A Sad Day

As always, I became very upset reading the news.

1. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/04/shackled.teen.trio/index.html

This kid, age 17, just escaped from a house where he was being abused and tortured over the past year. He escaped in an ankle chain, bleeding wearing only boxers. He came frightened into a gym and aksked them for help.

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This child had abusive parents so social services put him in a home. He left the home because of more abuse. He moved into his Aunt's house who then abused him. Then, somehow (this part is unknown as of yet) he got captured by this couple who imprisoned him for a year.

This is sick, I feel terrible for him. His whole life has been terror and abuse. The gym manager said he looked like he was only ten years old, and he was EXTREMELY terrified.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/05/atheists.christmas/index.html

"If there can be a Nativity scene saying that we are all going to hell if we don't bow down to Jesus, we should be at the table to share our views."

"People have been celebrating the winter solstice long before Christmas. We see Christianity as the intruder, trying to steal the holiday from all of us humans."

"Why believe in a God?" the advertisement asks. "Just be good for goodness sake."

and the worst of all...

"When people ask us, 'Why are you hateful? Why are you putting up something critical of people's holidays? -- we respond that we kind of feel that the Christian message is the hate message," he said. "On that Nativity scene, there is this threat of internal violence if we don't submit to that master. Hate speech goes both ways."

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A hate message??

"I came so that you might have joy, and have it to the full"
-Jesus

I'm sorry so many people have had bad experiences of Christianity. This is upsetting.


Lord, help me to be a good Christian, and a witness to your unconditional love
Amen