lunamoth
Episcopalian
I also heard Joseph Biden's speech at the DNC. It was about what I expect at such rallies, a lot of pumping up the friendly crowd.
One thing caught my interest though. He spoke a lot about his family (which I think is great, he obviously has a wonderful family and has gone through some challenges), and his mother is still alive and was present at the convention. Neat.
During his speech he talked about the values he learned from his parents and told about how one day a boy at school hit him, and he went home and told his mother. And his mother told him to go right back out and bloody the kid's nose, so he could walk down the street the next day. I thought it was an interesting story, and his mom was nodding in agreement as he said this. And I was kind of nodding my head along with it too, the idea to stand up to bullies and not let them think you're a wuss.
But, I wonder how well this goes with the Christian ideal, to not return evil for evil, but to return evil with good.
What else could Joe have done besides gone out and hit the other boy?
And, would we want our leaders to use this same kind of response when we get hit?
One thing caught my interest though. He spoke a lot about his family (which I think is great, he obviously has a wonderful family and has gone through some challenges), and his mother is still alive and was present at the convention. Neat.
During his speech he talked about the values he learned from his parents and told about how one day a boy at school hit him, and he went home and told his mother. And his mother told him to go right back out and bloody the kid's nose, so he could walk down the street the next day. I thought it was an interesting story, and his mom was nodding in agreement as he said this. And I was kind of nodding my head along with it too, the idea to stand up to bullies and not let them think you're a wuss.
But, I wonder how well this goes with the Christian ideal, to not return evil for evil, but to return evil with good.
What else could Joe have done besides gone out and hit the other boy?
And, would we want our leaders to use this same kind of response when we get hit?