Unintended consequences
I’d been planning my first show for BTM TV when an errand called me past this church sign.
When I first noticed the sign yesterday, I thought that it was a call for prayer for our troops. I immediately thought of Mark Twain’s War Prayer and the idea of unintended outcomes. I 86′d what I had and planned something new around the theme. After I pulled some stories, I went to dinner with some new buddies where a point that seemed to bring it all together was made: While America is arguing over abortion, class, gender and ethnicity, those who are supposed to be representing us in government are robbing us blind of our wealth and liberty.
I went back today for a picture of the sign and saw that crosses were set up to represent aborted fetuses. I intend to present the show as planned because in my mind, this picture underscores it all. Please join me at 8:00 tonight over BTM TV (Channel 1) where I’ll be presenting example after example of good intentions in public policy going horribly wrong.
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Unintended consequences « Ideas from free minds - ezineaerticles said this on January 26, 2009 at 3:34 pm |
Ah yes. Nazarenes. Knew a few back in Colorado– they are interesting. Of course I am “interesting” in a different direction so I can’t say much.
Nazarenes are a lot like born-agains BUT they also believe in a second conversion experience which, if genuine, supposedly confers lifetime immunity from sin. Let’s just say the evidence doesn’t necessarily square with the theory.
(FWIW, I’m of the belief that faith is supposed to be a way to help you to “do good things” (as Solon says) rather than giving you a psychological “get out of hell free” card. That is, if one is inclined towards faith in the first place)
Also FWIW my first boyfriend was a pro-life activist and as it turned out after the fact wanted me as a virgin screw before he entered the monastery (we never did get that far) Yup, he wanted to do me, and then enter the monastery– of course, then I would have been expelled from that college and would still be expected to keep the baby. I have almost no respect for pro-lifers as a result, because I have found out that a large MAJORITY of them think that way