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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>A behooved reply to some of Ms. Keely's
unmix....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>she states: "<FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>That Ed finds homosexual behavior sinful is one thing, although I hope he
<BR>would at least appeal to his understanding of the Bible and not to his own
<BR>disgust over what he perceives as icky -- we're in trouble if Ed's standards
<BR>become the norm"...</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Wake up Ms. Mix, my standards are the
norm--well, except in 'round town Moscow or in San Francisco. And this beacon of
truth hopes they stay that way...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>--Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kjajmix1@msn.com href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ecooper@turbonet.com
href="mailto:ecooper@turbonet.com">ecooper@turbonet.com</A> ; <A
title=privatejf32@hotmail.com
href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com">privatejf32@hotmail.com</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:14
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Spam] Re: [Spam] [Vision2020]
Why Go After Them?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Earlier this week, I apologized to Ed for having said that the
"light" he <BR>shone forth was, unlike the light of Christ to which he was
referring, <BR>simply garish, obnoxious, and without value (I was much more
colorful, but <BR>there's no need to repeat it). I had second thoughts
and apologized, <BR>thinking I was judgmental, harsh, and unduly
condemning.<BR><BR>Never mind.<BR><BR>Based on his comments below, which are
another foaming-at-the-mouth rant <BR>against homosexuality, I think I was
right. He is all heat, not light, and <BR>whatever flashes of brilliance
he shows are not intellectual in nature but <BR>simply flashes of momentary
ocular interruption.<BR><BR>That Ed finds homosexual behavior sinful is one
thing, although I hope he <BR>would at least appeal to his understanding of
the Bible and not to his own <BR>disgust over what he perceives as icky --
we're in trouble if Ed's standards <BR>become the norm. And while I have
said before that Christians who hold to a <BR>conservative reading of
Scripture regarding homosexuality are not <BR>automatically better Christians,
more Christlike and mature, than those who <BR>don't, I will acknowledge that
most conservative Christians see the behavior <BR>condemned in the
Bible. But while there is legitimate dispute over <BR>prooftexts that
appear to be ironclad to some and not so to others, there is <BR>NO dispute
over the entirety of the OT and NT text, which calls for love as <BR>the
highest ideal. Not heterosexuality, not conservatism, not
<BR>fundamentalism, not even disgust at sin. And so, on that basis, I
can <BR>readily and unapologetically conclude that Ed is not shining forth the
light <BR>of his Savior, but a cheap and entirely offensive counterfeit that
does no <BR>one any good -- and certainly doesn't glorify God.<BR><BR>More
immediately bizarre, of course, is that he considers the polygamy of
<BR>Colorado City to be less evil than even committed, loving homosexual
<BR>relationships. Remember what Ed apparently can't grasp: that
the Warren <BR>Jeffs brand of polygamy, and much if not most other examples of
quasi-Mormon <BR>polygamy, are not examples of sexually healthy, free,
autonomous and of-age <BR>women simply being satisfied by one loving, albeit
fickle, stud. These <BR>"women" are often young teenagers, and none of
them has the security of a <BR>loving community around them; the self-worth
and confidence to refuse sexual <BR>attention or childbearing; the autonomy to
turn down "marriages" to men who <BR>are strangers to them, or, worse, family
members; or the economic and social <BR>viability to escape. Girls are
raped, boys are cast out as "competition" to <BR>the horny perverts who mask
as God's chosen leaders of the home, church, and <BR>society, and women are
consigned to a form of sexual slavery that is no less <BR>horrific because
"God" is invoked in its practice.<BR><BR>Ed should be ashamed that he finds
the practice of homosexuality, even <BR>between two adults who love each
other, more repugnant than the above. On <BR>the other hand, patriarchy
and homophobia are two monuments to an idol <BR>located south of a man's
heart, and protecting that idol evidently involves <BR>more bigotry than most
people can possibly muster.<BR><BR>keely<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>From: "Ed" <<A
href="mailto:ecooper@turbonet.com">ecooper@turbonet.com</A>><BR>To: "J
Ford" <<A
href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com">privatejf32@hotmail.com</A>>, <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>Subject:
Re: [Spam] [Vision2020] Why Go After Them?<BR>Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:22:16
-0700<BR><BR>Hey J:<BR><BR>Since my name was used derogatorily in your losing
exchange with Dale, I <BR>feel compelled to add my two cents. Although, I'm
not a polygamist, I see <BR>it's fruits (no pun intended) far less damaging
than those of the abnormal, <BR>twisted, despicable perversion of
homosexuality...<BR><BR> ----- Original Message
-----<BR> From: J Ford<BR> To: <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:12 PM<BR> Subject: [Spam]
[Vision2020] Why Go After Them?<BR><BR><BR> Dale
C:<BR><BR> Criminal Probe of Church<BR><BR> The
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) is
<BR>one<BR> of a number of polygamist sects in and near Utah.
Followers believe the<BR> Mormons went the wrong direction when it
abandoned polygamy more than a<BR> century ago as Utah was seeking
statehood.<BR><BR> Since we're in the middle of redefining
"marriage", why go after this <BR>group?<BR><BR>
Me:<BR><BR> ARE YOU FRIGGING KIDDING???!!! This group is so
abusing its members,<BR> women/children mostly, and you have to
ask why they are being looked into<BR> and sought
after?<BR><BR> CD Witmer says:<BR><BR> Why go after
this group? Well, apart from the fact that they are<BR>
polygamists, they have the "look and feel" of WASPs and therefore don't
<BR>get<BR> protected status. Now if they were promoting
multiple-partner HOMOSEXUAL<BR> marriage, you can bet they would
be protected.<BR><BR> Me:<BR><BR> Geez, dude - what
world do you live in? You can't possibly be this sick<BR>
that you believe the crap you spew?! Don't tell me - you're one of
those<BR> "we whites have to stick together or get lost in the
crowd" kinda<BR> guys....like Mr. Ed?<BR><BR> Anyone
else see a parallel of Colorado City to the Moscow that Dougie-Boy
<BR>is<BR> working to create? He may not be talking multiple
marriages at one time<BR> (yet) but he certainly has the land
development , "own(ing of) businesses<BR> and property," the
harassment of former members, etc. and other illegal<BR>
activities part down. Only a matter of time....if Moscow just closes
<BR>it's<BR> eyes long enough.<BR><BR> J
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