Subject:
|
Re: A Lego display fund raiser
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.org.us.michlug
|
Date:
|
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:35:11 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
449 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Chris Leach writes:
> > Aftrernoon guys/girls.Tony Hedglen a fellow michlug member(he helped us at
> > the train show and was at the meeting in Lansing)sent me this email
> > LMKWYT................
> >
> >
> > Hey Chris.
> >
> > I wanted to talk to you about something.
> >
> > The Catholic churches are trying to build a new youth center so the youth
> > can go to retreat.
>
> This fund drive, then, is to support religious instruction. While I do
> support faith based charities that are providing secular services to those
> in need, I can't support this particular one since it is pure and simply...
> proselytizing(sp?). I don't support missionary activities.
>
> It sounds like there are enough MICHLUG/LTC members to put something nice
> together without me, which is great!
>
> However, I would prefer it not be done under the MICHLUG banner, though, as
> it implies that the group supports a particular faith, and that, I think, is
> not a good position to be in. We then to be consistent would need to support
> other faith based missionary activities as well.
>
> More importantly I would want it not to detract from our other activities
> (the con, the GR show) which are club building activities rather than
> activities that use club strength to support something else. I am not sure
> we are strong enough to do things that are not strength building.
>
> So to reiterate, I think it's great if individual members go off and do
> this, but not under the aegis of the club, please.
Larry,as a catholic i understand the whole religious thing and it's
implications.(however to be honest i'm what you would call a non practicing
cathoilc.As someone who has studied history his whole life i don't
particapate to much in a something that more wars have been fought over/for
then any thing else including land or type of gov.)We can do this as just
members of this great state who want to show our creations.
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: A Lego display fund raiser
|
| (...) This fund drive, then, is to support religious instruction. While I do support faith based charities that are providing secular services to those in need, I can't support this particular one since it is pure and simply... proselytizing(sp?). I (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
|
30 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
