Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
You said:

I do not have time for it, nor do i have an interest in it, when simple facts cannot even be agreed on.

Mark, my friend, is it really “simple” and are there “facts” that we deny? I honestly think that you do a lot of skimming and that you don’t really read the comments here because you miss a lot. Dave brought out the difference between what he actually said and what you quoted him saying. I do not think that you mean to do this. I just think that you have an opinion that is so set in stone that you can’t really pay close enough attention to the opinions of others. I am of the strong opinion that if what one believes is truth, it does not hurt to actually understand the opposition first in order to respond. I believe that if one takes the opposing person’s position and works hard to understand, then one can either know how best to correct the other person in love or one’s own eyes may well be opened. But if one can’t really hear what the opposition is saying, one is in a difficult place to do any good. Remember that all of us have our eyes blinded to something. If we are willing to hear both sides with an open heart, I believe that God can help us in areas where we may be wrong and don’t even know it.

It would sure be nice if you stuck around. There is no one who has brought so much heat, yet who has been so loved as a brother as you are. You are honestly special. How could you even think of leaving this special group of brothers and sisters in Christ?

Also I resent my answers to you on that private matter that we have been discussing and I still haven’t heard back from you whether you got the resent emails of not. **Mark** are you going to leave me hanging on that one too? **Sniff**