What I saw in the grocery store....

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It's neither common sense nor science. It's mostly just chicken soup for the chicken's soul.
I would respond but it would be fruitless to discuss the evidence with you.

BTW, the President is reportedly stable after receiving high level care at Walter Reed.
 
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I agree. We can forgive without pretending to accept insincere apologies, though. I'm sure that man won't give her another thought going forward, nor hold any resentment against her.
Forgiveness isn’t dependent on the other party. It is not pretending the incident did not happen. It is giving up the “right” to get revenge.
 
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Yes it does seem that young people aren’t masking up in accord with common sense and science. But trying to shame them doesn’t seem to be a Christian or compassionate, reasoned way to deal with their immaturity or ignorance.

Willful misunderstanding + passive aggressive sarcasm = fail.
 
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If you or me were judged by our worst moments one day...

... And that was the standard of whether or not we be forgiven --only the bad moment alone, and not any repentance or such later....

....and no one was willing to show Grace, even when we tried to turn...

Then there would be no hope.

Calling something for what it is, is not "judgement" nor a lack of grace. I wish people wouldn't leap into bleeding-heart speeches about forgiveness and grace and judgement over something as simple as recognizing that a person behaved horribly and inappropriately. Nobody is condemning this girl to hellfire and damnation.
 
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Hold up, that’s not fair at all. I clearly stated that I don’t assume the man is lying. But how would anyone know? You would never sneeze or cough right in someone’s face then say, “it’s ok I’m not sick.” There are basic standards of hygiene that we follow out of respect for each other. Right now, because of how Covid is spread, wearing a mask is as basic as covering your mouth when you cough or washing your hands after using the restroom.
Do you also worry about who may have just handled that tomato or avacado or box of cereal before you did? Maybe the cart washer missed a spot and it is dripping with covid. And don't get me started on the buttons at the register card machines.

To hear certain politicians talk, only people who don't wear masks get covid. Or "if we all wear masks the virus will not infect anyone anymore" Do you think 7 million people are "guilty" of getting the virus because of their politics? But Trump is guilty. He killed all the people worldwide or so some say.

Did anyone read "The Mask of the Red Death"? You cannot escape the virus 100% with masks or distancing or hand washing. And if the virus itself is virulent enough to hang around, we will all likely get it sooner or later. That's just how it is.

Thank God we have treatments for it now and other tools. Didn't help my friend back in March but my chances are much better now.

It is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgement. Just live as one soon to be called home because that day will come sooner than any of us realize.

Sorry for the downer. We need to relax just a notch and trust God. He's got this.
 
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You’ll get a fine if you don’t have a mask on when you use public transportation in NYC. I don’t know if there are exceptions. The number of dead went way down to about 10 a day when we once had bodies stacked in refrigerator trucks outside of hospitals and they had to set up an emergency hospital in Central Park
 
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Calling something for what it is, is not "judgement" nor a lack of grace. I wish people wouldn't leap into bleeding-heart speeches about forgiveness and grace and judgement over something as simple as recognizing that a person behaved horribly and inappropriately. Nobody is condemning this girl to hellfire and damnation.


Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?"
Jesus answered, "I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

23“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

26“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

28“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

29“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

30“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.

32“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

35“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
 
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One thing no one has mentioned though - if the woman thought that it was such a danger for that man to not have a mask on, she should not have approached him, she should have avoided him.

Berating old veterans is more important to some than using any logic or reasoning :D
 
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