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I do agree to some extent your opinion below.  However, I take slight issue
with you on the color issue.  While serving God is by far the big issue;
color does remain an issue.  If not, then we would not have different
denominations that are predominantly catering to different races.  

At 09:53 7/8/96 PST, you wrote:
>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.  
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>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.  
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>>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. 
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>>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
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