His love.
Your challenge is to decide if you what to have an intimate relationship with Your delightful compassionate Teacher, High Priest Friend and holy God.

Go for it. Start to see yourself as a child in need of a Teacher of ultimate truth who is King of heaven and earth and your wife wont run away from you next time when you offer to dance with her.
God bless you.

Amen. Tax the snot out of the churches!

And furthermore, let's discuss some political and
national history, here, and remember together
the whole business with the Catholic church
giving money to Mexico in support of their
war effort? Hmmmm....the collective memory is
long, and some things have a nasty way of
repeating themselves, and the tireless political
efforts of Mexico to further engage themselves
into our federal tax system for their national
benefit are starting to bear some fruit, albeit
rotten, and my feeling is that, no matter what
the guise, it really is time for Mexico to
finally become economically self-sufficient.
Not that they aren't already pretty much
that way, but the wounded-bird thing keeps
on a-rollin' along, you hold the kids up in
front of the camera, play the sob story, and
hope enough suckers will vote for it.

I'm for direct taxation of all religious
institutions operating in the United States,
and confronting the Arch-whomevers wherever
they might be headquartered abou their
attempts to influence our political system and
profit thereby. Drive a nice car, there, buddy?
Lay those books out on the table, and let's
find out what's REALLY going on, here.

I'm sorry, WHICH of the HMO's do YOU work for,
again? You failed to mention that...why don't the
Churchies scrape another billion out of the Pope's
coffers and build St. Indigent, or something?
The Church has a damn sight more money than a
lot of Murkins do these days, and you want MORE
tax money? You're revealing your true colors, there...

Reverend Salguero

You write...

"Children are at the very heart of the message of Jesus. At infant dedications or baptisms many Christian ministers recite the words of Jesus' , "Let the children come to me for theirs is the kingdom..." Children's health care is both a moral responsibility for parents and a society that takes seriously the moral injunction to care for the least of these."

Does this mean that along with everything else, you also indoctrinate children into believing the religion that you happen to believe is the one TRUE Religion?
If you do then I suggest you're not doing them any favors by making up their minds for them before they're old enough to think for themselves.
That's what I call immoral. And in a perfect world it would not be allowed to happen.
We have to teach kids how to think,not what to think. To raise them to believe in an invisible God who lives in the sky,and looks after us when we are dead,is outrageous,when you really think about it;and causes neverending problems down here in the real world.
We don't teach astrology anymore,or alchemy,or sorcery.So how come we still teach religious superstition as if it had anything to do with reality,or truth?
Enough already.

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Rev. Salguero:

Thank you for your post. Always good to hear a fresh voice on these issues. If you would be so kind, though, I do have a few questions regarding some of the finer points of your post.

"As the father of a 2-year-old I realize that his mother and I are responsible for my son's nutrition and health care needs. As a person who takes seriously the gospel message to care for the children of our society I expect a nation's moral compass to place children's health care at the top of its moral agenda."

Now, you say that as a parent, it is your wife's and your responsibility to care for your child, then go on and say that it should be the nation's goal to put children's health care at the top of its moral agenda. If I might ask, where would you say the government's place to step in is? In other words, where is the boundary between a parent's responsibility, and the larger community?

"What does this mean for health care for children? It means that as part of our moral and family values conversations this should be a major topic. While well-intentioned people could disagree on the specifics and best way to fund health care for children, few would disagree that it is an essential part of a society's responsibility to future generations."

While I agree with you on the matter, I also know that there are many people (both here in these blogs and in real life) that feel it is not up to society at large to provide these basic services. While I would like for the nation to provide these services, I can also see the other side that says a capitalistic society is better off when the government does less and the market does more (and yes, I know that the SCHIP was a subsidized private healthcare system). Would you say that those who feel that the marketplace care system we have now is doing fine are correct in that the private system can do what you're saying, or that they are wrong, and a stronger government role in the issue is needed?

As an atheist,
let me praise Mr Salguero for his morality, vision,

and for quoting the great moral teacher Jesus in a lovely and appropriate way.

I too think Jesus spoke many profound moral truths. The fact that the Rev believes he was the son of God and I don't doesn't affect the moral imperative Jesus articulated regarding care of children.

According to all the polling that I've seen the American Populace is already on board. I think the issue lies with pricking the hearts of the politicians.

You raise some interesting points. Yet I wonder about the language. I agree that nine million children need health care, but I wonder if "moral agenda" or "moral responsibility" is the way we want to frame the issue. Those terms suggest a certain level of strategy and urgency that is precise, but not compelling. So my question is this, how do we frame the issue in such a way that pricks the heart of the general American populace?