Yes , The Lord loves everybody.  Kathy who is a
Catholic





--- Betty B <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Lord loves everyone, even you huh?  You're
> diplomatic exit would have
> been more than I would have been able to
> muster.  That's where I would
> have...um...probably done the same darned
> thing.  That's the thing about
> being a kid.
>
> I'm sorry that happened to you.  Unfortunately
> Kat, you probably have a
> thousand or more stories similar to that, even
> if not from the religious
> front.  The mighty arm of ableism has enjoyed a
> long and diverse reach, and
> has wounded many a soul.
>
> It will fall.  The empire of ableism will fall
> because we are CAUSING it to
> fall.
>
> Dan has rather a frightening story about being
> pursued by a fanatic.  The
> encounter was much more aggressive.
>
> I am wanting to tell them that if I am made in
> God's image, than God must
> have a disability.  I said something of this
> nature right in a church class
> one Sunday not too long ago.  We were going
> around the table talking about
> our issues with God or something; when had we
> been angry with God, I think
> the topic was.  When it came to be my turn, I
> started by saying "Well, in the
> first place, my God has a disability."  Nobody
> said anything.  What were they
> gonna do?  They were all within punching
> distance, and my minister was
> sitting right there.  They can't beat me up in
> front of our minister ;-)
>
> You think I don't push disability rights to the
> max there?  Oh please, do let
> me find out that someone from my own church
> used scripture as a platform to
> advertise their able body supremacist views.
>
> Do let me find out that someone from my own
> church HAS able body supremacist
> views.  Probably some do, you know how it is
> with all people.  We're human
> beings, you know.  I'll tell you though, junk
> thinking doesn't get a thriving
> environment where I worship.
>
> When you walk away from a Christian, and feel
> bad about your encounter -- as
> though you had been condemned -- whatever was
> done or said to you that made
> you feel bad was not ordained by G-d.  The bad
> thing was initiated in the
> mind of your assailant.  Additionally, if
> somebody attacks you for your
> beliefs in the name of Christianity, they are
> not acting in accordance with
> scripture.  We are not instructed to injure our
> neighbors, but to love them.
>
>
> This is often a difficult task.  Some are
> taking instruction from Christian
> "leadership" that should not be.  Not everyone
> who has taken a place in the
> pulpit has done so by a calling from the
> Almighty.
>
> There are a number of people here who have
> shared tales of lousy encounters
> such as this, and I am very sorry.  I've heard
> that garbage myself as an
> adult and it makes me feel bad.  I'm sorry, and
> I'm terribly sorry for those
> of you who were subjected to that kind of
> oppressive junk when you were
> children.
>
> That's where it always gets me and holds my
> attention.  When I think of the
> crap that has been said and done to me being
> said and done to children with
> disabilities, I feel ballistic inside.  Totally
> ballistic.
>
> I'm not your standard Christian, but you could
> probably tell that right off.
>
>
> Betty
>
> In a message dated 1/20/2002 10:05:14 AM
> Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > Ugh.  You're all reminding me of the time I
> was walking down the street in
> > my old home town of North Hollywood, Calif.
> as a kid when this sweet, sweet
> > dumpling of an old lady stopped me.  She was
> in a flowery dress, with a
> > flowery hat and a Bible clutched in her
> hands, with a white handbag hanging
> > in the crook of her arm.
> >
> > "You are SO special." She boomed into my
> face.
> >
> > I gaped at her. "Huh?"
> >
> > "You are SO special!  The Lord must have seen
> something in you to make you
> > SO special."
> >
> > "I-" I sputtered.
> >
> > "Oh YES. The world is so beautiful, the sky
> is SO blue, the sun is shining,
> > the birds are singing, the Lord love
> everyone, even YOU."
> >
> > By this time I was edging away.  "Ah...
> Ma'am..."
> >
> > And I got out of there as fast as I could...!
> >
> > She still haunts me in my nightmares.
> >


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