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>><font size=4 color="#800080"> >>Another part of Grant's sermon which disturbed me is: >> >><font color="blue">"All of this is hard, but still we >>must seek to give voice to that which causes division >>between us, to remove the barriers that keep us from >>being brothers and sisters."</font> >> >>Give a voice to those things that divide? What sense >>does this make? If you give a voice to those things >>that divide you, those things will only divide you >>further. You cannot remove barriers, if you give a >>voice to those barriers, and allow them to be more >>prevalent. Such an idea of giving a voice is rather >>ridiculous. >> >>If a person really wants to remove barriers, he must >>work at silencing those things that divide, even to >>the point where those things have been eliminated. >> >>cezoram >></font> >> >><font face="comic sans ms" size=3 >>color="#000099">Sorry can't agree. If you and I have a >>problem, and neither of us ever mention it, we will >>never advance into a better relationship. It will be >>like an inflamed wound infecting everything. Sometimes >>a source of infection has to be lanced so that the >>wound can heal. >> >>Grant is simply saying that he realizes the damage >>that was done. It is necessary to acknowledge past >>wrongs in order to obtain forgiveness and get beyond >>them. >> >>Bill > ><font size=4 color="#008800"> >Bill, > >I guess I do not see it the way that you do. I feel >that when you give a voice to something, you give it >your attention so that it can do what it intends to >do. That which Grant was speaking of is that which >divides, according to Grant. If you give a voice to >those things, you give those things an opportunity to >do what they desire, which is to divide. On the other >hand, if you bring those things that divide, to the >attention of all those concerned, so that you can >remove those things, you are not giving them a voice, >but rather pointing out those things that should be >discarded without further disscussion on those things. > >Also, I don't understand why Grant is the spokeman for >all the white men that have treated Native Americans >poorly in the past. I don't think that Grant could >represent all the white race anyway. How can he ask >forgiveness of the Native Americans, unless he has >done something against them? His apologies, although >perhaps done whith good intentions, is rather shallow >and inadequate. > >Further, Grant says that he and all the others inherit >the past and that which was done to the Native >Americans. How can this be? I am not responsible for >what my ancestors may have done. And what happens if >my ancestors did not ever mistreat the Native >Americans of the past? Am I to assume the past of >some other person's ancestors? Can anyone say, >"Scapegoat"? I do not see a reason to apologize for >people who are long dead. I live in the NOW. I live >today. Should others judge me by what they think my >ancestors did? Judge not unrighteously or you will be >judged unrighteously. > >Cezoram ></font>
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