[Faith-talk] Farewell

[Joshua Lester]

Hmmm!
I don't remember what all I sent on the different threads.
Blessings, Joshua

On 6/14/11, Patrick Gormley <kk3f at msn.com> wrote:
> Joshua I've tried to open the various YouTube videos and I keep the message
> application not found which I was wondering about.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 3:14 PM
> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Farewell
>
>> Tom, why didn't you respond to the E-mail, with the Youtube video I sent
>> you?
>> did you get it?
>> Thanks, Joshua
>>
>> On 6/14/11, Tom Vos <vost at iowatelecom.net> wrote:
>>> On an email list called Faith Talk, I expect we will find representatives
>>>
>>> of
>>> all kinds of faiths.
>>> I suspect the members of this list are predominantly Christian, but
>>> someone
>>> who is Mormon or Muslim could claim a rightful place here too, since we
>>> generally use the word, "faith" that broadly.
>>> And when we get people from divergent faiths together, there is bound to
>>> be
>>> disagreement about beliefs and practices.
>>> Isn't that part of the reason for such a list?  To learn what different
>>> strands of Christian faith, and even other faiths stand for?
>>> When we do that we are inevitably going to distinguish our beliefs from
>>> others.
>>> If Faith Talk is going to be open in its membership it should not require
>>> that everyone agree, nor should disagreement mean rejection.
>>> Since I stand within the Christian tradition I am most familiar with it,
>>> and
>>> see a pattern that has repeated itself over and over again.  We disagree
>>> and
>>> we separate.
>>> I don't have a great solution for this, because some differences are
>>> fundamental.
>>> But Faith Talk is not a list that is exclusive.  It is a kind of
>>> ecumenical
>>> gathering point where we will express points of view, distinguishing
>>> beliefs, and in the process of listening, perhaps come to a better
>>> discernment of why we believe what we believe.
>>> I have learned from some of the discussions that go on here.  I have not
>>> been persuaded to change my beliefs, but have a new understanding of
>>> where
>>> others are coming from.
>>> I will continue to listen.
>>> Blessings,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
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