Amen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:06 AM Subject: Re: CS>CS under another name
> 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]> >
