Have written earlier in this blog that the special police project began long before 1998, and even before I knew about it.... Certain police and some of their associates had been told a false story that I was gay. I don't really know why the story was so exciting for them but I believe the purpose was to get these people to work harder in the police project...they were gay, themselves....
Looking back now, I have to conclude that the false story was more like a fairy tale or a fable...! Really. I'm sorry for the disappointment for these people but there was no truth in the story at all.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Monday, March 4, 2019
Learning From The Past
There have been ministers and members in my church who supported me quietly in the police project, over the years. It's just that there's been confusion over my "criminal" and mental health matters; and the project was supposed to be discreet, for the time being....
May have mentioned earlier that some black police officers and gay, black police officers in the project have made comparisons between gay rights and the freedom movement of blacks from slavery in the USA.... My church, Seventh-day Adventist, was formed shortly before and during the Civil War period in the USA. A lot of people know the Civil War was the war over slavery--for it and against it.
According to historians and my own study, the founders of my church mainly took an anti-slavery position and they were vocal about it. But after the war, one author wrote that things died down publicly because the church mistakenly believed that the matter was settled--slaves were free. I believe I've read that some church leaders and members were still making various kinds of comments about slavery, and they didn't all agree with each other.... [And there were still many issues going on with discrimination.]
With gay rights and gay marriage, I believe my church can learn something from our experiences with blacks and slavery.... A professor named Jud Lake, at Southern Adventist University, has written a detailed book about our church and the Civil War. ["A Nation in God's Hands: Ellen White and the Civil War."--Ellen White was a special person and one of the founders of the church.]
Recently, a pastor from my local church wrote in his blog that a monthly magazine for pastors, "Ministry Magazine," which is an international publication of my church and is read also by pastors from other faiths, did an interview with the above book author. I think it's great that ministers have been exposed to this information and I hope they'll share with all their churches about discrimination of all kinds.... Currently, there are campaigns going on for the police to be less racist in their work, for one thing.... [It may be hard if some blacks and others have been more guilty of criminal behaviour, due to their difficult backgrounds, in my opinion?]
Anyway, if and when the police project goes public, there may be some controversy and I believe the above book will be a help for my church in sorting out the issues.... And we can learn from mistakes in the past.... Also, I've done some of my own writing for the benefit of the church....
May have mentioned earlier that some black police officers and gay, black police officers in the project have made comparisons between gay rights and the freedom movement of blacks from slavery in the USA.... My church, Seventh-day Adventist, was formed shortly before and during the Civil War period in the USA. A lot of people know the Civil War was the war over slavery--for it and against it.
According to historians and my own study, the founders of my church mainly took an anti-slavery position and they were vocal about it. But after the war, one author wrote that things died down publicly because the church mistakenly believed that the matter was settled--slaves were free. I believe I've read that some church leaders and members were still making various kinds of comments about slavery, and they didn't all agree with each other.... [And there were still many issues going on with discrimination.]
With gay rights and gay marriage, I believe my church can learn something from our experiences with blacks and slavery.... A professor named Jud Lake, at Southern Adventist University, has written a detailed book about our church and the Civil War. ["A Nation in God's Hands: Ellen White and the Civil War."--Ellen White was a special person and one of the founders of the church.]
Recently, a pastor from my local church wrote in his blog that a monthly magazine for pastors, "Ministry Magazine," which is an international publication of my church and is read also by pastors from other faiths, did an interview with the above book author. I think it's great that ministers have been exposed to this information and I hope they'll share with all their churches about discrimination of all kinds.... Currently, there are campaigns going on for the police to be less racist in their work, for one thing.... [It may be hard if some blacks and others have been more guilty of criminal behaviour, due to their difficult backgrounds, in my opinion?]
Anyway, if and when the police project goes public, there may be some controversy and I believe the above book will be a help for my church in sorting out the issues.... And we can learn from mistakes in the past.... Also, I've done some of my own writing for the benefit of the church....
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