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Date Posted: 23:42:41 02/13/12 Mon
Author: George
Subject: Re: Tooting One's Own Horn
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: Tooting One's Own Horn" on 09:13:40 02/13/12 Mon

>>Lois posted:
>>
>>Group Discusses Tough Issues
>>
>>The setting was the Temple, where 47 members of the
>>Expanded World Church Leadership Council and other
>>leaders spent several days discussing culturally
>>respectful standards of conduct. They emphasized
>>issues such as same-sex marriage and ordination of
>>lesbian, gay, *bi-sexual, and transgendered members.
>>
>>Some asked why the topics even needed to be discussed.
>>President Veazey replied:
>>
>>"Something has to happen that helps us resolve this
>>tension that is beginning to sap the energy of the
>>church in some areas, so we can focus on missional
>>endeavors.
>>
>>We are at a very seriouos juncture. Now is the time to
>>gain a better sense of the way we want to approach the
>>journey into the future."
>>
>>*Actually, the correct term is "ambisexual." A
>>"bisexual" is an individual born exhibiting traits of
>>both sexes. An "ambisexual" is one who is comfortable
>>with both homosexual and heterosexual practices. One
>>of the problems with people pretending to give wise
>>spiritual counsel is the palpable ignorance they
>>operate from.
>>
>>
>>This ties in with an account related to me by my
>>father. My father was born in 1924, so he and his
>>contemporaries were familiar with the Ford Model T.
>>Since the Model A was introduced in the late 1920's,
>>the Model A was approaching obsolescence. And, of
>>course, any vehicle approaching obsolescence became
>>less expensive to the point of being financially
>>affordable to teenagers as the years wore on.
>>
>>One of his friends had a Model T he had repaired and
>>made drivable. He then ordered a huge horn from a mail
>>order catalogue. Although my father reported that the
>>young man's parents remained silent about all this,
>>but added, "even though they knew what was going to
>>happen."
>>
>>When the horn arrived, the proud owner put it on his
>>Model T and drove off to announce his presence to the
>>community with his top of the line warning device.
>>However, everytime he gave a loud resounding blare
>>from the horn, the car stalled. You see, electrical
>>auto accessories were rare at that time: the horn
>>operated off the engine vacuum, and overutilized it to
>>the point that the engine could not continue running
>>while the horn was being honked.
>>
>>The attempts of the homosexual activists to take over
>>a small church of modest means and exploit it to make
>>public statements favorable to their agenda have done
>>the same thing to the Community of Christ. GALA has
>>been grafted onto the church, and every time GALA
>>seeks to fulfill its mission of raucously telling the
>>world that it is normal to be "gay," the Community of
>>Christ stalls.
>>
>>The young man solved his problem by taking the horn
>>off the car. If the Community of Christ wants to go
>>"into the future," or anywhere else, it is going to
>>have to uncouple GALA from the church and tell its
>>supporters to parasitize another ecclesiastical
>>organization -- perhaps one with a much larger engine.
>>
>>But, the Community of Christ may decide that it is
>>more useful to park at the intersection and honk at
>>everyone who is actually going somewhere.
>>
>>George
>>
>>He that tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not
>>be tooted.
>
>
>George,
>
>That is a great analogy!
>
>Lois
Well, since I have only seen one Model T in my entire life (at a garage sale three years ago,) obviously the story didn't originate with me.

George

"Bow, wow, wow, wow;
Honk your horn, honk your horn.
Bow, wow, wow;
Honk your horn."
--James Taylor

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