http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:23:49 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-736061 First, let's get off Christians? We were all born Christ-like! This is what you must/need to understand. Freewill is where you have the problem! Our choice to do right or wrong, to be selfish, uncaring, greedy and stupid! Unfortunately it's a part of life for many of us. If you don't know who you are and where you come from these become your guides. When you do find out life becomes seemingly harder. Living in this world you are often put in a situation to make this choice. Some decisions are little and some very big. There is a force here meant on tempting you every chance it gets. Educate your self! Stop thinking God won't talk to you, the thing with him is he has a thing about fake people! It's very important to have a one on one relationship with God. You must believe he is the first and no other comes before him! Before you can have one of anything you must have that (first one). Believe, no, know that he is it! Don't try to name him or define him. Just live your life day by day trying not to have to ask him to forgive you for anything my may have done that day! Believe that we are all a part of each other and a part of him. Believe in you heart and mind every step you take he's right there with you. Know that he sees all! Know that he will give you the shovel but he won't dig the whole for you! Know that we should have each others back! Stop believing asking for forgiveness means your gonna get it! Hell, wasn't created for nothing! Remember you don't belong here; one day your time card is going to be punched, final destination Heaven or Hell! If you don't believe in some kind of after life then answer the question, why are you here? I've often heard it said it's better to be safe now than sorry later! This world will get you side tracked, you think it has what you need, but I'm gonna have to tell you everlasting life can't be bought! 736061@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:23:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-735869 now now yall we havent heard the church peoples side maybe they kicked them out 4 a good reason maybe the eldest was doing illigal things out of the house or un-christian like things in front of their kids and they gave him many warnings after warnings and he didnt listean maybe they kicked the eldest out and said the others could stay and he choose 2 take them for he is their guardian and the checks come 4 them under his name 735869@blogcritics.org Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:19:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-723776 All of you are responding to just one side of the story and every argument has two sides. Before you throw the homeowners under the bus, remember that they helped the Higgins when no one else would. So now you all hate them? What hypocrites. Should they be forced to put up the Higgins forever now? No matter what the Higgins do? Get real. 723776@blogcritics.org Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:44:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-717254 This is awful and should not have happend and it is soo bad that i think i will not get involved but i would and it would not be pretty because if you take in orphans you do NOT kick them out after you take them in and get your house redone because "it dosent belong to them" shame on you! 717254@blogcritics.org Sun, 11 May 2008 18:37:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-713880 Has Homemaker Over responded to all these comments? Have they at least made any attempt to assure this atrocious behavior can not happen again? I know contracts are legally binding, but I would expect ABC, who can afford to help so many, could at least go back and help the Higgins children, regardless of the contracts and the past. I still believe the intent of the program is altruistic, but please ABC do not let this happen again. Making the Higgins have to go to court and file lawsuits is also wrong. Even if you do not build the Higgins a new home, why not just buy them a home and/or arrange for scholarships for these kids? Come on ABC, just do what is right. Ignore your legal team. Only the lawyers benefit from litigation. Use some common sense. Give the money being spent on legal fees to the kids. You would probably save money. 713880@blogcritics.org Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:01:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-711852 Hello!!! ABC does not accept donations...they are not a non-profit org. They do this for money, plain and simple. If that were not the case, they would go back and help the families that were burdened or screwed by the new home situation, i.e. bills, taxes, and in the case of the Higgins family. If you do not believe in the show, do not watch it... 711852@blogcritics.org Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:10:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-697829 One person commented that the couple that took these children in were "CHURCH PEOPLE" Honey going and standing in a church no more makes you a christian than going and standing in your garage makes you a car!!! These people should be charged with fraud!!! Real christians don't behave in such a way because they have God in their heart!!! These people are the worst of the worst... And God will punish them for what they have done! ~~Barbara~~ 697829@blogcritics.org Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:12:54 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-689230 i realy want to give my mom a nice home. could e-mail me info about how to get sined up. please this is coming from a 10 year old. 689230@blogcritics.org Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:48:44 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-686117 All these commenters here who think that the show is a charity, NO, the goal of the show is to make money for ABC. And the sadder the story the more money they'll get. As for the "they're christian" / "no they're not" comments, do grow up, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck well then it is a duck. You can't have it both ways christians, if someone calling them self a christian does something good (like take in those children) then they're rightly praised and added to the christian list, well then if that same christian does bad you cannot say that he or she is not a christian because of that, they are and as long as they call themself christian they are as much a christian as you are. Be honest about your faith you might be surprised about the result! 686117@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:33:13 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-674690 I find it interesting that no one seems to be interested in what caused the home owners to "evict" the Higgins children. Everyone seems to want to blame them without hearing the "other side" of the story. Did the Higgins children become "unmanageable" because they felt that they owned the house, even though it was not their house or property that was rebuilt? Just a thought. 674690@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:25:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-638935 The Only reason why I even believe Jesus is God is because God himself witnessed to me. If it was left to the so-called Christians to witness to me, I would have been a devout Christian basher because of the hypocrisy, selfishness, back biting, gossiping, putting God on a very short timeline (1 hour service with a 15 minute feel good sermon), refusing to help anyone who is disabled grocery shop. I, a disabled person takes my disable friend grocery shopping when I can. The other believers refuse because they don't have the time. They have plenty of time to sit on their duffs eating at fine restaurants for 2 hours. At the so-called Christian Northwestern college, I had to walk an hour to catch the bus for a year, because NO ONE could drive 5 minutes out of their way to take me. I finally had to take out more student loans and buy a car. The song that plays on KTIS about why aren't my hands feeding drives me up the wall, because Christians say how awesome that song is and then turn around and refuse to use their precious hands to do a thing for the poor communities in their backyards. They will only send people and money to Mexico. What about the homeless in your own country? What about the disabled people who need help shopping? What about taking time out to take two people in wheelchairs out to eat 2 times a Year? People on disability can't afford to eat out much, if at all. The Higgins deserve to be sent to Hell for their selfishness. Wait until judgement day. The Lord will give them their just desserts then. They will then know how bad they were and how awful of a deed they did. I'm sure the people at their church are divided over the behavior as well. Gossip mills are probably speaking ill of the kids on one side, and speaking highly of the kids on the other side. Satan opened a door that will take God to close. 638935@blogcritics.org Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:38:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-629808 not all christians are like that. dont ever compare christians to bad people. just because they did that. doesnt mean all christians are like that. 629808@blogcritics.org Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:44:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-625750 To the guy who says "this is what is wrong with this country", this is what is right with this country. People helping people who are in need. To the people who say "I hate the show, I hate the people on it", etc, you have a choice and I'm sure there is a switch on your TV,USE IT if the show offends you so much. I don't care if the cast is worried about their hair,tans, and the other things mentioned in the comments. Yes they get paid, the network makes money, but the bottom line is THEY ARE HELPING PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.Keep up the good work and I don't feel the show is in any way responsible for what occured after the makeover, it should be kept between the two families and the court system 625750@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:38:25 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-623402 This story is difficult. I can't help but wonder if there were other compromises in the home after the show. When I have helped someone by bringing them into my home, I set boundaries and guidelines for behavior and care of the home. Healthy respect levels are also designated. Were those set by the owners of this home? Were those boundaries compromised because of a bad contract or egos from both families? I am not advocating for either side, but I think other questions need to be asked before anyone can judge this correctly. Otherwise we are rambling at the mouth. I hope the truth is found and is situation judged correctly. It seems we have only heard a one-sided story. 623402@blogcritics.org Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:21:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-613145 The foster parents could not have known that they would end up on Extreme Makeover, so I don't think this STARTED with deception. Greed being greed, it grew inside. (For God's sake, I hope they're tithing.....LOL). I would be honor bound if I were those foster parents to make no moves with those children without discussing it with them and selling the house. Certainly, the "kind hearted" foster family should keep SOME of the equity, but more of it SHOULD go to the Higgins children, in trust if necessary. My .02 cents. 613145@blogcritics.org Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:44:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-612256 I feel very bad for the Higgins Family. What is embarassing is that these people used their church membership to make themselves appear to be caring people but, they took advantage of this situation and had a house built for themselves. The home was intended to reward the family that took the Higgin's family in but, also to help provide for the Higgins family and to help them heal from life's pain. Then these vultures took and kicked the Higgin's family out. They put on a great show but, God says when you get a megaphone and shout out your good deeds you have received your reward. They are all about show and they used people down on their luck to get what they did not deserve. This house should be sold and the original owners should get fair market value for their original house and the rest go to the higgins family. The sad part is they will not get to enjoy that home. God will return the favor because vengence is God's. He will settle this because Lies and deception are very wrong, Shame on you!! 612256@blogcritics.org Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:26:57 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-605088 For the love of God, it's "LOSE", Not "LOOSE". You LOSE your house, your dog gets LOOSE. 605088@blogcritics.org Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:13:23 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-572854 Another referance [#26 — June 30, 2006 @ 04:01AM — Conrad] WHAT'S WITH THIS ALSO? How about school teachers, social workers, Doctors? Why do you stereo-type Christians? 572854@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:26:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-572849 In referance to comment [ #10 — June 29, 2006 @ 23:19PM — charles almon ] WHAT DOSE THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE ISSUE AT HAND? Frankley I'm suprised you would post your name associated with such garbage! 572849@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:19:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-572791 It is with a heavy heart that I have learned of the tragic events of this episode of Makeover. As far as I am concerned the Higgins family was delt another bad hand which appears irreversible because of the ownership of the original house. Having said that, I am not aware of the cause of eviction of the Higgins children but I would be interested in seeing them compensated for all the material things that were donated out of the goodness of caring people who were duped under false pretense. These items should be removed from the home and stored until such time that the Higgins' have proper living facilities. Obviously compensation should be persued for this family through the court system and hopefully some kind of restitution will be made. PS: Please don't let this setback hinder the continuation of the work being done by the Makeover crew. You are a blessing and a Godsend to so many deserving people. One bad apple won't spoil the hole barrel if it is removed in time. Keep up the great work. 572791@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 Apr 2007 12:22:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-572453 i beleive in my heart GOD has a purpose for everyone. Not just the higgin's family but things like this happen for a reason to show us everything that glitter's aint gold but this family has had enough turmoil in their lives like none of us probably we can judge them all we want but the meaning of this whole show is to help families. And in this one case something like this could change others lives. In life decisions we choose to make day to day GOD help us ALL! 572453@blogcritics.org Sun, 8 Apr 2007 12:42:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-571438 All the facts should be known before judgement... but the kids are definetly entitled to something, i think ...because them being orphaned was the whole reason for the show... they shouldnt be left homeless 571438@blogcritics.org Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:43:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-571287 Its amazing how many people are prejudiced in this world..... true there are alot of people who claim to be Christian and do horrible things....there is no doubt.. But there are many that are real Christians who do live their lives according to the teachings of Jesus. But these people who rag on Christians and claim they are all "evil" are the very same people who claim to be so enlightened and feign unbiased belief systems and equality for all...... How your true colors show..... saying Christians are all evil is like saying all blacks are criminals and lazy and all Mexicans irresponsible breeders..... Society really has not crept up from the ooze as it claims to have... Christian bashing is just another form of racism...... It just has another face..... But is still ugly just the same...... This has nothing to do with my personal beliefs about Christians one way or another..... I just see it for what it is..... 571287@blogcritics.org Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:25:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-567337 ABC ought to make a future episode featuring the further hardship that the Higgins Family have gone through. Of course, we are assuming that there isn't a reason why the family chucked them out. They do seem to be out for a free ticket, suing ABC is a bit on the crappy side after all they tried to do for them. I totally understand ABC broadcasting the episode complete with Happy Ending. You have to realise that EMHE helps a lot of people and that relies on the continuing good name of the show. If they updated the episode with the subsequent bad ending, you wouldn't have nearly the support that they currently enjoy. Even the bits that are a bit forced or the dodgy editing, or the sports stars that get 2mins face time on the show just because they donated a jersey or something crabby like that despite earning multi-million dollar salaries are not so bad because we realise that these things are what allow Ty and the team to keep helping people! 567337@blogcritics.org Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:02:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/29/154502.php#comment-559709 I think that it is terrible what this foster family did to those children. How can they call themselves Christians? I hope that the saying "what goes around comes around" certainly rings true in their case. Their house was ill-begotten and may they have nothing but heartache within it. 559709@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:52:24 EDT