black church fires

Mark Bassett (mbasset@iconn.net)
Mon, 08 Jul 1996 13:26:04 GMT


>Why is it Mark that we have to pray about this situation but not any 
>of the other issues that are mentioned on this list?  How many times 
>have you all written and talked about the Trinity.  I get so much 
>mail about the trinity that I often feel bombarded.  

Experience dictates that when accusations of racism are brought out of
the blue, there is no practical or meaningful way to respond, and
people tend to get upset. 

If you dont want to receive mail about godhead issues, then
unsubscribe. If you want to receive mail about issues where race
baiting and hatred occupy significant places in the content, subscribe
to another list also. However, at this point, NOTICE that my request
to pray was directed to EVERYONE, not exclusively to you. *I*, (yes, *
the big *I*) feel that these kinds of discussions are very, very
destructive and without prayer will never produce anything but hatred
and bitterness.

Offering your comment as an example:
>Why is it that white people feel that they have to always play "one 
>up?"  Everytime something happens to us and there is a little press, 
>white folks start fussing about this happens to them too.  Come on.

Everyone is getting milage on this stuff, politicians, religious
people, ... everyone except the people who get hit by satanic
violence. Once again, lets just pray instead of using the "news"
factories latest effort to divide America into factions as an excuse
to make a lot of racist comments.

-mwb