Greetings again from the list owner! Rob writes: > The original message in the thread was not aimed at anyone to make > anyone angry........or to even make anyone feel the need to give > rebutal. The Listowner pretty much said it was out of > place.......so let it die.
Indeed, please! > I'm sure I'll be chastised for playing cop......but thats ok....... I see you did read the list rules! Good job. <grin> > For those of us who are True Christians on this list.......we have > had to endure time after time statements that go through us like a > knife. I've never seen any of us lash back the way YOU people lash > at us every time we mention the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus > Christ. ... Throw me off the list or do whatever it is you will do. You have to work pretty hard to earn banishment from the list, but I think this exchange has illustrated *PERFECTLY* why religious/spiritual topics are listed in the rules as "prohibited." The rule states: "Religion, mysticism, or spirituality are to be avoided as topics for discussion. There is no comment you can make that will not risk offending someone. Overt evangelization is not permitted. Do not reply to religious remarks made by others." Re-read that last part: "Do not reply to religious remarks made by others." Y'hear that Ken? Rob? James? Marshall? <hehe> > Next we will be told that we can't end our emails with God Bless. Nope! Immediately after the above prohibition on religious discussion, the rules specifically state: "I am not asking you to "de-God" everything you say, do or think, however. Brief greetings, thanks, and prayer requests or offerings are acceptable. The occasional "God bless", or "you're in our prayers" will not be seen as a transgression. Modest tag lines or signature files may also be used." That's the rule I wrote, and I'm stickin' to it! > I see things on here all the time that I don't agree with ... even > things that I know are downright stupid. Do I find it necessary to > write a rebuttal each and every time??......NO I don't. Indeed, that's what's demanded of us if the list is to work well, as it generally does! > If the original message was "out of place", then let it be known > that we shouldn't write anything that disturbs the delicate balance > of the precious "non christian". ...Just as we should be reticent of posting things that would offend the Christian, Muslim, Jew, or anyone else. A fine line must be walked between being what you are and imposing it on others. Keywords for all: sensitive; generous; tolerant; forgiving. > After all , the liberals of this country have done all they can > possibly do to make it ilegal to be a christian. Hehehehehe!! Y'see how easy it is for things to spin out of control? My personal view? Liberals or conservatives or "moderates" (whatever they are)... There's plenty of blame to go around for the messes we've created in this world. Each tends to see their "own kind" as blameless. Makes for some great arguments, eh? Which is why politics is *also* prohibited on the list. So let's not see any responses to *this* little jab, thank you very much! > Perhaps from now on, everything that is said that ruffles the > feathers of "we the few christians" we should make sure to blow each > and every statement out of the water so everyone knows exactly where > we stand at all times. Yeah, that would work really well... NOT! So, to summarize: Religion and politics are verboten. This includes spiritual, mystical, or occult topics that may not be specifically religious, but are likely to get "in the face" of others who are. The topic here is Colloidal Silver and related alternative health matters. I expect all of you to let others *be* who they are, not take offense from minor things, and not to respond in-kind when offended. Take it up with me first, off-list. Lastly, please understand that there might be a few more posts to this thread as people respond before reading *all* of their mail. So if more comes through, do *not* reply or rebut, no matter what! (Make a habit of catching up on all your mail before replying to any of it, please!) Let's learn our lessons from this exchange and let the thread die now. Be well, Mike Devour silver-list owner [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
