. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Police arrested a man for leaving his 1-year-old baby in a car unattended during the early hours while he watched strippers at a nightclub in New Zealand's capital, and have placed the boy in welfare agency care. A passer-by called police after seeing the sleeping baby in a car parked near the Mermaid Strip Club in Wellington about 3 a.m. Tuesday. Police took the baby to hospital and arrested the father, 42, after he was located in the club, Inspector Simon Perry said. The man faces a charge of leaving a child under 14 without reasonable supervision, Perry said. The Child, Youth and Family agency has custody of the baby for five days while it works with the baby's relatives to decide on his future, agency deputy chief executive Ray Smith said. New Zealand's commissioner for children, John Angus, said leaving a child alone in a car at night was an "extreme form of neglect." "I would commend the member of the public who saw this poor child in the car and took some action to make it safe" by alerting police, Angus told National Radio. Authorities declined to confirm details of the baby's family situation, but Angus said he expected relatives to step in and warn the father that "it's not good enough for our child to be looked after this way." (AP) News 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. .
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Here is another rendering: (2 Timothy 3:1-5) 3 But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away. The Greek had four different words for "Love". The Greek word a′stor·goi, translated here as “having no natural affection,†refers to the natural bond family members have for one another, such as the love a mother has for her children.
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That man is not a father Bilbo. Not to me. He doesn't deserve the privilege of raising a child. And I would personally like the opportunity to explain this to him face to face..
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you have to remember that it is not wise to say that their have been better times than this (this is a proverb, i can't remember the exact text) that is to say, joseph was put in jail because a woman wanted to sleep with him, and when she was put to shame by him, she lied to harm his reputation (ultimately joseph was raised on high, the righteous shall be set free, especially since joseph suffered through much wrongful harm). the 2 woman who came to solomon, one was willing to lie even though she knew it was not her baby (a man's heart are deep waters, but a wise man draws them out, meaning solomon understood how to get a reaction that would show the true mother, he had no intent of killing the baby) abner raped his half sister, even though she was willing to marry him. etc.etc. the point is when it speaks of the last days, it is speaking spiritually, meaning that people will have no problem ignoring their own conscience in order to do what they want. if this man has really done what he has done, he will have to live with it for the rest of his life (even if he gets off light, everyone who knows him will remember) i often wonder as to the translation of such texts as well, as there are often subtleties in the text that are not brought forward as translators often believe they understand what is being written. in proverbs (and remember proverbs say one thing, but often mean the opposite somehow) it says "the poor man (blessed are the poor in spirit) loves pleasure, and since true pleasure (almost beyond imagination compared to regular life) is ultimately found with god, pleasure is not something that is wrong. another proverb would be "do not speak badly about a rich man" which obviously does not mean do not talk badly about someone who has money (though many will not talk badly in hopes of getting some of that money) but refers to not speaking badly about god, or his servants (the more that servant has honored god with his life, the more you should not speak badly about him, for instance in the case of elijah/elisha, they were defended fiercely by god, because they were righteous men, and especially because during elijah's time he felt as though he was the only servant of god left. this could have specific meaning as people who do these type of things in large proportion sort of turn your stomach (they are almost hard to be around, because they are like snakes, this is especially true of the religious hypocrites, meaning harshly condemning things they have done themselves, as someone may condemn something they have done themselves but still be acting in love as they truly believe it to be wrong. these people are like snakes in the grass, the sound of their voice is almost intolerable (you brood of vipers))
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We should have natural affection one for another. In the instance of that poor child they obviously didn't care at all - pure selfishness. Sadly, selfishness does rather sum up the way so many people live their lives. Thankfully there are still some who are generous in their love and responsible.
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✞ Exactly what He said...Men will be lovers of themselves...Its a terrible reality this day and age...we are seeing things that 20 years ago were unheard of..Thins are going to get worse though, we see this in the scriptures...
