[Faith-talk] faith talk: churches and socialization

[Beth Taurasi]

Dear list,
A lot of churches are probably the only places I can find sighted and 
otherwise good friends here in Denver.  It's awful to think that some of 
my Catholic friends have been better than that.  For instance, when I 
was in college, I would go to places in Tallahassee with the Catholic 
students.  I went go carting, golfing, etc.  But now, no college, no 
work, nothing.  I don't get too much social time outside church because 
everybody's working, married, etc.  It's weird.
Beth

On 12/18/2013 8:15 AM, Maureen Pranghofer wrote:
> Hi
> You said >
> no one will invite me over to their place for a meal and some good
> conversation. > and I changed the subject line here because honestly I 
> don't think it's all about blindness.  I just heard bemoanings from a 
> good friend who has no disabilities complaining that people are social 
> in church but not at all outside of church.  She noted that if she 
> doesn't come to church for a week or two when she comes they tell her 
> how much they miss her.  But if they missed her why didn't they call 
> or email?  Why was there never a note? Why are there never any social 
> invites?
> And a friend of mine joined a church hoping for some socialization and 
> found that people go to church, greet each other warmly afterward and 
> then leave. As the body of Christ we need to be with each other other 
> then when we are in the church building.
> Maureen
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Paul
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 8:02 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
>
> I've an answer to this problem about the church pitying us because of our
> blindness, and I read this statement many years ago in a book about blind
> welfare from the RNIB.  The main reason, as I and the author of the 
> book see
> it, is that there is yet no practical substitution to the human eye.  For
> some deaf and hard of hearing people there is the cochlear implant and 
> for
> people who have lost limbs or arms there are artificial ones which, 
> although
> naturally not like the originals in their totality, nevertheless work to
> some extent.  Unfortunately even in my church, even though they don't 
> pity
> me, no one will invite me over to their place for a meal and some good
> conversation.  This happened after our Thanksgiving Day service, and I 
> pray
> it won't happen after Christmas Day services either.  Hope that was an
> adequate explanation.  Paul
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ Sandefur" 
> <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:53 PM
> Subject: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
>
>
>> Dear list, First, as someone wi!th a doctorate in theology, I must 
>> say I've not seen anywhere in scripture Christ refur to blindness as 
>> something to be looked upon as evil, and yet, the church tens to pity 
>> us. I've not seen this in my own church thank the Lord, but I know 
>> some of you have. God allowed to be blind, and I don't need some 
>> faulse teacher to tell me to claim my healing, just so they can bum 
>> money off me
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