From: sienna@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: A thought on REL
Date: Tue Jul 26 00:40:10 1994
I just posted a poem on the poetry base about hypocrisy in the church 
(post #808) to which I thought I would direct your attention. (Actually, I 
am too lazy to retype the whole thing out here, and since this is not 
technically a poetry base, I thought it best to leave my poem on the board 
it belonged...*smile*)

I hope this doesn't offend anyone (my poem, I mean). I have been seriously 
hurt by people who were doing something "in the name of the Lord." I 
myself believe in God (how else am I still ALIVE?). But I do not call 
myself a "Christian." My faith in organized religion was killed when the 
church I was going to and the pastor I looked to for guidance burned me. 
The poem is dedicated to two people who, in the eyes of the church and the 
community, were "God-Fearing, good Christian people," yet who did 
unspeakable acts of torture and abuse. 

*shrug*

Oh well, just thought I would throw my two cents worth in. I welcome any 
ideas and/or comments.

Dee
aka sienna