No, our personal communities do. Not some elected construct. Sometimes our churches are reflections of our personal communities but sometimes not.
Russel > > From: "Beth F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/06/18 Tue PM 04:12:35 EDT > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > So, I know you are not saying that our churches represent the United States > of America? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russel Madere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:01 PM > 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. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
