Abominable false balances!

I admit it.. I was sitting here with coffee on my mind.. and whamo..

I saw this graphic.. Thought I would post it here to remind me.. and others!

Tonia's Rough Road

For many years Tonia thought she knew the Lord. After hiding behind a facade, trying to please people and searching for love, Tonia ran away with the carnival. Her rocky road got rougher and love was always just beyond her reach, until one day Tonia realized she couldn't fool God. Now that she has received the love of Jesus, her life is finally moving in the right direction.

When I was young I went to a church and one summer I attended camp. While at camp I was told by a camp councilor, "If" there is a Jesus I would be safe if I say the sinner's prayer, and if not, then I will have lived a good life. So I said the prayer and from that day on I thought I was saved. I know now that I was not.


Yet from 11 until this present hour, I was being pursued by God. I said all the right words. I went to church, Sunday school and youth group. I even started a witnessing group for kids in my high school. Each week we would share our witnessing techniques, have a Bible study and pray for our school.
God's Sense of Humor. God has an amazing sense of humor. He used a girl who thought she was saved to save others, even when she herself was still lost! But all that time I was so sad and lonely.


I have always been a people-pleaser at heart. I built a fake facade that represented all that I thought I should have been in reality. I hid behind that. I showed very few people who I was and what I thought on the inside.
Then came graduation!


I went to a party and almost had sex with a guy I hardly knew. I was longing for love and looking for a real connection with someone. I got so drunk I could not think straight. I left that party humiliated.


Two weeks later I ran away with the carnival. Yes, I became an honest-to-Goodness Carny! I was warned by three nice old guys who had 35+ years experience in the carnival, that I had better find a boyfriend or I would eventually have my virginity raped from me.
My Bad Choices continued..

So I found the first guy who was interested, and we had sex. This was the worst choice of my young life. You see, I had been molested once and someone else had attempted to rape me at age 12. I knew I didn't want a casual boyfriend, but I wanted to feel whole. I thought having a man would give me that. I left him and went from one man to another. There was nothing left to stop me. I was not a virgin anymore.


I handed each man my heart the first time he used my body. And usually he handed it right back when he found someone prettier or skinnier—proving to me I was not good enough.


Then I met a guy who did love me, or so I thought. We lived together for a while and then his mother found out about us. She invited me to her house and asked me if her son had told me about his 'issues.' I said no. Then she called him and told him he had to come over and tell me, or else she would. Well, sure enough, he came over and told me that he had molested his sisters several times.


Because he had offered me love, I did not dump him like the bag of crap he was, and would later prove to be. I stayed living with his mother and dating him for almost a year. I even planned a wedding with him. Thank God that never came to fruition.


Two months before our wedding, he left me for another girl who had kids.


Soon after that I became suicidal and went to a place called Freedom Village USA.

Pastor Fletcher Brothers was speaking that day on how much God loves us. I finally got it. God loves me. I realized that all the rotten stuff I had done was just me trying to fill the hole in my heart where Jesus wanted to be. I learned that I could not fool God. I could fool men, and I could fool myself, but Jesus and God couldn't be fooled by anyone! That day I learned what I had been missing.


I left Freedom Village not long after that. I regret leaving earlier than I should have, but 'til the day I go to be with Jesus, I will have a place in my heart for Freedom Village USA. There I was treated like God would treat me. They loved me and wanted nothing from me. It was so refreshing.


I left there and went to work at a few places. Eventually, by the Lord's leading, I went to Word of Life Bible Institute. I spent a year there learning about Jesus and the Bible. I was taught through the writings of experts in theology and apologetics, like Ken Ham, Charles Ryrie, John Whitcomb and Sumner Wemp. I had the year of a lifetime.


My spiritual life was at an all-time high I thought ... And then ... when I left, I started to cave.


That young man I almost married came back into my life. I still had love for him in my heart—do not ask me why! I started a relationship with him and again ended up living with his mother. But it was a good thing, because she was a Christian woman. She managed to keep me grounded and for a while things went well.


Then I left and found a job. Eventually I met and married my husband, who is not a perfect man, but he does love me. I am privileged to have him in my life. And now I have 2 wonderful little boys. And things are
moving in the Right Direction.

My life is moving in the right direction for the first time in a long time. My spiritual journey has been bumpy, and man, have I sinned! But I love Jesus and am finally starting to walk my faith.


I pray the road ahead is straight and not too rough. Yet if it gets curvy or rocky, I know that so far God has never left me. He has carried me when I wandered into fields that have looked greener, but turned out to be the quick sand to hell on earth.


I tell you the truth, better is one day in God's house than a thousand elsewhere!

Gun Control.. The fix that makes no sense!

Gun murders and ownership

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Country	% of homicides by firearm	Number of homicides by firearm	Homicide by firearm rate per 100,000 pop	Rank by rate of ownership	Average firearms per 100 people	Average total all civilian firearms
SOURCES: UNODC & Small arms survey
Albania	65.9	56	1.76	70	8.6	270,000
Algeria	4.8	20	0.06	78	7.6	1,900,000
Angola				34	17.3	2,800,000
Anguilla	24	1	7.14
Argentina	52	1,198	3.02	62	10.2	3,950,000
Armenia	13	9	0.29	52	12.5	380,000
Australia	11.5	30	0.14	42	15	3,050,000
Austria	29.5	18	0.22	14	30.4	2,500,000
Azerbaijan	6.5	11	0.12	115	3.5	290,000
Bahamas	61.2	52	15.37	98	5.3	17,000
Bahrain	0	0	0	18	24.8	180,000
Bangladesh	43.6	1,456	1.12	169	0.5	700,000
Barbados	40	8	2.99	76	7.8	21,000
Belarus	2.5	12	0.12	79	7.3	710,000
Belgium	39.5	70	0.68	34	17.2	1,800,000
Belize	52.3	68	21.82	62	10	29,000
Benin				137	1.4	120,000
Bermuda	0	0	0
Bhutan				115	3.5	22,000
Bolivia				119	2.8	260,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24.7	18	0.48	34	17.3	675,000
Botswana				102	4.9	87,000
Brazil	70.8	34,678	18.1	75	8	14,840,000
Brunei	0	0	0	137	1.4	5,400
Bulgaria	29.7	51	0.67	88	6.2	480,000
Burkina Faso				149	1.1	148,000
Burundi				145	1.2	200,000
Cambodia	36.7	187	1.44	109	4.3	600,000
Cameroon				119	2.8	340,000
Canada	32	173	0.51	13	30.8	9,950,000
Cape Verde				96	5.4	9,500
Central African Republic				153	1	40,000
Chad				149	1.1	109,000
Chile	37.3	353	2.16	59	10.7	1,750,000
China				102	4.9	40,000,000
Colombia	81.1	12,539	27.09	91	5.9	2,700,000
Comoros				127	1.8	11,000
Congo				122	2.7	100,000
Congo, Dem Rep	33.2	248	1.56	137	1.4	800,000
Costa Rica	57.3	201	4.59	64	9.9	430,000
Côte d´Ivoire				124	2.4	400,000
Croatia	34.7	17	0.39	26	21.7	950,000
Cuba	4.4	27	0.24	104	4.8	545,000
Cyprus	26.3	5	0.46	6	36.4	275,000
Czech Republic	11	20	0.19	38	16.3	1,600,000
Denmark	31.9	15	0.27	54	12	650,000
Djibouti				119	2.8	22,000
Dominican Republic	65.5	1,618	16.3	99	5.1	450,000
East Timor				177	0.3	3,000
Ecuador	68.7	1,790	12.73	142	1.3	370,000
Egypt	69.1	453	0.57	115	3.5	1,900,000
El Salvador	76.9	2,446	39.9	92	5.8	400,000
England and Wales	6.6	41	0.07	88	6.2	3,400,000
Equatorial Guinea				29	19.9	100,000
Eritrea				169	0.5	20,000
Estonia	3.9	3	0.24	65	9.2	123,000
Ethiopia				174	0.4	320,000
Fiji				169	0.5	4,000
Finland	19.8	24	0.45	4	45.3	2,400,000
France	9.6	35	0.06	12	31.2	19,000,000
Gabon				46	14	190,000
Gambia				157	0.8	123,000
Georgia	13.3	24	0.55	79	7.3	330,000
Germany	26.3	158	0.19	15	30.3	25,000,000
Ghana				174	0.4	80,000
Greece	34.9	29	0.26	23	22.5	2,500,000
Grenada	0	0	0
Guatemala	84	5,009	34.81	49	13.1	1,650,000
Guinea				145	1.2	110,000
Guinea-Bissau				129	1.6	25,000
Guyana	61.3	85	11.46	45	14.6	110,000
Haiti				164	0.6	190,000
Honduras	83.4	5,201	68.43	88	6.2	500,000
Hong Kong	0	0	0
Hungary	5	7	0.07	93	5.5	560,000
Iceland	0	0	0	15	30.3	90,000
India	7.6	3,093	0.26	110	4.2	46,000,000
Indonesia				169	0.5	1,000,000
Iran				79	7.3	3,500,000
Iraq				8	34.2	9,750,000
Ireland	42	21	0.48	70	8.6	360,000
Israel	11.7	6	0.09	79	7.3	500,000
Italy	66.7	417	0.71	55	11.9	7,000,000
Jamaica	75.6	1,080	39.4	74	8.1	215,000
Japan	1.8	11	0.01	164	0.6	710,000
Jordan	38.8	26	0.49	58	11.5	630,000
Kazakhstan	12.5	210	1.34	142	1.3	200,000
Kenya				86	6.4	740,000
Korea, North				164	0.6	130,000
Korea, South	1.7	14	0.03	149	1.1	510,000
Kosovo				30	19.5	415,000
Kuwait				18	24.8	630,000
Kyrgyzstan	8.3	28	0.54	156	0.9	45,000
Laos				145	1.2	71,000
Latvia	4.6	5	0.22	32	19	280,000
Lebanon	36.5	31	0.76	28	21	750,000
Lesotho				122	2.7	47,000
Liberia	13.2	17	0.43	129	1.6	51,000
Libya				40	15.5	900,000
Liechtenstein	100	1	2.82
Lithuania	2.5	6	0.18	160	0.7	135,000
Luxembourg	42.9	3	0.62	41	15.3	70,000
Macedonia	62.5	25	1.21	20	24.1	490,000
Madagascar				157	0.8	150,000
Malawi				160	0.7	92,000
Malaysia	13.4	64	0.24	133	1.5	370,000
Maldives	62.5	5	1.63	85	6.5	21,000
Mali				149	1.1	143,000
Malta	0	0	0	55	11.9	48,000
Mauritania				129	1.6	50,000
Mauritius	2	1	0.1	44	14.7	180,000
Mexico	54.9	11,309	9.97	42	15	15,500,000
Moldova	3.3	8	0.22	83	7.1	300,000
Monaco	0	0	0
Mongolia	1.4	3	0.11	126	1.9	50,000
Montenegro				21	23.1	150,000
Morocco				101	5	1,500,000
Mozambique				99	5.1	1,000,000
Myanmar				111	4	2,000,000
Namibia				51	12.6	260,000
Nepal	13.3	84	0.3	159	0.8	205,000
Netherlands	30.7	55	0.33	112	3.9	510,000
New Zealand	13.5	7	0.16	22	22.6	925,000
Nicaragua	42.1	338	5.92	77	7.7	395,000
Niger				160	0.7	93,000
Nigeria				133	1.5	2,000,000
Northern Ireland	4.5	5	0.28	25	21.9	380,000
Norway	8.1	2	0.05	11	31.3	1,400,000
Oman				17	25.4	650,000
Pakistan				57	11.6	18,000,000
Panama	75	569	16.18	26	21.7	700,000
Papua New Guinea				145	1.2	71,000
Paraguay	56.1	466	7.35	37	17	1,000,000
Peru	50.8	757	2.63	33	18.8	750,000
Philippines	49.9	7,349	8.93	105	4.7	3,900,000
Poland	7.1	35	0.09	142	1.3	510,000
Portugal	33.8	44	0.41	72	8.5	900,000
Puerto Rico	94.8	692	18.3
Qatar	16.7	1	0.14	31	19.2	520,100
Romania	1.3	5	0.02	160	0.7	160,000
Russia				68	8.9	12,750,000
Rwanda				164	0.6	58,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis	85	17	32.44
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	30	6	5.49
Saudi Arabia				7	35	6,000,000
Scotland				93	5.5	280,000
Senegal				125	2	230,000
Serbia	33.1	45	0.46	5	37.8	3,050,000
Seychelles				96	5.4	4,600
Sierra Leone	87.7	128	2.28	164	0.6	34,000
Singapore	5.9	1	0.02	169	0.5	22,000
Slovakia	11.2	10	0.18	73	8.3	450,000
Slovenia	15.4	2	0.1	47	13.5	270,000
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	174	0.4	1,800
Somalia				66	9.1	750,000
South Africa	45	8,319	17.03	50	12.7	5,950,000
Spain	21.8	90	0.2	61	10.4	4,500,000
Sri Lanka	21.1	291	1.48	133	1.5	300,000
Sudan				93	5.5	2,000,000
Suriname				48	13.4	60,000
Swaziland				86	6.4	72,000
Sweden	33.9	37	0.41	10	31.6	2,800,000
Switzerland	72.2	57	0.77	3	45.7	3,400,000
Syria				112	3.9	735,000
Taiwan	15.9	128	0.56	106	4.4	725,000
Tajikistan	15.6	15	0.22	153	1	65,000
Tanzania				137	1.4	550,000
Thailand				39	15.6	10,000,000
Togo				153	1	60,000
Trinidad and Tobago	72.1	365	27.31	129	1.6	21,000
Tunisia				178	0.1	9,000
Turkey	16.9	535	0.77	52	12.5	9,000,000
Turkmenistan	2.4	5	0.1	114	3.8	180,000
Uganda	10.5	280	0.87	137	1.4	400,000
Ukraine	4.5	100	0.22	84	6.6	3,100,000
United Arab Emirates				24	22.1	1,000,000
United States	60	9,146	2.97	1	88.8	270,000,000
Uruguay	46.5	93	2.8	9	31.8	1,100,000
Uzbekistan				133	1.5	1,200,000
Venezuela	79.5	11,115	38.97	59	10.7	2,850,000
Vietnam	52.9	834	0.99	128	1.7	1,100,000
West Bank & Gaza	72.4	105	2.95	118	3.4	125,000
Yemen				2	54.8	11,500,000
Zambia	11.7	28	0.35	68	8.9	230,000
Zimbabwe	65.6	598	4.78	106	4.4	400,000

Lets look at Gun control. 
They tell us they are looking to save lives.. 
Look at the above  information. The ratio of Guns isn't the issue!

So why not ban a concussion causing sport that leads to diminished mental capacity? Aka Football?

So why not ban sharp or blunt instruments? That's right Martha Stewart your salad spinner is in danger!

So why not ban cross bows? All hunting equipment.. Including fishing poles.. Those dang hooks can take an eye out.. 

So why not ban the use of fist? Martial arts? Wrestling?

All have caused the death of someone.