i am a christian and when this happens, i take time to give these [sometimes
well meaning, sometimes pieous jerks (assume the 1st)] a big theology
lesson. when they step away they have some bible verses to look up and lots
to think about.
  by the way, i just personnally believe that the apostle could have had
cerebral palsy or something similar, not the eye disease that all the
scholars seem to favor.


and oh, i'd have took free tickets to asia and worked up a vatction trip
around them.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Arnold [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Having CP in Public (was: Today)


The times when people make me the most mad and scared are the times when I'm
somewhere in public and they think nothing of coming up to me and offering
preyers for me so god heels me.  I know that people would love to help and
care for me but I don't believe we should begin talking about religious
things anywhere and everywhere especially to people we don't know like what
people have done to my family and me.  Once we were on a business trip for
PRC, and we had the afternoon without any meetings planned so we decided to
take the subway in Pittsburgh just for something fun.  It was fun and
interesting alright, a woman was on the train and was talking very
religiously to me about heeling, giving me a bible and offering me airplane
tickets to heeling baths in Asia or wherever they are.  My little brother
was scared and so were my parents just because she was coming on to me so
strongly with her ideas.  Also after we got off the train, she was following
us some more and scaring everybody.

We have also been to restaurants around here, where people have actually
came up to our booth and start praying to me and we have actually had to
walk out sometimes.  To me, the family in the next booth over might have
more serious problems needing prayer and help, but people don't see it.

Thanks,
Anthony