[Faith-talk] Independence

[Debby Phillips]

HiKendra I hope to get to meet you sometime. i grew up in Oregon.  i am fairly new toNFB as i spent many years in ACB and am currently a student at the Colorado Center for the Blind.  i am revelling in the independence i am gaining.  i see a place in the Federation for people who believe in God and those who do not.  Keep those Oregon legislators challenged!    peace,    Debbyent from my iPhone

On Apr 26, 2013, at 6:52 PM, "Comcast e-mail" <baltimore777 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi everyone! The NFB is in place to promote indenpendence and to make lives for blind people better. I am a Pagan, an NFB member and an Oregonian with Rettinopothy of Premiturity. I believe that Christiannity is one of many paths to eternity, the tunnel and the light. If you don't have a religian, that is fine. Even in the Pagan community, we have many paths to eternity. Most of my friends are Christians. I have worked with them to improve either their own lives or the lives of blind people as a whole. I have also known many people of other religians or the lac there of either because I was raised by them, educated by them or just got fortunent enough to work alongside them. I am independent because I chose to be independent. I am a Pagan because I chose to be a Pagan. Paganism is the right path for me. I joined the NFB because I like the pholosphy. I do my best to make lives for blind people of all faiths better. As for the Pagan component, that is just as much of a charituristic as being blind is. It's just part of who I am. Believe it or not, I have had more problems with discrimination from being blind than I ever have with being a Pagan. That is why I go out of my way to make lives for blind people better. I want a better world for blind people. I have banged my head on the wall with the Oregon State Legeslature more than once all because I want to make life better for blind people. when I mean better, I mean, better education for blind children so that they can become independent adults, for those who go blind later in life, better intragration into their lives as they readjust their lives, and of course, better technology for blind people from all walks of life just to make better improvements that they wouldn't get if it wasn't in place. As for spiritual guidence, I have the Native American Creator, Mother Earth, and many other spiritual beings alongside me to guide and protect me. That doesn't mean that I'm not independent. In fact, I am very independent as a blind person. I wouldn't know myself if I wasn't an independent, blind Pagan and NFB member.
> Kendra
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
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>> I understand the NFB promote
>> Independence. However as Christians, aren't we suposed to be dependent upon Christ in every aspect of our life? What are your thoughts? I see it as I am able to live interdependently. Yes, the skills I've learned have in abled me to get around, but I still need his guidence through out life. RJ
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