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>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 10:35:45 -0500
>X-Sender: bojarmsr@uwcsms1.uwc.edu (Unverified)
>To: David Raymond Schulke <schulkdr@uwec.edu>
>From: "Bonnie J. Armstrong" <bojarmsr@uwcsms1.uwc.edu>
>Subject: questions

I don't know if anyone else received this same letter, but maybe there are
some of you that would like to answer some of the questions that this lady
has asked.  Although I myself plan to answer them, I also am going to add
that she has left the very thing (Jesus) that she will be in search of all
her life.

Dave Schulke

God is faithful, all others are only human!


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>To whom it may concern:
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>I am a sophomore at a UW-center in Rock County, in Janesville. I noticed
>your e-mail address on the UPC WWW page, saw you are from Eau Claire, and
>decided to write.
>I am doing a research project for a philosophy class on religions, and since
>I am a former UPC member of 14 years from Wisconsin Dells, I wondered if you
>could answer a few questions for me? You may have heard of me through the
>grapevine of the UPC churches, my mother used to be actively involved in
>Junior Camp back in 1985-1990.
>I find this religion odd, but fascinating, and because I am no longer a
>member I can view from the outside and see how you work. I am very skeptical
>of religion, especially the UPC church, so these questions may sound
>sarcastic at times. Sorry, not to sound mean or nasty.
>
>Here are my questions:
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>Have you recently (in the past 5 years) noticed a growth or a decrease of
>members in the UPC church?
>There is a book out by a UPC pastor from Sandusky, Ohio called "Neo
>Phariseeism", that deals with the inner problems of the UPC church and
>problems with their dress and holiness standards, have you heard of it? If
>so, have you read it? If so, have you noticed a decrease in members since it
>has been published and read?
>Do you think that the people of the UPC church are separated too much from
>the "world"?
>Are you actively involved in church meetings and services? or like I was,
>are you expected to go to church and feel you have to participate in order
>to be accepted by the congregation?
>Were you raised in the UPC church? if not, when did you or your parents join?
>Do you have the holy ghost and/or been baptized? if so, when?
>Do you honestly believe that the UPC church is the only church that has the
>true "Gospel", and that no other church (religion) is the right way?
>
>That is all the questions I have at the moment, you don't have to answer the
>questions if you feel I have no right to ask them, but I am just trying to
>get some answers to the questions I have for my research project, I am
>asking these same type of questions of all people, of all types of
>religions, through the internet and e-mail.
>

>Bonnie Armstrong
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