[Faith-talk] Refutation and preeminent repudiation totheZionistsubjection.

[Sheila Leigland]

I agree that these are valid questions and I'm willing to bet that many 
of us have run up against this stuff in regard to our faith. I dnow that 
the church isn't subject to the ada so I'm letting people know that I 
told the pastor of our church that we wouldn't attend or become members 
if discrimination was going to exist. We were up front with this subject 
right away. Our dogs have been welcomed and we are encouraged to 
participate in whatever ways that we choose. Our pastor agrees that we 
are the ones to decide if we need accomidations of some kind or not. It 
has been a really nice change.
On 7/20/2014 8:36 AM, debby phillips via Faith-talk wrote:
> 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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