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Originally Posted by JWithers
OMG. All I said was that anyone can go to college. I never said let starving people starve. I never said let the homeless die. I never said get rid of welfare.(although it does need reform) Don't put words in my mouth.
I said that everyone has free access to an education. There is not some hidden code or hierarchy. You just apply for grants and scholarships and fill out your paperwork and you got to college.
And do not preach to me. I am a strong woman of faith and I do believe in Christ's commands that we love our neighbors as ourselves. I am active in my church and carry with me the fruits of the spirit everyday in a bracelet on my arm. One of which is self-control. You and only you are in charge of your destiny. God gives you whatever you begin with and it isn't always much. But He expects you to mkae the most of the gift of life and not blame others when you don't succeed.
I do NOT believe that someone has the right to point a finger at me and say "she didn't tell me how to get into college". I mean c'mon, if you haven't the gumption to fill out a few forms, then how can you say it's my fault you didn't go to college?????
My ONLY statement was in reference to education, and of course I did make an earlier statement earlier about the choice to have children out-of-wedlock and then find yourself alone to raise them.
It is all about choices. That's all I am saying. The Lord helps those that help themselves.
It is ridiculous to intimate that I am not a Christian because I think people should apply for their own college grants instead of giving up and saying they can't afford college becasue the world is against them. 
If I have to repeat this one more time I'm gonna need a nap. College, College, College. Not food stamps, not welfare, not WIC.......
I said everyone can go to college if they really want to . Yeeash!!! |
But how do you do that with a helicopter going over your area of living and police or ambulance sirens constantly going off?
How do you do that, when your parents don't read or cannot read English so they never thought to tell you a requirement to fillout any forms and which forms do you speak of that they can understand in plain language--cultural competency, perhaps?
How do you do anything when an adult hits you and uses verbally abusive language all the time or sexually abuses you because you are the foster child that everyone but the State gave up on you??? In fact we have several cases of foster parents being pedophiles in my state. I doubt we are an exception.
So, if you are a woman of Faith, then you know all about compassion! Wonderful!!! And it doesn't just occur on a bracelet! Really, with your statements, are you practicing what you preach? And no, I believe God uses people to exact His will to glorify His name.
As I understand it, my state does not have welfare. They have WIC, they have some low income subsidies and housing that has over 1000s people on the waiting list to move into the housing...
Most people do die on the streets... Quite a few of them under 30 years old.
Where does one get educational opportunity to access any school without a computer these days when the public library restricts one's time on that said computer.
I don't know where you have lived, nor do I know your personal experiences, but I do know that you have a heartless view of people in general and I would never wish that on my worse enemy to suffer the plights that I have witnessed. I have lived a fairly decent life and I could not want for nothing, but I have seen injustices.
And because of my blessings, I was taught in Sunday school to pass it on to those who have less than me. And on many levels, I give suffering people those Spiritual needs of "living water".
All people can be uplifted. And for you to make the kinds of statements in response to my comments, it is one thing to disagree on equally yoked people, but it is totally another on impoverished people. And your "poverty"--one of the soul--how can I lift your life up?