apostolic pastor leaves child in car that died.

[Mr. Smith]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

Sorry, I forgot about the exception quoted above and I'll change my words to almost always. My bad. But you know exactly what I mean, don't play naive. It may work with others, but not me.

I'll answer your question quite simply: Who really cares about simple absent mindedness when it comes to a garage door opener? However, if you "forget" the rules of the road and run a red light because you got confused about the red/green thing, you don't deserve to drive any longer. If I can't responsibly care for my children I shouldn't have that responsibility. It's not emotional, it's practical. If I can't do it, then I shouldn't.

If my job performance as pastor regarding serving people and speaking degrades to the degree that it's not getting done, then I should retire or resign, one of the two. It has nothing to do with feeling sorry or whatever. I've resigned from positions because I couldn't give what it required. And it wasn't in defeat. It was simply the right thing to do for all involved.

Try to get into my garage with your opener and I'll laugh along with you. That's just funny.

Try to take my child out of my house because you think it's yours and I'll call the cops......or worse! That's NOT funny.

No, actually I DO NOT know what you're talking about. We've talked extensively in the past about the damage the resolution did to the UPC and we've even traded PM's about it. In fact, you looked through our church website and we talked a good bit about the direction and genre of our church. No naivety going on here. I'm just trying to be truthful and accurate.

So are you saying that a person that runs a red light doesn't deserve to drive??? At all?? I guess that's the extreme position you're taking here that baffles me. I've driven for 28 years and I've had one ticket. I'd match my driving skills with anyone. But I've run a red light when my mind was totally pre-occupied with something else. It happens. Sometimes in life we screw up. Sometimes we screw up badly. It happens to us all and it shouldn't eliminate us from functioning through our lives. You seem to be implying that if we screw up, that's it. I just can't agree with that.

There is a brain function called "Basal Ganglia." It's the part of the brain that processes routines. Maybe this will let you see things a little differently than the rigid absolutes of responsibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_ganglia