Re: prayer/religion on the list

February 6, 2004

Hal and everyone,

I am with you. I would not want anyone here to feel that they were being

disrespected or to be offended. I don't believe that anyone has tried to convert

anyone to their own beliefs or even made a big thing of what they believe for

themselves. Yes, many of us have said " I am (fill in religion) " but no one has

said " And you should be too! " I have yet to see anyone be disrespectful about

any religion. I was raised to respect all religions and everyone's beliefs,

even if they do not include a religion at all. It is not up to me to tell

people what to believe. (ok that is MY belief)

I do understand the reasoning behind the " no religion on the list " idea. Some

faiths do teach that in order to be a good member, that you HAVE to

preach/promote a specific idea. The only thing that I was really questioning is

that it hasn't happened here, so while " prayer " is part of " religion " , it is

pretty non-specific as to what religion they are referring. It really doesn't

offend me to be asked to pray, but if it is a problem for anyone else I guess we

could go back to the " special thoughts " and " good vibes " euphemisms for prayer.

It just seems a bit silly to me when we all know that we are really saying that

we will pray. Oh well! Whatever the moderators want is fine. We are all

respectful of each other and I respect the moderators reasons for the " no

religion on the list " thing anyway. OK I will try not to say anything else

about the subject!

Re: Say a prayer

Just a friendly reminder of cfparents list rules.

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