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From: Greg.See-Kee@f631.n712.z3.fidonet.org (Greg See-Kee)
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Subject: Re: disABILITIES
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Date: 20 Jul 90 20:17:26 GMT
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 GZ> I am a VERY pragmatic individual.  Sometimes to the point of 
 GZ> being considered to be brusque and relatively unsensitive, but, 
 GZ> that ain't necessarily so.  However, I try to unfailingly go 
 GZ> straight to the "bottom line" of any issue.

To amplify any such TERSE & seemingly BRUTAL overtones, this BBS
CONFERENCE communication medium does not help.   Trying to create
a full impression of the TOTAL person behind the messages is
almost impossible - in these Fidonet conferences.

 GZ> 1.  Before any emotional healing can be really accomplished, a
         ^^^^^^
 GZ>     person needs to, not only accept Jesus Christ as Savior
                ^^^^^
 GZ>  (and for forgiveness) but totally commit ones whole life, all
 GZ>  your personall rights, and the truth about
      everything to Him.
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I feel very SORRY for you.   You are putting ALL  your eggs in
the ONE basket.  Very many studies show that the Alcoholics
Anonymous approach does NOT suit the majority of alcoholics.

By trying to adopt your extremism, many people are being
condemned to longtime (if not life-long) misery.  In a truly free
society, we also have the freedom to seek alternatives.

 GZ>     2A. There is a principal that works in people's lives that 
 GZ>         goes, "I will ALWAYS act in accordance with what I 
 GZ>     belive is true."  Also, it's a truth that you (anyone) will 
 GZ>     eventually believe what you continually tell yourself.
     
Hence the dreadful waste of money & emotion on all sorts of
"miracle" cures!

 GZ>    2B.  So, the real issue is that since none of us has a better
 GZ>         lock on what's true than God, we NEED to believe that 
                                      ^^^
 GZ>         what He says is true...even when it conflicts with what
                  ^^
 GZ>         we feel.

Again I feel very sorry for you.  Most people in the world don't
have just one "god".   For example, they might believe in "Lady
Luck", or the Saints, or the "Devil(s)", or even "Interplanetary
Beings".

I hope that you are being sexist "He" - because of the shotomings
of the English-language, which does not have a neuter-sex to
replace She and He.
     
 GZ>        that the Lord's Word is far more true
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'd rather beieve in the scientific-medical training of the
people we call medical physicians or nurses, or para-medics.
When the desert-living Arabs wrote their books, they didn't know
about micro-surgery and anti-biotics.

... c:\dos\sign.lis

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