So lets say you have a hoodlum on the public basketball court. Just awful behavior. Rude. Insulting. Ugly. Mean spirited. Or in general a juvenile delinquent of that nature.
The question that I ask is, "Is that his mothers or fathers influence that is coming out through him?"
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And when I hear Donald Trump say the oddest things. Things you might be tempted to say he isn't one of us? Like he hates good looking men?
Is that his mothers influence or fathers influence coming through him?
Do you see the point?
Or is that what such a person believes an adult should be created to be! That is them promoting that is how an adult should think? As if they got creative? As if they finally became successful and got to assert their true self?
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And when you hear a bratty punk (that is exactly what the voices are like) don't you want to just say to them, "Is that how you are going to talk during an interview for a job?" It can momentarily correct the behavior?
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So Jesus parents asked "Where did he get all this stuff?" Did it mean ideas or contributions?
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Perhaps it is a cry for help. A bad person mal defining what a man should be so that someone comes along like a father figure and corrects them?
And perhaps if I were the principle of a school that might be how I would handle talking to them? The abundant children and adult children who were somebody's pro life wish?
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