tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post3751730625240753471..comments2023-09-25T11:05:14.371-04:00Comments on The Balanced Center: Stoning or Soothing?Staying in Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-55338363156818615222011-07-17T15:04:27.513-04:002011-07-17T15:04:27.513-04:00Mercy is the key. I refused to watch the Anthony ...Mercy is the key. I refused to watch the Anthony trial and avoided the news about it because it would have been a non-uplifting and distracting event for me. I agree with all who say that trials should not be televised. Justice was not done in the O.J. Simpson case because prosecutors were playing to the cameras.Barbara Schoenebergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951360211636509133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-3614333556773820792011-07-17T14:53:26.361-04:002011-07-17T14:53:26.361-04:00I guess no one will put forward a bill saying *tha...I guess no one will put forward a bill saying *that*~!Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-44006931032739300822011-07-17T14:52:55.267-04:002011-07-17T14:52:55.267-04:00Especially not when the jury is sequestered and it...Especially not when the jury is sequestered and it is a murder trial. I served on a jury once and found it very fulfilling, but it was not a murder trial. <br /><br />I agree that trials really shouldn't be televised.Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-72797057581429808672011-07-17T13:06:13.572-04:002011-07-17T13:06:13.572-04:00Jury duty isn't a lot of fun under any circum...Jury duty isn't a lot of fun under any circumstance; putting trials on TV only makes it worseRAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-91308028331523905312011-07-16T10:20:08.050-04:002011-07-16T10:20:08.050-04:00"can we not simply just sit back, take a brea..."can we not simply just sit back, take a breath, and focus on God, and His eternal mercy?"<br /><br />I agree, Michele.Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-29185202884264201322011-07-16T09:39:34.616-04:002011-07-16T09:39:34.616-04:00wonderful post. i removed my posts on the anthony ...wonderful post. i removed my posts on the anthony trial, and outcome. why? because i too was caught up in the media hype. people forget to turn to God when things get out of hand, and even fewer ask for His mercy to be bestowed upon the world. <br /><br />if we'd all sit back, and think of exactly why Christ came to us, perhaps we'd remember that He has the greatest mercy of all. <br /><br />If Christ Himself can show that woman mercy, why can't we? too many people are seeking vigilante justice against people that they believe have gotten away with something that normal people wouldn't do. yet, in so doing, they forget that what they are doing is a crime, and its no better than what the one they sought justice on allegedly did or didn't do. <br /><br />we are so far removed from God in this day, and age that its sad. yet, as i posted on my blog last night, there is a sinner on death row that has repented for his crimes. this was a crime as i spoke of here, being a vigilante. <br />yet, where did he end up? on death row. he killed innocent people. <br /><br />as he faces his death on wednesday, he has true remorese for his crimes. <br /><br />can we not simply just sit back, take a breath, and focus on God, and His eternal mercy? if we all in this world would do so, then perhaps the world would not have strayed so far from God's love.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550875376593955659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-6868464885021421772011-07-15T17:09:34.413-04:002011-07-15T17:09:34.413-04:00"We broke it." Absolutely! We have mess..."We broke it." Absolutely! We have messed up a lot of what God gave us--our relationships with each other being the primary thing, I think.Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-3062601471335792112011-07-15T09:49:47.135-04:002011-07-15T09:49:47.135-04:00"Heal our broken world." Words to live ..."Heal our broken world." Words to live by. 'We' broke it, ... not Him. Perhaps we should pray for the Grace to be able to heal the world 'we' messed up? It is a beautiful planet we have been blessed to live on and it sustains us ... if we live in balance and believe we are all one. <br /><br />Boo on "sensationalizing" such stories.TACParenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030661331128426243noreply@blogger.com