Ruffled feathers

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On the subject of knowingly doing business with 'evil-doers':

Steven Hall pasted:
> Steven paste:
> Eph 5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
> but rather reprove them.
> Rom 14:23  And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth
> not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Likewise,
"Abstain from all appearance of evil."    1 Thessalonians 5:22

There is this principle in the scripture that though we understand that 
the gods of the world are idols, we might want to obstain from eating 
the meat offered to them because of both those unbelievers who 
might think we approve of the idols and also those believers who are 
of weak faith.

I do agree with Bro. Litteral in his assessment that it is getting 
extremely difficult to find anyone with whom to do business who is 
not in someway related to evil-doing.  For instance, the company 
I work for is involved in Defense contracting.  I was originally hired 
to work in a commercial division.  That division was dissolved and 
I was transferred to another department.  Could be a big moral 
quandry if they did something involving destructive weapons.  

Years back, I worked for a company which asked me to use unfair 
and deceptive sales practices (we sold computers).  I choose to 
resign that job and it was the best paying job I ever had.  Some ten 
years later I still am not making anywhere near the money I made 
at that job.  I quit the job over principle.  I did not have to participate

in the dishonest practices, I could have continued to work there and 
did my job in an honest way.  But I was a representative of the company, 
and I simply did not even want to be associated with it.

I can see Dave's point of view.  He has chosen to take a stand and 
dis-associate himself from something which has very openly taken 
a stand in favor of sin.  I admire that stand, and it is not always an 
easy road.  As I said, it is getting increasingly difficult to find 
organizations/companies which are not in someway involved in 
supporting or condoning or participating in a questionable or even 
overtly sinful practice.

"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is 
this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, 
and to keep himself unspotted from the world."    James 1:27

Perhaps we should be watching more closely with whom we 
buy and sell.

"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the 
mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."    
Revelation 13:17

Just a thought

Kathy Dimick
Falkville, Alabama
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