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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Gary</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>If <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:PersonName>
is the purveyor of evil that you say it is, why are no churches in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place> rushing to join you
in your crusade to make their existence difficult? Could it be that these same
churches see you and yours as "something else?"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Me:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I’m not sure if I
understand the point argued here. This could be taken as an argument for the
fact that CC is not a purveyor of evil to the extent that some on Vision 2020
claim; or else it could be taken as an argument that other churches do not like
the way some on Vision 2020 publicly criticize CC. I do not think it would be
good to take it as a valid argument for both of these claims however. So
perhaps <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gary</st1:City></st1:place>
could clarify his point. There are churches or other Christians that do significantly
agree with some of the assessment of CC found here on Vision 2020, so it would
seem that <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gary</st1:City></st1:place>’s
work will be a bit tricky if he wants to pick the former claim. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Also, I believe that Tom’s
question—what <st1:City w:st="on">Gary</st1:City> is responding to here—is
a good one; I do not believe <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gary</st1:place></st1:City>
has successfully addressed that question here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Michael Metzler<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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