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To: mark silvers who wrote (28609)	12/18/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Berry Picker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 39621

RE>>Where do your beliefs lead you? Nothing else matters.<< For once you are right! They lead me ultimately to eternal life in heaven with God. RE>>Do they make you more of an isolationist? << To a very great degree I am cut off from the world and worldly people. 1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. The Prayer of Christ concerning Salvation: John 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. Was Jesus an "Isolationist"? I am sure if you study Him you would say yes. So what! As I said Jesus has given to me HIS MIND SETS: 1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. RE>>Do they make you more of an isolationist? << On earth I have good fellowship with some other believers. Noah's belief in God brought him to a place of being alone except for his family... What is wrong with that Mark. I do not live under your religion. I do not hope for world peace and unity. I believe what God said: Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Jesus came to find his sheep not to save goats Nor make the sheep and goats find a nice middle road of compromise! We have no true fellowship with you Mark nor can we. You deny Christ and His commandments and authority in your life... by doing so you are the enemy of God. How then can a Christian be your friend if you act in hate toward the only remedy for the state of man? 2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? Your hatred is very subtle and polished compared to most but still very real. You are Anti-christ I am Pro-christ... shall we dance? Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

To: mark silvers who wrote (28609)	12/19/1999 1:09:00 PM
From: Alan Markoff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Dearest Mark (from Nancy), I thought you might enjoy this; POLITICALLY CORRECT SANTA by ¸Harvey Ehrlich, 1992 'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck... How to live in a world that's politically correct? His workers no longer would answer to "Elves", "Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves. And labor conditions at the north pole Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul. Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety, Released to the wilds by the Humane Society. And equal employment had made it quite clear That Santa had better not use just reindeer. So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid, Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid! The runners had been removed from his sleigh; The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A. And people had started to call for the cops When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops. Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened. His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened." And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows, Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation, Demanding millions in over-due compensation. So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife, Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life, Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz, Demanding from now on her title was Ms. And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion That making a choice could cause so much commotion. Nothing of leather, nothing of fur, Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her. Nothing that might be construed to pollute. Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot. Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise. Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys. Nothing that claimed to be gender specific. Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific. No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth. Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth. And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden, Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden. For they raised the hackles of those psychological Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological. No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt; Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt. Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe; And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away. So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed; He just could not figure out what to do next. He tried to be merry, tried to be gay, But you've got to be careful with that word today. His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground; Nothing fully acceptable was to be found. Something special was needed, a gift that he might Give to all without angering the left or the right. A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision, Each group of people, every religion; Every ethnicity, every hue, Everyone, everywhere...even you. So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth... May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth. ¸Harvey Ehrlich, 1992 I hope you find joy in this, and in the celebration of the birth of the Messiah, With Love, Nancy