This idea is SO wonderful that I think we'll try to save up to go to SLC for the next conference (or maybe for October's). This would be a great photo opportunity for any paper, and I would hope someone would print a photo of one of these hate mongers when they're crushing and kicking the flowers.
*jeep! --Chet And, yep, I'm reproducing Rusty's entire message as an encouragement for other Zionists to be there too. On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:26:04 -0800 Rusty Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I first heard of this incident, my gut reaction was anger and > disgust > at the streetpreachers. However, as I thought of it, I told Bob > that what > should be done at the next Conference (figuring that they will be > there > again, being offensive again) is everyone going to Conference should > buy a > single flower - one per person - and tape a message to the stem, > saying, > "The Lord loves you.". Then, walk by these people on purpose and > lay the > flower at their feet and smile sweetly at them. Can you imagine > these > people with mound of tens of thousands of flowers around them?! Let > them > be the irrational ones. Let us rise above it and be the examples > of > Christ. That would be something to take a picture of, wouldn't it? > > I don't know if the media would pick it up, but one can only hope. > Even if > they didn't, it would be very satisfying to know that we didn't > descend to > their level. And, as has been noted, the Lord will deal with them > in His > own time. We just need to be patient enough to let Him do that. > As > offensive as it is to see someone desecrating temple garments, the > garments > themselves aren't what is sacred - they are a symbol of our devotion > to > God. But they only have any real significance when actually worn > by > someone that is true to the covenants made with God. > > Rusty ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
