Subtle Rantings

blue_eyed_soul,

I am truly sorry for his boy’s and your family’s sake. I do hate that his son’s will grow up without a daddy. However, it doesn’t appear he was much of a dad in the first place. I also understand the family’s hope in that Dustin would eventually come clean, but it seems he was a habitual offender. I personally think his sons may be better off now as they will have the guidance of you, their mother and hopefully other upstanding, non-drug-using members of your family to guide them.

I am also glad to see that you have a clear head on your shoulders and that you and the family have not decided to pursue some frivolous lawsuit of wrongful death or some sort of negligence. You have seen Dustin for who he truly is: a man with a drug problem that just couldn’t overcome it. Not that he didn’t have the willpower or ability, he just chose not to seek help and make an effort.

I fail to see how I am pointing fingers here. I stated the facts as the were. I also stated some opinion on today’s legal and justice system regarding how criminals truthfully have more rights and liberties than free individuals. I also stated some opinions about Dustin by calling him sarcastically a genius and a stellar individual. Both of which he was not. I think you realize that. I can say this as I have my own personal experience with family members and their drug problems, the long unsuccessful road to recovery, and incarceration for their actions. It’s not a fun journey, you feel sorry for them and wish they would change. The fact remains the same that at the end of the day, they are still drug users, con artists, cheats and thieves. You still love them because they are family, but they are criminals and should be punished accordingly.

As for my Christianity, yes, I am a Christian. So immediately my heart was saddened because I feel this is another individual who will never know heaven or his Saviour. At the same time, he choose the life he led and eventually the life that killed him; so for that, I have no sympathy. Also, as a Christian, I am deeply saddened by the family’s loss, but hope this can be a relief of burden and worry, and can serve as an educational example to others that were Dustin’s friends and family.

I would also be interested to know what you meant when you said “read the book and follow it’s directions.” I’m guessing it’s going to be something like “judge not, lest ye be judged” or “let you who is without sin cast the first stone”. However, I could answer typically with “eye for an eye” or other verses that would be taken out of context. So rather than guessing, I would be interested to know what exact verse or passage you were referring me to so I can enlighten myself, or offer a counter view.

Also, as Christians we are called to love our neighbors. While called to do that, we are also called to hate sin. So, I love homosexuals, drug users, alcoholics and prostitutes. I do however hate their lifestyle and their choices immensely and will never support or condone any of the activities.

I look forward to your response.

I was looking forward to your reply….

I am sorry about my lengthy absence, but I have had other things on my plate. I thought you may be a Christian considering the tone that your post took. I am not a Christian, because, growing up in Colorado Springs, I have seen the most inhumane, judgmental and cruel things done to others by people who call themselves Christians. ( OH, I should add hypocritical…doesn’t Ted Haggard reside in COlorado Springs?)

Although I am not a Christian, I have done some homework. My understanding of Christianity is that the reliogion is based upon the New Testament. In the New Testament, Jesus contradicts the precepts set forth in the Old Testament. One of these Old Testament precepts was “an eye for an eye.” This was the precept that you used to defend your arguement, but if you are using a Christian approach…this precept doesn’t apply. I really wish that people who call themselves Christians would read the book more carefully. If they did, then maybe they wouldn’t have so much time to get into other people’s family matters.

ANd this was not my original point. My original point was my nephews are left with a very difficult legacy. That is enough. What they don’t need is to google their father’s name (which they will do) and find that some stranger judging their father, condemning their father based on a worldview that the stranger doesn’t even fully understand. What my nephews need are prayers that they handle this legacy with grace and prayers that they beat the odds that they now face. They don’t need to witness any more aggression and ignorance. Please, for the sake of the children that are left in this man’s mess, do as lil sis asks, put it to rest and go read your book.

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