[Faith-talk] purpose of this list?

[qubit]

Hi Mary -- I agree -- I hope I did not contribute too much to the recent 
dissention.  I did apologize to Peter, if anyone read the one email. (It 
didn't change his opinion or his attitude, but it was the right thing to 
do.)
I think this should be a place people should feel comfortable coming to. 
For one thing, we can all learn from each other, even if someone has not of 
our faith, or adopted Christianity, it is good to promote understanding 
between different groups.
I have a brother who studies world religions.
I have friends and relatives from other countries who are of various faiths. 
So I welcome any discussion or posts of quotes or beliefs from people and 
hope my posts can enrich them as well.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mary wurtzel" <marywurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>; "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith 
and religion" <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:06 PM
Subject: purpose of this list?


Dear Community of Faith list,
It is my belief that the division working on isuues of
communities of faith was established for the purpose of helping
people fully participate in their own places  of worship even
though they are blind.  The place of worship does not mean that
it is only "Christian" in nature.
Dr.  Jernigan taught us that in our organization, the National
Federation of the blind, we would always be wise to focus on
issues associated only with blindness.  Any time we get off that
track, there will be trouble because of the diversity of
religious and political opinion represented inthe organization.
In my humble opinion, (or maybe not so humble)   it would
decrease some conflict if we stayed on the mission of making it
possible for all of us to be first calass citizens in our places
of worship.
Respectfuly,
Mary Wurtzel