[Faith-talk] Refutation and preeminent repudiationtotheZionistsubjection.

[Maureen Pranghofer]

Hi
I've been on vacation during the past 2 weeks without email and so am doing 
some catching up.  Great questions.
>
How does blindness
affect our faith? >
I think that because blind people do not have as many distractions as others 
as a broad generalization we tend to be more self focused and perhaps have 
more interspection.  Because of this I think that perhaps we are somewhat 
more spiritually focussed then other people with perhaps a faith that is 
more established.  Also, it is hard for someone without disabilities to 
trust because they can do basically everything themselves, or at least they 
think they can.  But we have to trust people for help and so I think that 
concept of trusting is more ingrained in us and therefore affects our faith 
in a positive way.
>
And how does blindness affect how we deal with
others of differing religions? >
I know I don't have much tolerance when someone's religion causes me to not 
be able to do something I want, and know that at the same time I need to be 
loving, I also need to find a balance of speaking truth and frankly, that's 
something in which I have room for growth.  Thank the good Lord that when 
that conversation needs to happen He will provide the right words at the 
right time.
>
if a law requires
that I do something that I find reprehensible because of my
faith, how do I deal with that?
>
I honestly haven't run into that as I haven't had to face something like 
abortion or falling in love with someone my same sex.  It would really take 
prayer, wisdom, and a firm decision as to what choice to make.
Maureen


-----Original Message----- 
From: debby phillips via Faith-talk
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:36 AM
To: Ashley Bramlett ; Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion ; 
joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com ; faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Refutation and preeminent 
repudiationtotheZionistsubjection.

Hey Ashley, I think your topic is right on.  How does blindness
affect our faith? And how does blindness affect how we deal with
others of differing religions? Now, that may sound strange, so
read me out.  First of all, I'll deal with my second question.
There are various cultures and faiths that view blindness very
negatively.  How do people overcome those obstacles? As a dog
user how do I deal with a cab driver who refuses to allow my dog
in his cab because he is Muslim and believes that dogs are
unclean? how do we deal with issues that affect our rights and
someone's freedom of religion? For instance, if a law requires
that I do something that I find reprehensible because of my
faith, how do I deal with that?

Then my first question, how does blindness affect my faith? Well,
in one way it does not.  What I believe is in my heart, and I try
to live out my faith every day, showing the love of Jesus to
others.  And I want to be of service to others.  But what happens
when people say, You can't do this or that because of your
blindness.  As a Catholic, I wanted to enter a particular
community of nuns.  (This was years ago and now I am married).
But they did not want to have "anyone with handicaps" in their
community.  Good luck with that, when members get older and have
disabilities.  Churches in the United States are not required to
follow the rules of the ADA.  So what recourse does a person
have? These are topics that I think are blindness-related, and
certainly NFB related.  Thanks for reading.    Blessings,
Debby

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