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The Ghetto State of Mind

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                     The Ghetto State of Mind  The Ghetto state of mind is an intriguing concept. In my hometown this mind set is on an upscale. It has always been there but in the last 5 years its grown rampantly like wildfire. The ghetto state of mind comes in all colors and nationalities. You can identify it by how someone carries themselves and by their words and actions and how they treat others.   Let us explore this unaesthetic mind set.  This mind set is at one of the lowest mindsets. In this mindset the person always has to be right, always gets their way. Putting their needs first is always on their agenda. Some examples are screaming and honking at an elderly to cross the street as opposed to a more noble mindset of going out of your way to help an elderly person cross the street. This mindset is also displayed by not letting people merge on the highway knowing that now they will now have to exit. In some states not merging is against the law but it is just human decency tha
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Understanding Predestination vs. Free Will Through Star Wars                                             I grew up in the 80's and so my childhood was filled with lot of Star Wars movies, toys, etc..     When the  new Star Wars movies came out when my children where little in the late 1990's early 2000s. I was disappointed except for episode 3, which I thought had the same feel of the originals. After watching the new Star Wars movies in the last few years,The force awakens and the last Jedi I am so geeked up again. I have been studying the book of Romans for the past month or so and I came across this scripture that I just was stuck on and I couldn't understand. Romans 8:29...For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son. I called people I thought would be able to explain it to me and it just was not clicking.  The whole "foreknew" thing was not a easy concept to grasp. The word "predestined" is c