Bad Rumor

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Bro Robert Brown,

I am probably just playing devils advocate here but I would like
to pose a question to your comments below...

>My concern was that if a mandate comes down "NO INTERNET", 
>then we have indeed made a tremendous mistake.  Not only 
>will it put many good saints out of work, but it will make 
>us look like the Amish to the rest of the world, thereby 
>destroying our ability to reach them. 

If the UPC does say "no" to the internet, yes there will be
some who probably would be out of work.  I am sure that there
would be others who would stay in the work anyways regardless.
Now when you say it will make us look like the Amish, I have
to ask...doesn't having no tv do this?  Doesn't our modesty and
belief in no make-up, etc makes us look "different" to the world?
The real benefit I see from the internet is the e-mail.  Quicker
and cheaper than the optional snail mail.  We can live without the
rest of the internet.  We have for many years before haven't we?  
Does it really matter what the world thinks of us?  I thought the
only thing that mattered was whether or not we were living 
righteously for God?  
Another point I would like to bring up is, How did the fathers
of the Apostolic movement bring revival?  Word of mouth, prayer,
fasting, etc.  They didn't have internet, television, etc to
broadcast the "movement."  They did it by good ol' fashion
revivals and tent meetings.  The next question would be,
did Jesus use the internet?  Did Jesus use television?  Jesus
did not even have a P.A. system to preach to the thousands.
Look what he accomplished?  Look what we have accomplished
without the internet.  Notice we, oneness Apostolics, are the
fastest growing faith at the moment.  Notice we did it all
without tv, or internet.  God gave us an ability to spread
the gospel and we have been using that ability.  Word of mouth.
The Bible says that the word will be spread throughout the land 
before Jesus comes back.  Will it be by internet, television, or
evangelism teams traveling to the lost?  

C.Sterrett
sterrett@juno.com

ps. not a personal attack on you, just curious thoughts from me :)