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“Those Who Have Ears – Let Them Hear!” Jesus

May 8, 2006, admin

 

Darfur: An area the size of France where ethnic cleansing of Black Africans continues

 

In three years:

  • 200,000 dead
  • 2 million displaced
  • 7,000 African Union peacekeepers

And today, more women and children will be brutally raped and tortured - held as sex slaves by the militias. And more villages will be razed. And more people will cry, and cry… begging to be heard by the world.

The question is – do I have ears to hear them? Or are they plugged up with individualism, nationalism and consumerism?

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10 Responses to ““Those Who Have Ears – Let Them Hear!” Jesus”

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    cute_chelsea Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 12:31 am

    Thinking of you! hope your loving life.

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    theholyghostcorral Says:
    May 21st, 2006 at 9:32 pm

    I hope the job is going well!  I am often frustruated by my own futility and inability to act in effective ways in such situations.  Oh, btw, this is lew829.  I’m trying a new blog.   We’ll see how it goes.

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    runningnoodle Says:
    May 21st, 2006 at 12:39 am

    hey hows life in them thar parts? still dealing cars? hows nick? hows the stuff for your year away? you are very brave on all accounts to me!

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    pb49r Says:
    May 9th, 2006 at 2:29 pm

    Some times we cannot do anything.  Darfur is a tragedy that does not need to happen:  reminds me of Biafra, a breakaway province of another country back in the 1970s.  For months the news magazines carried the pictures of the starving children.  Man’s inhumanity to man is a constant in this evil world.  To be able to do anything “but pray”, requires that we know what to do.         

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    espinosa_baca Says:
    May 8th, 2006 at 6:33 pm

    “Apparently genocide does not count as “terrorism” and doesn’t fall under our war thereupon. The victims are not Western and no oil is at stake.”

     So true. Hey, I got a great idea! Let’s nuke Iran!

    Bush is already calling it WWIII, so I say bombs away. It’s what Jesus would do!

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    bethanyhartman Says:
    May 8th, 2006 at 5:23 pm

    The ipod graphic is fitting. How’s the job?

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    Eccentrique Says:
    May 8th, 2006 at 5:06 pm

    Good comment by bsirvio. There’s another question, too: Do you honestly know what is going on over there? The more I read about it, the more difficult it becomes for me to discern who are the “good guys” and who are the “bad guys”? Are the bad guys the government, or those who are termed the “rebels”? Or are BOTH killing the innocent?

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    bsirvio Says:
    May 8th, 2006 at 2:27 pm

    It’s an unconscionable tragedy. At the same time, I fail to see how nationalism or consumerism keep you from hearing the cries. You’re obviously concerned about what’s going on, as we all should be. Your ears are unplugged. What, then, shall you do?

    I’ll be honest: I don’t know if there’s anything I can do, other than pray toward justice for the violators and for the violated. Just because we have bills doesn’t mean our ears are stopped to the violence and terror that plagues our world.

    There is something else that plugs the ears, “individualism, nationalism and consumerism” are only symptoms of deeper-seeded issues. There always is.

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    RegularGoy Says:
    May 8th, 2006 at 12:42 pm

    Apparently genocide does not count as “terrorism” and doesn’t fall under our war thereupon. The victims are not Western and no oil is at stake.

    Although you’d think the fact that the perpetrators are Muslim would sway our intrepid President’s sympathies.

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    presvlisa Says:
    May 8th, 2006 at 12:30 pm

    Amen! It is just a huge sin they way we look a way and take for ourselves while others suffer.  Wake up world!

    Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on us all!

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