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I apologize for what seems like a heated discussion to some.  It is
merely my contention that prayer is the answer to all of our needs and
is the surest way to bring about a solution.  Color is not an issue ...
serving God is the issue.  

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