Kevin Deegan wrote:
Without a clear picture of what you are talking about it is hard
to comment on supposed actions of some SP's
Dave are you acussing these SP's of sin?
DAVEH: No Kevin, nor do I recall doing so........Do you think I did?
Charles Perry Locke wrote:
From: Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Charles Perry Locke wrote:
DaveH,
Something is being twisted here beyond it's bounds. The term "street
preacher" refers to all evangelicals that preach in the open air, but
you are using it to refer to those that offend you.
DAVEH: ??? I don't recall saying any of the street preachers
offended me. Are you certain that is what you think I said, Perry? If
so, may I suggest you misunderstood me.
So, you were not offended by anything the street preachers you have
heard or read about in SLC a year or two ago, waving mormon undies and
yelling and shouting at people at the GC?
DAVEH: No, I don't recall being offended by that. I'm sure some LDS
folks are, but I'm not your typical Mormon boy.
If that did not offend you at all, then I have
misrepresented your feelings on the issue.
DAVEH: Good....I'm glad that is straightened out, Perry.
That is not fair, it is a stereotype
based on the actions of just a few by your subjectivit judgement.
DAVEH: ??? You are losing me on this, Perry. How did I stereotype
the street preachers? I thought I had qualified them as some, or such,
with each post where I spoke of them protesting in SLC. Did I forget
to do that on any of my posts? If so....I did it inadvertently.
DaveH, I am referring to the following statement: "I wonder if the street preachers consider the impact they
have on Christianity as a whole. I also ponder how Jesus would view
their antics."
I am not saying that there are not any street preachers that act
rudely someimes. I am saying that the statement you made above appears
to lump all street preachers into one group, i. e., those who you feel
have a (negative) impact on Christianity because of their " antics". I
was simply pointing this out so that you, and others, would not begin
to get the negative impression that "street preachers", in general, are
all rude.
DAVEH: I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't mean to portray all street preachers as from the same mold.
Often, I tried to qualify my comments as some of
the street preachers, to denote that I'm not implying all of them are the way I'm discussing. In
the post you quoted above, the only qualifier I used was the, which I think you took as all, but I meant it to imply the specific ones creating the controversy. I
should have been more clear....my apologies to any street preachers who
feel I've impugned them unfairly.
That is how stereotyping begins, and I would like to nip
it in the bud, so to speak. By and in large, street preachers have been
called to do God's work in many ways and places that most of us would
never dare to do or go. Do you understand what I am saying?
DAVEH: Sure......and, do you understand what I'm saying? IMHO, being
a Christian bears a responsibility to act like a Christian. If the
actions of Christians betray the perceptions of what non-Christians
have been told Christianity represents, I wonder what message they are
hearing. So Perry...back to my question. Do you think the street
preachers who go out of their way to create controversy, ever consider
the effect their antics may have on the non-believers? And as a
related question, do other street preachers (who do not go to the
extremes in their preaching) ever cringe when they see the act ions of
the more rude SPs?
Perry
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