Though parents send us the best they have every day, schools are not comprised
of perfect children.
We are so focused on a vision of a particular kind
of perfect child that we fail to see the actual creature mucking about in his or her natural habitat.
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While you might not need a
perfect credit score to qualify, you'll need a record clean
of defaults, bankruptcies and judgments, in addition to having your
child meet other federal student aid eligibility requirements.
Wealthy families start buying their
children's way into elite colleges almost from the moment they are born: music lessons, sports equipment, foreign travel («enrichment» programs, to use the all - too -
perfect term)-- most important,
of course, private - school tuition or the costs
of living in a place with top - tier public schools.
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of children when they are small is the
perfect way for Religion to brainwash.
Children who are not baptized, worship other gods, and never accept jusus as their savior are going to burn forever according to youe
perfect word
of god.
He wants YOU to stand against the wiles
of Satan, and get rid
of these «
perfect popes» and priests, who hold the highest
of places, and yet defile his very word, as they mo - lest little
children.
Going from being rational to believing in an organization that tolerates
child abuse and prides itself on the ridiculous luxury
of Vatican City makes
perfect sense...
A
perfect father surely becomes angry at his disobedient
children, but he's not going to roast them alive because
of it — and any earthly father who does is soundly and rightly condemned as evil and / or insane.
Oh, scotty... you ARE the
perfect example
of why God's «ambassadors» are, in fact, poster
children for the atheist cause.
The cults
of the «Invisible Being» have provided the
perfect cover for the most sick and vile among us to hide and commit heinous acts against
children.
The sacrifices we make for spouses and
children can be among the best reflections we can offer
of the
perfect sacrifice
of Golgotha.
Biological parenthood does not confer possession
of children, nor should it lead us to hope for a «
perfect»
child.
The demands on a woman to obtain the roundest education, the most fulfilled career, the highest promotion, the
perfect relationship, and to «squeeze in two
children» — all these are set against a backdrop
of her diminishing fertility.
The
children in the Middle East today, who refuse to deny Christ in the face
of certain death, have that
perfect love, which is greater than even faith, 1 Corinthians 13:13.
Where once her concern was to have
perfect children in the eyes
of the congregation and community, she is now preoccupied primarily with her own adequacies as a parent.
``... as it is certainly in the power
of a mother to give strong food to her infant, but the
child is not yet able to receive more substantial nourishment; so it was possible for God to have made man
perfect from the first, but man could not receive this [perfection], being as yet an infant.
Myth and fact are inextricably entangled, and a person is not necessarily a more authentic Christian by being more firmly grasped by the one or the other: «For this is the marriage
of heaven and earth:
Perfect Myth and
Perfect Fact: claiming not only our love and our obedience, but also our wonder and delight, addressed to the savage, the
child, and the poet in each one
of us no less than to the moralist, the scholar, and the philosopher.»
Oh, the Calvinists could make
perfect sense
of it all with a wave
of a hand and a swift, confident explanation about how Zarmina had been born in sin and likely predestined to spend eternity in hell to the glory
of an angry God (they called her a «vessel
of destruction»); about how I should just be thankful to be spared the same fate since it's what I deserve anyway; about how the Asian tsunami was just another one
of God's temper tantrums sent to remind us all
of His rage at our sin; about how I need not worry because «there is not one maverick molecule in the universe» so every hurricane, every earthquake, every war, every execution, every transaction in the slave trade, every rape
of a
child is part
of God's sovereign plan, even God's idea; about how my objections to this paradigm represented unrepentant pride and a capitulation to humanism that placed too much inherent value on my fellow human beings; about how my intuitive sense
of love and morality and right and wrong is so corrupted by my sin nature I can not trust it.
[8] e.g. Frank McAveetyMSP, Adoption and
Children (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Evidence Session 7 June 2006 gave the «perfect example» of a woman in a long - term same - sex relationship, who herself was adopted: ``... the woman is in a stable relationship, understands what it is like to bring up children in difficult circumstances, cares passionately and possesses moral values that are as strong as those of anyone around thi
Children (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Evidence Session 7 June 2006 gave the «
perfect example»
of a woman in a long - term same - sex relationship, who herself was adopted: ``... the woman is in a stable relationship, understands what it is like to bring up
children in difficult circumstances, cares passionately and possesses moral values that are as strong as those of anyone around thi
children in difficult circumstances, cares passionately and possesses moral values that are as strong as those
of anyone around this table.
I'm not
perfect I know that, and I know God wants you to live with him after this life (we're all his
children), but man you are part
of the reason this world is going downhill.
«Since like begets like, if they had
children, those offspring would have been
perfect» = > no, there was the fall in between, their eyes became open and capable
of distinguishing between good and evil (which was not possible prior to the fall).
Though it is the
child who bears the mark, the obligation falls rather on the parents; it is a
perfect symbol
of the relation among the generations, for the deeds
of parents are always inscribed, often heritably, into the lives
of their
children.
My church, though not
perfect, does better job than most
of living up to the proverb, «It takes a village to raise a
child.»
I'm asking you to explain the
perfect morality
of selling your
child to strangers or forcing your daughter to marry her rapits.
No, we are not
perfect but we are representatives
of Jesus, so we must behave as
children of God.
The spirit and soul
of every
child comes directly from God who is sinless and
perfect, so it is impossible for a
child to be born with sin.
Some who actually took there scarves off from the fear... I believe this show is wonderful it is making a statement that none
of us are
perfect, that we all strive to be better people, that we all want to raise our
children without hatred.
The story quotes others who have dealt with the problem and say that «churches are the
perfect environment for sexual predators, because they have large numbers
of children's programs, a shortage
of workers to lead them, and a culture
of trust that is the essence
of the organization.»
I very nearly gave up early in that 2005 series though — I think it was the farting aliens on Downing Street that made me roll my eyes so hard they nearly fell out
of my head — but right around the eighth and ninth episodes (called The Empty
Child and The Doctor Dances, a
perfect mix
of love and fear, creepiness and beauty) was when I fell head over heels in love with the show.
They manage their
children's lives with the intention
of seeing to it that nothing but the most
perfect domestic order is established.
I live in a small rural community and within a 10 mile radius, I could name you at least four preachers who have either molested
children, having
perfected affairs, stripping and robbing God's people
of money and running around on their wives.
That is why if God loves us as his
children so much and knowing that every one
of us will fall short and violate those laws because after all no one is
perfect no matter how hard one may try, that God had to set up a means to some how pay those costs that we incurred on ourselves and thus make it possible for us to be saved and return to him.
This is the marriage
of heaven and earth:
Perfect Myth and
Perfect Fact: claiming not only our love and our obedience, but also our wonder and delight, addressed to the savage, the
child, and the poet in each one
of us no less than to the moralist, the scholar, and the philosopher.
But each new age brings with it new perils as well as new promises, and the
perfected order
of justice and joy is still a hope unrealized among the
children of men.
14 That we henceforth be no more
children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind
of doctrine, by the sleight
of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;» Without apostles and prophets we can not come to a «unity
of the faith» nor be
perfected in Christ.
And when we're inevitably less than
perfect, less than victorious on my own terms, I feel as though we're failing in our call to be prophetic signs
of contradiction for our culture and instead affirming less than flattering images people have
of couples with small
children and big families.
The three - page letter Charlie left for Marie said she was the
perfect wife, but the death
of their firstborn
child made him enraged at God.
Of course, most parents who give birth to a baby who is seen as less than
perfect will go on to provide that
child with incredible love and support.
And if your
children do the washing up every night, complain that church services aren't long enough, ask their teacher for extra homework, and you've already drafted your «12 Steps to
Perfect Parenting» ready to share with less able parents... then you, too, probably aren't our kind
of person.
In Mormon doctrine, baptisms for the dead (as mentioned in the Bible itself) allows for every person to have the same opportunities in the afterlife, according to their own agency and choice; it demonstrates the
perfect mercy
of a
perfect Father for every one
of his
children.
For if our 1930s nervous systems did not permit us, as they say, to «act out» the liberation
of our minds, our
children were to become its
perfect foils.
The Kingdom
of God is a reality here and now, but can be
perfect only in the eternal order... The primary principle
of Christian Ethics and Christian Politics must be respect for every person simply as a person... The person is primary, not the society; the State exists for the citizen, not the citizen for the State... freedom is the goal
of politics... Freedom, Fellowship, Service — these are the three principles
of a Christian social order, derived from the more fundamental Christian postulates that Man is a
child of God and is destined for a life
of eternal fellowship with Him... Love... finds its primary expression through Justice — which in the field
of industrial disputes means in practice that each side should state its own case as strongly as possibly it can before the most impartial tribunal available...
Simpson's daughter Arnelle, 48 - who is the eldest
of his four
children, told the board «we recognise that he is not the
perfect man» but she said he has been «a
perfect inmate, following all the rules and making the best
of the situation».
I would never want to be God, imagine the pain
of watching your
children commiting vile disgusting acts when you had created them completely innocent and
perfect.
And having done all this for his Father's
children, the Christ mapped out a plan
of life for man — a positive and absolute program whereby man might achieve, accomplish, and overcome and
perfect himself.
In the end, they chose a level midway between, hoping for the
perfect mix
of benevolence and competitive edge... Syd and Kayla, however, did not want to set their
child's happiness rheostat too high.
Oh, and by the way, the department
of health says that 1 in 4
children in America are on the brink
of starvation, because families in this «
perfect nation» can't put food on the table.