Digest 74, originally sent Mon Nov 1 06:50:30 1999
There are 3 messages in this issue.
Topics in today's digest:
1. Re: The Cape Conference
From: Alvin Masarira <amasar@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
2. Re: The Cape Conference
From: Masabatha Online <masabatha@xxxxx.xxxx
3. Death
From: Masabatha Online <masabatha@xxxxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 08:00:36 +0200
From: Alvin Masarira <amasar@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Subject: Re: The Cape Conference
Hie sa-sda,
Mashudu Ravhengani wrote:
> From: "Mashudu Ravhengani" <Ravhenmj@umdnj.edu>
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> Dear Friends,
>
> The Cape Conference in known in the SDA cycles as a conference that refused to merge with the black and the coloured conferences. Some call it a racist conference. People often overlook two important points viz. that the merger has nothing to do with racism, and also that the overwhelming majority (about 69%) of the CC constituency voted for the merger. Having said that the fact of the matter is that from the view of someone who is looking from a distance it looks like the 'good-old apartheid' arrangement.
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I thought we had "agreed" to shelf this topic for the moment (since it hd been presumably) "dealt" with in the past - or have the rules changed?
Greetings from the Cape,
Alvin.
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 03:06:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Masabatha Online <masabatha@xxxxx.xxxx
Subject: Re: The Cape Conference
Alvin,
Rules keep on changing, we now back to open week (period), feel free
to discuss anything. However, I still think that it might be helpful
to you to review the previous discussion.
He is coming!
Jeremiah
--- Alvin Masarira <amasar@eng.uct.ac.za> wrote:
> Hie sa-sda,
>
> Mashudu Ravhengani wrote:
>
> > From: "Mashudu Ravhengani" <Ravhenmj@umdnj.edu>
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > The Cape Conference in known in the SDA cycles as a conference
> that refused to merge with the black and the coloured conferences.
> Some call it a racist conference. People often overlook two
> important points viz. that the merger has nothing to do with
> racism, and also that the overwhelming majority (about 69%) of the
> CC constituency voted for the merger. Having said that the fact of
> the matter is that from the view of someone who is looking from a
> distance it looks like the 'good-old apartheid' arrangement.
> >
>
> I thought we had "agreed" to shelf this topic for the moment (since
> it hd been presumably) "dealt" with in the past - or have the rules
> changed?
>
> Greetings from the Cape,
>
> Alvin.
>
>
>
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Jeremiah Ravhengani
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 03:38:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Masabatha Online <masabatha@xxxxx.xxxx
Subject: Death
Dear friends,
I think that the question that Lulama raised demands our attention.
There is a cultural behavior at funerals that is not Biblical and yet
it continues unchallenged.
Viz. (for the new members)
Singing of the deceased favorite hymns
Rest in peace
Flowers
An expensive casket
Cards that are read to the dead person
Etc.
People do everything to make the dead person happy and comfortable,
things that they never did when he/she was still alive.
It seems like we do not really believe that the dead are really dead.
What can we do to change the status quo?
My other question is: how can we prepare for the death of someone
very close to us? What is it that can sustain a person in the time of
loss? Is there something mentally that one can do to prepare for an
untimely death of a loved one? Does the knowledge of the state of the
dead help under these circumstances?
What is it that sustained you in your time of loss?
I know He is coming soon!
Jeremiah
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