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51. When there is something to be gained, especially the ascendency of one's idea or beliefs, that's not

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 04:22 PM

Jan 2012

service to others. It's a quid pro quo, not faith in what is not seen, and, btw, it's the opposite of what we see in the life of Lord Jesus, so you're quite right in observing that there are missionaries and then there are "missionaries", which is why I posted as I did in this thread.

What these people and their forest need is someone(s) to stand up for them for their OWN sake and for no other.

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Brazilian loggers 'tied eight-year-old Amazonian tribe girl to a tree and burned her alive' [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2012 OP

Good effing grief malaise Jan 2012 #1

it gets worse, the indigenous Brasilian tribes bury their unwanted children alive stockholmer Jan 2012 #64

Broad-brush much? Hugabear Jan 2012 #74

... ocpagu Mar 2012 #76

OMG ! That's unfathomable. To a child?!! Ecumenist Jan 2012 #2

normally I am not for the death penalty. I believe it is Nothing more than legalize killing and Justice wanted Jan 2012 #3

I think a better sentence would be Plucketeer Jan 2012 #13

How abut a "fry for a fry"... cascadiance Jan 2012 #62

News like this is always hard to digest. You just want the world... BlueJazz Jan 2012 #4

+1 Poll_Blind Jan 2012 #15

Historically, the world has never been "decent", but it is arguably far better now than ever before. PavePusher Jan 2012 #66

no words... secondwind Jan 2012 #5

I'd love to say I'm surprised and shocked... a la izquierda Jan 2012 #6

Thanks. Used copies are 0.01 at Amazon. Just bought one. mojowork_n Jan 2012 #27

My thoughts and prayers are with the poor girl and her family. I can only hope Vidar Jan 2012 #7

I don't understand mactime Jan 2012 #8

Both, chervilant Jan 2012 #23

where was the outrage when we were killing children at check points in Iraq..... Evasporque Jan 2012 #9

+1 Poll_Blind Jan 2012 #18

My son is 8 years old. This makes me sick to my stomach. (nt) ehrnst Jan 2012 #10

there are no words. that poor baby. roguevalley Jan 2012 #11

The same state of consciousness that kills nature kills a child this way. n/t freshwest Jan 2012 #12

I can never understand how these people can sleep at night Marrah_G Jan 2012 #14

It will haunt them to the end of their days. closeupready Jan 2012 #38

I think I would be very afraid to go into those forest areas again if I were a logger. They will not jwirr Jan 2012 #16

... Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #17

That's is a heinous as it can get if true.... Hulk Jan 2012 #19

Why, dear Lord, why???????? Beacool Jan 2012 #20

Monsters....They're monsters. whathehell Jan 2012 #25

Why? To get rid of the evidence. MedicalAdmin Jan 2012 #58

I actually thought of that too, but I'm hoping that at least she was spared that particular pain. Beacool Jan 2012 #61

I wouldn't count on it. MedicalAdmin Jan 2012 #71

How terrible!!! Beacool Jan 2012 #73

This is beyond heartbreaking! Wind Dancer Jan 2012 #21

Too bad some Christian missionaries don't see fit to go down there & tie themselves patrice Jan 2012 #22

Oh please...Not everything is appropriate fodder for the Christian-bashing agenda, whathehell Jan 2012 #24

50% "bashing" + 50% creative suggestion for appropriate response to this horror. patrice Jan 2012 #29

Um, no, I think not. whathehell Jan 2012 #32

Why should anyone back up what they believe with action, especially when that action patrice Jan 2012 #34

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Ah . . . the inevitable tactic of the resourceless, insult. patrice Jan 2012 #37

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Nothing? So I guess you won't answer why you NEED to insult me? Do you own THE Truth? patrice Jan 2012 #54

why don't you? Why is it always somone else? roguevalley Jan 2012 #43

You mean like this member of ChurchCo Charlemagne Jan 2012 #39

Perhaps more massive actions of young, blonde, white, middle-class Christians would fare better? patrice Jan 2012 #40

Point taken Charlemagne Jan 2012 #41

Thanks for the info! I hope I remember if I ever go through there. patrice Jan 2012 #55

Once she was there she saw conditions she couldn't leave behind her, sought Brazilian citizenship. Judi Lynn Jan 2012 #56

Some among the missionaries in Latin America have been there to help everyone BUT indigenous people. Judi Lynn Jan 2012 #47

When there is something to be gained, especially the ascendency of one's idea or beliefs, that's not patrice Jan 2012 #51

We just don't see that happening, do we? Anyone in the road of the greedy seems on his/her own. Judi Lynn Jan 2012 #57

and for more sickening incidents of human cruelty, "Man kidnaps woman, forces her to watch torture whathehell Jan 2012 #26

Speaking of cheapening, a horror fest is more appropriate than a suggestion for action??? patrice Jan 2012 #30

Oh my...It seems you're really "reaching" now...This is a NEWS item, not a "horror fest" whathehell Jan 2012 #33

So the girl's story isn't enough? Her horror isn't enough horror for us to do something about it? patrice Jan 2012 #36

get a ticket and go. why does it have to be someone else? What's keeping you in your roguevalley Jan 2012 #45

Good question.Answer: I'm not a saint though I am keeping up my own active part in the concrete i.e. patrice Jan 2012 #52

this religious tit for tat shit is for another thread. This thread is about a little roguevalley Jan 2012 #44

Got news for ya, Roque...It's not "tit for tat"...I gave him your message the first time. whathehell Jan 2012 #48

given that they were taking trees where they shouldn't it would appear greed roguevalley Jan 2012 #50

This is NOT random violence. This just one episode in a genocidal war. McCamy Taylor Jan 2012 #28

+1 Wind Dancer Jan 2012 #31

They need to be turned over to the little girl's tribe for trial lunatica Jan 2012 #42

I have come back to this thread over and over because I can't roguevalley Jan 2012 #46

Did she lie about her name? jberryhill Jan 2012 #53

This....is.....UNSPEAKABLE....... AverageJoe90 Jan 2012 #59

"it was claimed" tabasco Jan 2012 #60

so typical of the brutish Brasilian zeitgeist, just sickening stockholmer Jan 2012 #63

Tarring all Brasil with the brush these men wielded? Yeah, that's fair..... n/t PavePusher Jan 2012 #68

it's society wide, not just 'these men' see my post above for further examples stockholmer Jan 2012 #69

Boner is down there. Maybe he will Hotler Jan 2012 #65

I have no words! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #67

destruction of Brazil and Brazillians for exported wood humus Jan 2012 #70

That is like something out of a horror movie. n/t RebelOne Jan 2012 #72

Brazil says this story is not true naaman fletcher Jan 2012 #75