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From: kwmc@mtuxo.UUCP (k.cochran)
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Subject: Auto-dialing Falwell - another perspective 2
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 14:11:31 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 17 14:11:31 1986
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> Since when is this autodialing campaign "suppress[ing] Jerry Falwell's right
> to freedom of speech"?  Perhaps I would have more sympathy for your viewpoint,
> except that the primary goals of these evangelistic churches are (in order of
> attention given by the church and therefore, one must assume, in order of
> importance to the church):
> 
> 1) Perpetuation of the church
> 2) Growth (membership growth, not spelled m-o-r-e- -b-e-l-i-e-v-e-r-s, but
   spelled m-o-r-e- -m-o-n-e-y and spelled m-o-r-e- -p-o-l-i-t-i-c-a-l
   i-n-f-l-u-e-n-c-e)
> 3) Bringing the church's programs/ideals/philosophies to fruition (a very
   distant third)

By encouraging other's to illegally harass organizations and tie up their
phone lines they are interfering with the ability of that organization
and its supporters to communicate.

A country gets the kind of TV it wants. If people pay for air time for
Jerry Falwell, that's what they get. If people pay for magazines which
have commercials implying that cigarette smoking is a step FORWARD for women
and buy that brand, of course it perpetuates such nonsense. That is their right.

It is interesting to note that many Tv/radio religious broadcasters (the
reputable ones) recognize the problem of financial responsibility and
make a point of publishing their financial policies and accounts and have
formed the ECFA (Ecumenical Council for Financial Accountability)  Such
organizations include Focus on the Family and The Navigators. Your statement
that implies ALL evangelicals are money hungry and irresponsible is just 
NOT TRUE.

		Ken Cochran   mtuxo!kwmc