ATTENTION

[Guest guest]

When someone asked for advice about their son with religion, that was

fine to offer help. I didn't consider it so much a religion topic as

I did a request for help. However no matter how you look at it, it's

still a discussion on religion. I also want to stress, when

discussing evangelists or others on this list by name, what you say

you may consider facts, but it's opinions and hearsay without

evidence to back it up. When talking to a child about religion,

especially a disabled child, it gets very tricky. There are good and

bad out there when it comes to anything, not just religion. My point

was how would you teach a child to determine who is real and who

isn't? How would you even come to that conclusion, becausee they ask

for money? You work a job and get payed. The autism society asks for

donations and money as well as many other organizations. So are they

fake or bad? It takes money to help people and run a broadcast. It

takes quite a bit to even turn one of those camera on. When a topic

such as religion comes on a list it can become very contrversial and

cause many problems. I don't want that happening here. That was my

point. Also a post came through I was moderating that started out

with Moderator read your Bible. It got erased by mistake before I

actually read it. I just wanted to clarify to that person, I do read

my Bible. I was raised in church. My Dad was a pastor, not on tv I

may add. So I know the Bible. I happen to be a christian and what is

in a person's heart is not for me to judge. I have gone to church and

heard people speak I did not agree with but I did not point fingers

and right away assume they were bad. There are many ways one can

interpret the Bible. Everyone on this list can read the same verse

and interpret it differently. But because we would look at it

comnpletely different doesn't make any of us bad. It's important to

let a child explore. Explain how you feel about the subject and let

them make up their own minds. You don't have to teach them to

question every thing they hear or go around trying to prove someone

wrong or right. I respect everyones belief and there are many things

I agree and disagree with. This list is about support not offending

anyone. I am sure that tv preachers do get a bad rap and the ones

that do wrong give the good ones a bad name. However the same can

relate to many things. I started out by saying religion is a touchy

subject. This is a support list. When I posted my email, I received

many emails in the defensive mode. I rest my case. Moderator