they are entitled to vote what percentage of people in the US elect their own religious leader?
Lets take an impromptu poll: I do NOT elect a religious leader Kevin DOES elect a religious leader ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:33 PM Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > Except for the large part of the population that doesn't vote? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > you are one church > how many people in the country are not represented by churches with > elected > officials. > Most. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:27 PM > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > Funny....we as a congregation vote to decide who our Pastor is. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:30 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > The thing thats so great about government is that you get to vote who > is > > in > > it. You are welcome to vote in folks who choose to have less "bloat" > > At church you dont' get to vote. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:15 PM > > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > > > > Sure that's just what we need another bloated government program. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:09 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > > > Because you dislike who represents you, you think that all social > > > funding > > > should be withdrawn? Religious groups have an extra agenda above and > > > beyond > > > the overt mission. It would be all to easy for a group to say, for > > > instance, > > > because you are from (insert disliked group here) either you repent > of > > > your > > > evil ways or else (no food, no shelter etc). Moreover there is far > > less > > > independent oversight and control over private religious groups > doing > > > social > > > work than what you have with public agencies. The recent scandals > in > > > the > > > catholic churches in the US and the church supported residential > > schools > > > in > > > Canada are very good examples of why that independent oversight is > > > needed. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > EBStor.com > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > http://www.pacel.com > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > -- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:02 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess this difference comes down to who we fell represents > > > > our society. I do not think our elected officials and > > > > appointed governement employees represent our society. > > > > > > > > Russel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Beth F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Date: 2002/06/18 Tue PM 03:54:07 EDT > > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, my reading on Catholic Christian doctorine says > > > > it is our > > > > > responsibility. I forget the exact reference, but I think > > > > it is the Gospel > > > > > of >St. John. "What you do for the least of your brothers, > > > > you do for me." > > > > > > > > > > I don't mean it that way - I mean that its our society's > > > > responsbility to > > > > > take care of our society whether or not religious groups do > > > > as well. We > > > > > can't just wash our hands of the poor and expect someone > > > > else to fix the > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > > I use the old adage "Give a man a fish and you feed him > > > > for a day. teach a > > > > > man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." to guide myself > and > > my > > > > > activities. I personally feel that the way I am called to > > > > fight poverty is > > > > > in line with that adage. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This does not preclude our society as a whole giving the > > > > fishing pole as > > > > > opposed to religious groups. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
