LampShmamp Wrote:
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> SouthGate, I feel you are entitled to your
> opinion, even if your opinion extends to a certain
> tenderness towards Stevens that others do not
> subscribe to. Many of us turn up here because we
> have negative views about him and the Walk, but I
> have observed great variation here as to whether
> he was a man of God, how bad he became, and where
> and when he went wrong. No two posters seem to
> agree, so your conclusion does not seem all that
> outrageous to me. You shared your view honestly
> and fairly, and I support you in that, but I am a
> little surprised and curious about reading This
> Weeks. Why do you read them? I wish I could get
> my hands on some, but it would be for the sake of
> nostalgia and to gain unfiltered data straight out
> of the 70s as a check and balance for my memories
> and opinions. I suspect after a couple of pages
> the nostalgia factor would be fulfilled, however,
> and the impulse to run screaming in the other
> direction would be strong. Yet you get more out
> of them now, 40 years later? Like what? Is it
> possible you still believe all that stuff, after
> all that happened (and all that did not happen)?
> Again, no judgment either way from me, just very
> curious.
Hey Lamp, no offense taken. I would say that I get more out of them now, because I didn't usually take the time to read them when they came out. LOL! My wife always did read them and she still reads and believes most of what's written. I myself enjoyed the worship more than anything. I bought the last two music CD's that just has music of both old and new songs with no singing. I love listening to those more than any that have come out in awhile. I play those when I'm working from home and they help me concentrate. So I though I would try listen to them while reading the this weeks. I don't know about anyone else that has them, but it helps me to concentrate more when I read them.
Again, I'm not trying to talk anyone out of or into anything. As far as what did or didn't happen can be said about the bible depending on when things happened and by one's perspective. In my human way of thinking, which is wacked at times, Jesus said some very offensive things.
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> SouthGate, I feel you are entitled to your
> opinion, even if your opinion extends to a certain
> tenderness towards Stevens that others do not
> subscribe to. Many of us turn up here because we
> have negative views about him and the Walk, but I
> have observed great variation here as to whether
> he was a man of God, how bad he became, and where
> and when he went wrong. No two posters seem to
> agree, so your conclusion does not seem all that
> outrageous to me. You shared your view honestly
> and fairly, and I support you in that, but I am a
> little surprised and curious about reading This
> Weeks. Why do you read them? I wish I could get
> my hands on some, but it would be for the sake of
> nostalgia and to gain unfiltered data straight out
> of the 70s as a check and balance for my memories
> and opinions. I suspect after a couple of pages
> the nostalgia factor would be fulfilled, however,
> and the impulse to run screaming in the other
> direction would be strong. Yet you get more out
> of them now, 40 years later? Like what? Is it
> possible you still believe all that stuff, after
> all that happened (and all that did not happen)?
> Again, no judgment either way from me, just very
> curious.
Hey Lamp, no offense taken. I would say that I get more out of them now, because I didn't usually take the time to read them when they came out. LOL! My wife always did read them and she still reads and believes most of what's written. I myself enjoyed the worship more than anything. I bought the last two music CD's that just has music of both old and new songs with no singing. I love listening to those more than any that have come out in awhile. I play those when I'm working from home and they help me concentrate. So I though I would try listen to them while reading the this weeks. I don't know about anyone else that has them, but it helps me to concentrate more when I read them.
Again, I'm not trying to talk anyone out of or into anything. As far as what did or didn't happen can be said about the bible depending on when things happened and by one's perspective. In my human way of thinking, which is wacked at times, Jesus said some very offensive things.