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To: DLL who wrote (14980)	5/3/1998 11:30:00 AM
From: Barnabus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Going to TV Church today---hope the wife's health allows us to go next week---TV Church is not a good substitute for meeting with fellow and sister believers---and hearing the WORD live. We travel almost 50 miles one way from these "toolies" to attend and God has blessed us with a SENSATIONAL pastor. Our son had a part in leading this person (pastor) to Christ many years ago---so---we are double-blessed. The Psalmist 'sed: I was glad when they said unto me, let us go unto the house of the LORD A spinoff of an old epigram: Isn't it odd That God Should choose The Jews I'm so glad Not sad That God Did choose The Jews To them have been given the oracles of faith David, a fantastic Jew said: Blessed be the LORD, who daily bears our burden, the God who is our salvation Psalm 68:19 The truth of that inspired Word of God has been sustaining me---the chief cook and "bottle washer" around here these days---what a SENSATIONAL God we have. We have God's Word because of God's chosen people. May God bring peace to Jerusalem!!! May be coming soon. When Christ parts those clouds, every eye will see Him. The song writer has penned: What a day that will be, when my Jesus I will see. When I look upon His face and see the wonder of his grace. What a day, glorious day that will be." I'm already having a sensational day---now to TV Church. B.

To: DLL who wrote (14980)	5/4/1998 1:25:00 AM
From: Chris land	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

<<I'll stop as I think I'm rambling, but I see the love of the Lord in you that you cannot separate from your Christian upbringing. Please don't deny the power of this and return to those roots. They will only increase your love of others, not stifle it.>> Let's have a wakeup call here. Donald are you purposely being disrespectful to the Lord Jesus Christ by whispering sweet nothings to His enemy? This Jezebel is doing whatsoever is in her power to rob Jesus of His lambs trust. Saul also persecuted the true church but let's do a contrast here. The man was extremely zealous for God and even though he had not yet received the truth he was spending his lifes resources to do what he thought would be pleasing to God. Later he says he found grace because he did it in ignorance. Is she doing anything in God's name at all? Yes, she's doing the best to discredit Him and His people. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him Godspeed. For he that biddeth him Godspeed is partaker of his evil deeds. -John

To: DLL who wrote (14980)	5/7/1998 12:30:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Donald, there is a lot of evil against women in the world, but in fact pre-Christian religions revered goddesses as well as gods, and it was Christianity which began the male-dominated religions. Have you ever read Joseph Campbell, "The Power of Myth" for example? Christianity was very, very bad news for women Even today, there is at least one incidence of abuse in 50% of American marriages, and most Americans are Christian. The Inquisition, in which somewhere between several hundred thousand and nine million women were burned to death as "witches" in Europe by Christians who were sweeping across it and destroying the pagan religions which were in place, is just one example of how Christians have treated women historically. islandnet.com I am not sure what has happened to Islam. The original Islamic teachings were of equality for women, or so I have read, and also been told by Islamic women. I suspect this is another situation like Christianity, where the original beliefs have been obscured, and fundamentalists have tried to take all the power. In China, the government instituted a one-child policy to prevent overpopulation, and this is partially the reason for killing baby girls. In their society, men are more valued. The fact that some other cultures do not value women is not a reason to argue that Christianity has, historically. Please excuse me if I have cited this url to you before--I don't get over here very often and sometimes forget what I have already said. But here is something from the PBS series on Jesus, and gives not only the original FEMINIST teachings of Jesus and the powerful women who were his early supporters, but also states that there was a deliberate attempt to cover all of this up as Christianity became a way for men to dominate women: pbs.org