[Vision2020] Liar, Liar, pants on...well let's just leave that one alone

DonaldH675@aol.com DonaldH675@aol.com
Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:32:28 EST


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Visionaries:
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Once again (and again and again and again) efforts are made to distract=20
attention from the upcoming opinion conference and the doctrines of theocrat=
ic=20
government.  The =E2=80=9Clie=E2=80=9D I told, is, I think, the following si=
ngle sentence at the=20
end of a long (well, there it is, proof that my emails are as interminable a=
s=20
Auntie continually tells me they are) letter about the book, (hold you breat=
h)=20
Slavery as It Was.  The email was written on August 21, 2002 proving also, I=
=20
suppose, my prescient eye for future topics of interest to Visionaries.  Ms.=
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Jones did email me privately to rebuke me about this error.  I offered to=20
apologize on line, and I believe she left it to my conscience.  At the time,=
 and=20
even today, I find a retraction just plain silly.  Nonetheless, to avoid cau=
sing=20
others to =E2=80=9Cstumble=E2=80=9D here is the sentence, followed by the pr=
ess release from=20
Canon Press describing the book.
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=E2=80=9C...By the way, Canon Press will be releasing another of Steve Wilki=
n's noble=20
Confederacy "books" in September.=E2=80=9D    =20


and from Canon Press:
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=E2=80=9CFACE TO FACE: Meditations on Friendship and Hospitality
by Steve Wilkins=20
The Christian faith presents friendship and hospitality not as luxuries but=20
necessities. God does not save us in isolation but in community with other=20
people. There is no possibility of living to the glory of God apart from god=
ly=20
companions. In this book, Steve Wilkins seeks to call us back to the joyous=20
obligations of friendship and hospitality. He spells out the biblical virtue=
s that=20
nurture both, as well as the stumbling blocks that will hinder us. Item=20
#T-108, paperback, 144 pages=E2=80=A6$10.00=E2=80=9D
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I don't know what the biblical punishment for being wrong is, but I hope it=20
doesn't involve cutting out my tongue, or chopping off my fingers.
Rose Huskey

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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=
=3D"Times New Roman">Once again (and again and again and again) efforts are=20=
made to distract attention from the upcoming&nbsp;opinion conference and the=
 doctrines of theocratic government.&nbsp; The =E2=80=9Clie=E2=80=9D I told,=
 is, I think, the following single sentence at the end of a long (well, ther=
e it is, proof that my emails are as interminable as Auntie continually tell=
s me they are) letter about the book, (hold you breath) <I style=3D"mso-bidi=
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r=3D"2002">August 21, 2002</st1:date> proving also, I suppose, my prescient=20=
eye for future topics of interest to Visionaries.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun=
: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Ms. Jones did email me privately to rebuke me about thi=
s error.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I offered to apologi=
ze on line, and I believe she left it to my conscience.<SPAN style=3D"mso-sp=
acerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>At the time, and even today, I find a retraction=20=
just plain silly.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Nonetheless=
, to avoid causing others to =E2=80=9Cstumble=E2=80=9D here is the sentence,=
 followed by the press release from Canon Press describing the book.<o:p></o=
:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>=E2=80=9C...By the way, Canon Press will be releasing another=
 of Steve Wilkin's noble Confederacy "books" in September.=E2=80=9D&nbsp;&nb=
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black"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>=E2=80=9CFACE TO FACE: </FONT=
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New Roman">Meditations on Friendship and Hospitality<BR>by Steve Wilkins <o:=
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an faith presents friendship and hospitality not as luxuries but necessities=
. God does not save us in isolation but in community with other people. Ther=
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s. In this book, Steve Wilkins seeks to call us back to the joyous obligatio=
ns of friendship and hospitality. He spells out the biblical virtues that nu=
rture both, as well as the stumbling blocks that will hinder us. Item #T-108=
, paperback, 144 pages=E2=80=A6$10.00=E2=80=9D</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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