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Titolo: A note from a missionary friend.

Hey all,
I got the following note from an old buddy  (and AP) of mine in the West 
Virginia mission.  Apparently he followed the mission website to my page.  
(
http://www.rpi.edu/~milled4
   ---hasn't been updated for a while.) It's 
probably one of the weirdest responses I've ever received.  Do you think it 
deserves a response?
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Dave, tell me you're just shittin' me about all the gay references!?  Don't 
scare me like that!!!  What a shame.  After teaching discussions with you and 
knowing that you knew that the church was true-- to hear this just makes me 
sick.  You can quote as many people as you like and justify yourself through 
citing the Bible; but, you know and I know that this type of lifestyle is 
wrong.   At least leave this type of information off the mission web page, I 
sure in the hell didn't need to hear that someone I respected so much went 
off the deep end.  Send me a current place of address so I can beat some 
sense into you (ha,ha just kidding).  Take care.
 
 
Sincerely,
 
    Tim G.
 
P.S. I don't have an E-Mail address so if you want to tell me I was mistaken 
write to me at:  {address deleted}
 
P.P.S  God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.  How's that for citing the 
Bible. 
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Well, I can see why this fellow got sent to W. Va!
Hmmm, I suppose you could try to educate him on gay issues, or try to
reconnect with him.  Frankly, from the tone, he doesn't sound like someone
with whom I would care to associate.  how close were you on your mission?
Do you care if you ever talk to him again?
He is basing his assumptions about you based on your relationship while
missionaries.  I don't know how long it's been, but I certainly have
changed a lot since my mission.  I hope everyone else has as well.
Good luck.  I haven't bothered to keep up with my mission colleagues.
Then again, I'm not very good on writing.
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Hi Dave (and all)
   I would have been hurt inside to hear a former friend of mine say this to 
me. My response would be something like:
 
   Hi ______,
   It was sort of good to hear from you again, though I am a bit disappointed 
that you would jump to some conclusion about me. Maybe I misjudged you as 
well. If you told me something that seemed to go against what I knew I would 
first listen to what you had to say on the matter, knowing that you did not 
do things on whims. I would try and understand what you thought knowing that 
you are an honest person and that you had thought the subject matter through. 
I would not leap into accusations.
  If you cannot seem to find it within you to give me the same courtesy 
before leaping onto your soapbox then I am afraid that you are no longer the 
person I once trusted and thus cannot trust you any further with those things 
I consider important in my life.
  On the other hand, I would enjoy talking to you about lots of things that 
have went on in my life since we last talked. You decide what you want.
    Your Mission Friend..... Dave"
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   Just a thought on what I would try and say ... there are a lot of good 
thinkers on this list that will give more ideas..wait and see!
  Tom in Lincoln
In a message dated 6/26/99 12:11:06 PM Central Daylight Time, 
Gymns...@aol.com
 writes:
<< Hey all,
 
 I got the following note from an old buddy  (and AP) of mine in the West 
 Virginia mission.  Apparently he followed the mission website to my page.  
 (
http://www.rpi.edu/~milled4
   ---hasn't been updated for a while.) It's 
 probably one of the weirdest responses I've ever received.  Do you think it 
 deserves a response?
 -------------------------------------
 
 Dave, tell me you're just shittin' me about all the gay references!?  Don't 
 scare me like that!!!  What a shame.  After teaching discussions with you 
and 
 knowing that you knew that the church was true-- to hear this just makes me 
 sick.  You can quote as many people as you like and justify yourself through 
 citing the Bible; but, you know and I know that this type of lifestyle is 
 wrong.   At least leave this type of information off the mission web page, I 
 sure in the hell didn't need to hear that someone I respected so much went 
 off the deep end.  Send me a current place of address so I can beat some 
 sense into you (ha,ha just kidding).  Take care.
 
 
 Sincerely,
 
     Tim G.
 
 P.S. I don't have an E-Mail address so if you want to tell me I was mistaken 
 write to me at:  {address deleted}
 
 P.P.S  God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.  How's that for citing the 
 Bible. 
  >>
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 Bible.
    You might want to ask him:  Who made Steve?
    Is this an argument for evolution?
    jay stevens
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