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A couple months ago a guy came in and said he just moved here and just got out of the military. He was really nice, said thank you ma’am every time. He’s become a regular, and even though I have the face of a sixteen year old he’s very respectful to me and treats me as an equal. It’s really heart warming, actually.
I now have two ex-military regulars, they look to be no older than 30. They are my favorite people ; v;
Every time someone strides in with a uniform on I know I’m going to have a good customer, even if they don’t buy something. Military, AAA, doesn’t matter. They always have an extra sense of pride, regardless of the reason, and I always know they’re going to be nice to me.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1n0qxAlOm1qm3qzeo1_400.jpg "fuckyeahretailrobin:
[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “‘WELCOME TO [STORE]!’ ‘THANKS FOR THE GREETING, MA’AM!’”Bottom Text: “RESPECT AND GREAT ATTITUDE- I’M GOING TO CRY.”]
A couple months ago a guy came in and said he just moved here and just got out of the military. He was really nice, said thank you ma’am every time. He’s become a regular, and even though I have the face of a sixteen year old he’s very respectful to me and treats me as an equal. It’s really heart warming, actually.
I now have two ex-military regulars, they look to be no older than 30. They are my favorite people ; v;
Every time someone strides in with a uniform on I know I’m going to have a good customer, even if they don’t buy something. Military, AAA, doesn’t matter. They always have an extra sense of pride, regardless of the reason, and I always know they’re going to be nice to me.")
[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.
Top Text: “‘WELCOME TO [STORE]!’ ‘THANKS FOR THE GREETING, MA’AM!’”
Bottom Text: “RESPECT AND GREAT ATTITUDE- I’M GOING TO CRY.”]
A couple months ago a guy came in and said he just moved here and just got out of the military. He was really nice, said thank you ma’am every time. He’s become a regular, and even though I have the face of a sixteen year old he’s very respectful to me and treats me as an equal. It’s really heart warming, actually.
I now have two ex-military regulars, they look to be no older than 30. They are my favorite people ; v;
Every time someone strides in with a uniform on I know I’m going to have a good customer, even if they don’t buy something. Military, AAA, doesn’t matter. They always have an extra sense of pride, regardless of the reason, and I always know they’re going to be nice to me.
People who argue against Christianity and religion with these kind of references really bother me. All of them are from the Old Testament. We no longer live in the Old Testament. There’s a second half of the Bible, the New Testament, which renounces a lot of the rules in the Old Testament.
These sorts of incorrect argument only come from ignorance on the topic. I don’t know a thing about politics, so I don’t argue it even if I feel strongly one way, because I don’t have the knowledge to defend my choices, nor do I have the perceptual (did I just make up a word?) understanding to debate against another. This post is a perfect example of simple ignorance.
If you want to argue for or against the Bible, politics, abortion, gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research, death penalty, etc., that’s fine. America is a free country, designed so that you can believe as you wish. But please, make it a little more challenging and get it right.
The source here is very awesome; don’t get me wrong.
But some of the responses are really not getting the point of it. Like this one. ”We” are not all following the New Testament because there are these other people, you may have heard of them, that follow the Bible, too; they’re called Jews. There’s an argument to be had about this kind of material from the Tanach, or what you’d call the Old Testament, sure; that argument is not “it’s dumb irrational shit from the olden days lol wtf was that anyway” I’ll say that much.
The point is not that the question was asked; the point is that she had no answer to it.
My only issue is when people use things things to argue against Christianity. When it comes to the Jewish religion, these questions are still present to be pondered, I think, since they don’t use the New Testament: half of the Bible. (Granted I don’t know much about other religions, something I will readily admit.) Also, I reblogged this from someone else so I don’t know the context of the scene from which this was taken, and I’m not mad at the president or whatever. Maybe the woman was Jewish. My point is that, in general, people need to do more research before they argue against anything.
So I apologize; I guess I wasn’t very clear with my motive for reblogging this.
There’s no need to apologize, really. I would simply take your own advice and do a lot more reading on the subject and not dismiss a large part of your own faith because that’s the simple answer. The woman is a fundamentalist Christian who does not do this, and that’s the big problem that many Christian and non-Christian people have with the religion as it exists in the United States. I bring up Judaism because that’s the root of Christian texts and teachings, and dismissing the Old Testament is completely ignoring a huge part of what your religion is supposed to be about.
I’m not offended by you, or what you believe. I’m offended that it’s so easy for anyone of clearly strong faith to disregard something so flippantly when it has a lot to do with you. I think passionate belief in the hands of anyone unwilling to do a lot of soul-searching and a lot of heavy reading tends to lead to offensive statements in general.
(Source: ivemissedsomething)
scyf:
People who argue against Christianity and religion with these kind of references really bother me. All of them are from the Old Testament. We no longer live in the Old Testament. There’s a second half of the Bible, the New Testament, which renounces a lot of the rules in the Old Testament.
These sorts of incorrect argument only come from ignorance on the topic. I don’t know a thing about politics, so I don’t argue it even if I feel strongly one way, because I don’t have the knowledge to defend my choices, nor do I have the perceptual (did I just make up a word?) understanding to debate against another. This post is a perfect example of simple ignorance.
If you want to argue for or against the Bible, politics, abortion, gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research, death penalty, etc., that’s fine. America is a free country, designed so that you can believe as you wish. But please, make it a little more challenging and get it right.
The source here is very awesome; don’t get me wrong.
But some of the responses are really not getting the point of it. Like this one. ”We” are not all following the New Testament because there are these other people, you may have heard of them, that follow the Bible, too; they’re called Jews. There’s an argument to be had about this kind of material from the Tanach, or what you’d call the Old Testament, sure; that argument is not “it’s dumb irrational shit from the olden days lol wtf was that anyway” I’ll say that much.
The point is not that the question was asked; the point is that she had no answer to it.
Also, this gifset adresses the whole “homogay people are an abomination” deal. Which is from
oh let me think about it
_,.-~°*’ THE OLD TESTAMENT ‘*°~-.,_
Here’s a fun thing from the context of that passage; the prohibitions given down by Moses were a mixture of laws that were to not only govern the Israelites, but also distinguish them from other people they were surrounded by. And as historians may note, there was a lot of the sodomy happening. Also ritualistic beastiality, incest, and other things in the lands the Israelites were moving through; it was in their best interest as a spiritual people to separate themselves as much as possible. How and in what fashions that continued to this day is another discussion.
So the interpretation of much of this is in many Judeo-Christian communities debated to this day and will be into eternity because the historical context and the modern application of so much of it reaches different audiences and scholars and all that. My personal beliefs as a religious lesbian obviously are not going to agree with Ms. Green Jacket.
My point is; some of the response to this is ridiculous. Simply dismissing the original text is just as ridiculous as taking a radical line to it. Either address it properly or don’t address it at all. Mr. President here is addressing it in a completely awesome and valid way, much of the response I’ve seen is not at all.
(Source: ivemissedsomething)
People who argue against Christianity and religion with these kind of references really bother me. All of them are from the Old Testament. We no longer live in the Old Testament. There’s a second half of the Bible, the New Testament, which renounces a lot of the rules in the Old Testament.
These sorts of incorrect argument only come from ignorance on the topic. I don’t know a thing about politics, so I don’t argue it even if I feel strongly one way, because I don’t have the knowledge to defend my choices, nor do I have the perceptual (did I just make up a word?) understanding to debate against another. This post is a perfect example of simple ignorance.
If you want to argue for or against the Bible, politics, abortion, gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research, death penalty, etc., that’s fine. America is a free country, designed so that you can believe as you wish. But please, make it a little more challenging and get it right.
The source here is very awesome; don’t get me wrong.
But some of the responses are really not getting the point of it. Like this one. ”We” are not all following the New Testament because there are these other people, you may have heard of them, that follow the Bible, too; they’re called Jews. There’s an argument to be had about this kind of material from the Tanach, or what you’d call the Old Testament, sure; that argument is not “it’s dumb irrational shit from the olden days lol wtf was that anyway” I’ll say that much.
The point is not that the question was asked; the point is that she had no answer to it.
(Source: ivemissedsomething)
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