Steal $400,000 and only be fined $10k

There are so many things wrong in the world and our judicial system should be at the top.

A Kettering woman on Tuesday pleaded guilty to stealing more than $400,000 from Stahl Vision in Beavercreek.

then

Donahue would get out of prison via judicial release after one year provided she’s paid $10,000 in restitution by that date.

The prosecutor said Donahue likely won’t pay back much more than a small fraction of the $403,110 that police say she took between Feb. 1, 2007, and July 31, 2010, from the vision center at 4235 Indian Ripple Road.

Does it not make more sense that the restitution should be equal to the amount stolen?

My word I'm in the wrong profession. Crime is MUCH more profitable. You even get free healthcare when you are committed!

"Soul-Winning"

Predominantly a new concept, I’m sure you’ve heard of churches where there are altar calls and praise reports about how someone led someone else to Christ. Even so much as people call it “soul-winning” (even the LCMS - but the Lutheran definition is completely different). It’s completely un-Biblical if you think you play any part in a conversion experience.

Why?

• The Holy Spirit works through the presentation of the gospel.
• Faith is a result of the Holy Spirit’s work.
• Salvation is solely a work of the Holy Spirit by grace through faith, not by us.
• Anything we do for Christ is a result of the Holy Spirit (we are an instrument of God).

As Paul says, we plant the seed and can water it but God gives the growth. The planters and waterers are nothing. Of course, when all you are worried about is “soul-winning”, there often isn’t even water.
When you receive a gift, how often do you keep the wrapping paper?

"Getting Saved"

The phrase "I got saved" annoys me to no end and just about as much as people who talk about "accepting Christ".

That would be fine and dandy, but you can’t accept Christ, nor can you actively participate in your own salvation. If you could solely play a part in your conversion experience it would be a work. You can’t even believe in Christ on your own. That’s all the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit works through the presentation of the gospel in our hearts. The Holy Spirit imparts faith. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to believe. Salvation is grace through faith by the power of the Triune God.

Homosexuality in nature

I was in a discussion about homosexuality being a sin in the Christian Forums. A humanist came in and was trying to justify it being normal through animals in nature. Apparently animals have had homosexual tendencies. While that may be true and all, it amazes me that people try to justify human behavior based on animal behavior. Humans were created in the image of God, animals were not. Animals live based on instinct, and humans do not.

Even if you wanted to apply science to this animal behavior it fails to be "normal". It makes absolute perfect sense that a species would WANT to annihilate itself, doesn't it? If it isn't asexual, it depends on the other gender to procreate and "survival of the fittest" would not apply because they do not want to survive.

I would assume the general consensus in science is that humans and animals seek to find better ways of surviving. Limiting the gene pool and reducing the population does not make sense. If we left this "natural" subject up to science, it would seem that through natural selection, humans don't want to exist (at least the ones that support and promote homosexuality).

It's comparing apple and oranges, but if you really want to compare, consider that it scientifically makes no sense for a species to want to annihilate itself by not reproducing (perfectly in line with God's command to "be fruitful and multiply").

A two-headed turtle can certainly exist in nature. That doesn't mean it is normal.

People on 35

So I don't know who in their right mind decided to have both sides of 35 at the 675 interchange go down to one lane simultaneously. I would assume they weren't in their right mind when they made that decision. That by itself doesn't annoy me though. What annoys me are the idiots who decide to drive up on the other lane all the way until they get to the end of the lane to merge over. There are signs posted warning of the lane closure way before (at least a mile before). Not only that but the reason why traffic is slowed down is to let these goofballs in. If that weren't bad enough, then you get people like the woman behind me the other day who honked every time I let someone in (including those merging from the on-ramp). Then of course you have the people who start merging and then people behind them who can't wait two second and try to go around them, or the people who leave the lane to get in the on-ramp lane so they can make it look like they are trying to get on the highway so people won't get mad.

UGH.