[nfbwatlk] What is Faith Talk

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
I thought it had a good place to be and it was meant to be 
nondenominational, like not just Christian but any type of faith 
organization where blind people needed help with discrimination issues.  I'm 
sorry to hear that it is no longer the open-minded group it
was meant to be. I wonder why someone isn't doing something about the 
misleading direction the group has gone.
Thanks
Lauren
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] What is Faith Talk


> Debby:
>
> Faithf-talk is the list run by the nfb in Communities of Faith, one of our 
> divisions. The division deals with discrimination against us in worship 
> and other church activities. It was supposed to be nondenominational 
> (including welcoming of Jews)but has degenerated into a list where 
> Evangelicals and Fundamentalists profess their faith to the point that 
> there is now a separate list begun by Jewish members. Frankly, I consider 
> the division a danger to nfb's mission in that IMO it fosters the sort of 
> us versus them mentality we don't need in the Movement. Moreover, to me, 
> worship discrimination is no different in kind from the usual social 
> discrimination we face every day so there is no need for the division. You 
> may find otherwise and that's OK.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 4, 2012, at 8:08, debby phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, what is faith-talk?  It's an NFB mailing list, but what sort of list? 
>> Thanks.    Debby
>>
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