Kathy and Behymer List, It is amusing that the 'opinion' exists that among polite company it is not proper to discuss religion or politics! Why is this absurd opinion so blindly agreed to? If salvation is not important, God would have kept his opinion to himself and not wasted the time and lives of prophets he called to preach to the ignorant. If politics isn't important then our Founding Fathers pledged themselves and all they possessed for nothing! Those who push the line that it isn't polite to discuss religion or politics are the VERY THIEVES THAT WOULD DENY YOU INFORMATION TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD OR TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS NATION WAS FORMED! Absolutely, we each have a right to an opinion, well thought out or not, and I would be last one to force an opinion upon another. I am, however, not above providing information I feel is important to knowing God or understanding historically/currently what is happening in our nation. An abundance of actual fact will never cause us to make wrong decisions! The absence of sufficient fact will spell the demise of our nation. Any information I pass on will be clearly marked as "Chat- and a subject". Please don't be offended by effort at education on what I feel is terribly important at this time in American history. No offense is meant. Thanks for your responses! Rob Kathy Friend wrote: > > Hello Twila and all, > > As a member of this mailing list, I'd like to say that I agree with > Cousin David. Let's keep religion and > politics to ourselves. I'm sure each one on the list has an opinion on > each topic and each opinion is > different. As Americans, we have the right to our own opinion. But, > when we try to force our > opinions onto others, that is, indeed, an invasion of privacy. I detest > being told what to do, and especially > don't appreciate being told how to think. > > At one time, didn't we agree that the Behymers had a streak of > stubbornness??? > > Just my opinion! > Kathy > > ==== BEHYMER Mailing List ==== > What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other > name would smell as sweet--Shakespeare > Bechtolsheimer, Beckelhimer, P.Simer, Becklehamer, Behymer, . . . . . .