Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Standards....... Might be better to forget it......
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 17:41:12 -0400

Please refrain from posts such as this on LUG! Take it to
rec.religion.foolishness please.

kw

>After reading digest 135 and discovering where my suggestion for setting
>standards for a www lug page fell amongst the most recent
>postings......... (big disadvantage of the digest mode)   I've come to
>the conclusion that I personally do not want to page through the postings
>of personal attacks towards Lug members that would apparently come with
>such a discussion.  I would have probably withheld the suggestion had I
>read the prior messages.
>
>A www page for the Lug could be a great way for luggers to share images
>rather than criticism.  On the other hand, it could be the next source of
>personal criticism attacking the value of the photographs posted and the
>competence of the photographer.
>
>I would only be involved with the project if the content was such (in
>practical terms) that I  would be comfortable showing the page and it's
>links to my 3 year old, my wife and my in-laws and my home church
>pastor..........  (Theologically speaking, God,  whether you believe in
>him or not, already knows what we are thinking, doing and looking at.  So
>in reality, I am more concerned about pleasing him than being embarrassed
>by showing the page to my father-in-law)
>
>If you don't care about what God thinks, then you can do anything you
>want within the realm of the law.  The Bible, whether you believe in it
>or not, does teach that there are future consequences for our present
>actions though, and it clearly teaches that there is a heaven and there
>is a hell....  Don't just take my word for it,  for starters, read Romans
>3:23 and 24 and Revelation 20:11-15.  the solution is easy and is found
>in John 3:16 and a zillion other verses throughout the New Testament.
>
>I've already WAY overstepped my bounds as this is a group about Leica,
>not spiritual or unspiritual matters, I did not intend any of the above
>for any one specific person.  But, I feel God has led me to share this
>with you all.  It's your decision to make.
>
>Please Please PLEASE do not respond to this in any way shape or form on
>the LUG,  I will accept any criticism or comments via private email.
>Please remember though, this is God's message as found in the Bible, I'm
>just a humble messenger.
>
>Duane Birkey
>
>HCJB World Radio
>Quito Ecuador


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