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  1. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    Right. Because churches and other organizations are corrupt, but there isn't a shred of corruption in government. If you want big government...a government who dictates what your liberties are and makes personal choices for you, that's your prerogative. I, on the other hand, am in favor of...
  2. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    No. It's Big Brother setting laws, not vetting standards. The church can vet Sunday school teachers as it pleases. It's not the government's place to tell the church how to vet. It's the parents' place to know the church's vetting standards and choose through their own vetting process...
  3. SalixIncendium

    I don't have friends, unless you count.

    I count as high as twenty. Beyond that, I'd need more fingers or toes. I have a few people in my life that would drop what they're doing if I needed help, but being an ascetic, I have no social life to speak of, and I keep to myself, so I really don't do what you might consider friend-type...
  4. SalixIncendium

    Your smart device continually listens. How do you feel about that?

    You may not, but if no one did, this thread wouldn't exist.
  5. SalixIncendium

    Your smart device continually listens. How do you feel about that?

    I think it's largely dependent on phone settings. I hadn't mentioned Blackberry for years. I was sitting on the porch talking to my daughter one day and a discussion about our earliest smartphones came up. I mentioned the Blackberrys we had, and lo and behold, I open Facebook to look for a...
  6. SalixIncendium

    Your smart device continually listens. How do you feel about that?

    I'm unconcerned. Nothing I have to say is really of any importance anyway. And I'm going to get ads for something anyway. May as well be something I'm interested in.
  7. SalixIncendium

    What do you like better?Showering?Or bathing?

    Showering. I don't like sitting in stagnant water, especially if it's in my own filth.
  8. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    And the parents. Who do you think should be responsible for enforcing vetting?
  9. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    See what I said above in response to @an anarchist.
  10. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    Yes. Big Brother has no business setting vetting standards for private entities. It's up to the private entity set the vetting standards (within the confines of the law, of course) and up to the parent to decide if these vetting standards are safe for their children.
  11. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    I'm not even sure what you're arguing anymore, but I never said anything about not being transparent.
  12. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    Others who are involved or have children attending the program. Whether or not the entity does background checks and what their hiring standards are. Sure they can. The information is out there. They just have to bother to look for it. Who suggested they weren't? If you bothered to read my...
  13. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    This question is as relevant to the discussion as "where do babies come from?" This has nothing to do with direct government vetting of a private entity.
  14. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    Can "we"?
  15. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    A background check. Networking and research. The onus is on the parent, not the government, to determine whether a church organization is safe for their child.
  16. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    I never said or implied they shouldn't be vetted. I said that government has no business in the process. Background check companies aren't government.
  17. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    No, they don't. There are background check companies where all records are accessible. I work with one every day.
  18. SalixIncendium

    Hello

    Namaste. :praying: Greetings and salutations. Welcome to the forum.
  19. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    Should we also have the government vet ballet and gymnastics classes? Or just religious ones?
  20. SalixIncendium

    A concern I have with churches…

    I never said it shouldn't be held to some standards. If fact, I said quite the opposite. I said the government should not be involved in the vetting process.
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