I wish everyone had that attitude. Nor is it enough to read both sides, especially if they are the two extremes. My attitude is that there are 3 sides to every story. My side, your side, and the Truth, and all three are different. Sometimes the Truth is NOT in the middle. The Truth is NOT a compromise between to extremes.

The Truth is what it is, and must be pursued with intensity. I will drop whatever “side” I am on at any given time when convinced that the path to Truth lies in a different direction.

What Jesus said about Himself also has a universal application. He said, “You will SEEK me. But you will only FIND me when you seek me with ALL YOUR HEART.” There must be no ME in the path.

In terms of political truth, I wonder if there is any. I seriously doubt it. I think we MUST choose between different degrees of failure. You can only choose the battle in which you will lose the thing of least value in order to retain a thing of greater value. But if you do not choose a battle, you lose everything.

One thing is for sure in health care. If we get stuck arguing between two choices we lose sight of the fact that there are more choices before us. I think it’s possible to establish a democracy in Iraq. But it will NOT look like America and if we try to make it so, we will lose everything. It is also possible to improve the quality and availability of health care. But if we try to make it look like someone else’s failed attempt, we will be in a worse place than we are now. And, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, we are choosing a path that once taken, cannot be taken back.

Moore is entertainment: you like it or you don’t. Moore is not a reliable information source on any important subject. If you are interested in education, it would likely be best to use more fact based sources readily available on-line. All sources have some form of bias and a researcher needs to have some understanding of the bias nature. Example: how do you evaluate a source for interpreting God’s word?

I would guess that in the 2 hours it takes to be entertained by a Moore movie, an individual could read a few good articles on educational / research techniques and source reliability/credentials.

If you simply enjoy the banter, I get it. If you are serious about understanding important issues, you should take your obligation to gain wisdom seriously.

- Jimbo

Michael W Smith is not profiting from putting the Church down, motive and hypocrisy is the problem here, not that fact that he is making money. If you need individual IRS references to the fact that Mr. Moore owns stock in the very Pharmaceutical Companies he is chastising, I would be more than happy to give you the links.

Good Day!

Anne,

Your welcome, I think this would be a great platform for your fund raising campaign!

Maybe Los should post about that?

-Inland Empire Chapter of the United Minutemen’s Association

Your Christian love is a little overwhelming. Michael Mooron’s films make you think? REALLY? Well, I guess everyone finds their own level, but that would be a step up from your comments so far. Can you put any of that incredible depth of thought into them?

It appears more as though he’s doing your thinking for you.

And again you ask us to do your research. Yet you continue to spit unfounded assertions with no evidence to support them. It becomes as tedious as it is annoying.

Actually I’m just funnin’ ya. The only reason I bothered to post this one is to see you gag again. I love it when your eyes bulge out like that.