Birth Control. Good Theology.
"Nellie" > wrote in message
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> On Sunday, July 6, 2014 10:57:15 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> On Saturday, July 5, 2014 11:35:59 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
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>> > >>> On 7/5/2014 12:46 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> > >>>> Some kids don't do well in school. And the ones with good grades
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>> > Where did you get that info from? I've never seen anything like that in
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>> > of personality defect of the kids. The reality is that this has nothing
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>> While it may not be a personality defect in a child, it is an inability
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>> The brighter the child, the better able he/she is able to do that. The
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>> others blame everyone/thing else, the other kids are dumb, the teacher is
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>> I don't know where you get that from! Some of the brightest people I
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>> The difficulty came partly from boredom, and partly from not being able
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>> When I was a kid, I did have a lot of friends. I tend to get along with
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>> most people. But I muchly preferred to be with adults rather than kids.
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>> Yes, I know that adults can act in idiotic ways and act poorly but
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>> thankfully at that point in my life, I didn't see too many of those.
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> I rest my case.
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> Nellie
What case?
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