tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post113461609759551887..comments2023-10-11T04:34:56.433-07:00Comments on His Barking Dog: Open Letter: "With All Due Respect, Mr. General Secretary, You Have Not Spoken the Truth"Dennis E. McFaddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07580173031351978626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1134753079207294232005-12-16T09:11:00.000-08:002005-12-16T09:11:00.000-08:00Dear fac ut vivas:1. I am president of an ABC aff...Dear fac ut vivas:<BR/><BR/>1. I am president of an ABC affiliated organization and neither want nor need ANY more power, positions, or roles.<BR/><BR/>2. Secondly, I have told Roy directly of my issues with the direction we are going.<BR/><BR/>3. Your comments about MMBB are, frankly, incomprehensible. MMBB operates like a secular business with respect to the contracted benefits. Those cannot be lost, taken away, and have no connection to convictions or conscience or anything else you referenced.<BR/><BR/>If your point is that I should be willing to lose my non-contracted benefits (e.g., emergency assistance, spouse grant, educational grant for children of deceased members, thank you checks, etc.), Sumner has already announced that that we will lose all of those. Frankly, since you write behind a non de plume, I have no idea what you have contributed to the "family" over the years. However, during my pastoral tenure, we heavily supported ABC missions, often listed as one of the denominational leaders in giving. With regard to the RMMO, we even received the Widow's Mite award one year after a $27,231 offering. Additionally, I have brought my nearly 200 employees into MMBB. So, I guess you could say that my "support" for ABC has been fairly significant.<BR/><BR/>Sorry if that isn't enough for you.<BR/><BR/>DennisDennis E. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580173031351978626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1134730481404102032005-12-16T02:54:00.000-08:002005-12-16T02:54:00.000-08:00I assume that those who are seeking power for them...I assume that those who are seeking power for themselves by seeking to destroy the ABC/USA over the non-Biblical and secular issue of "homosexuality" (non-Biblical because the word did not exist until the 19th century; secualr because it is of the world and not of the Christian faith) are willing---as you, surely in your great moral leadership are willing--to give up your pensions with the MMBB in order to do what you believe god wants you to do. If you do not, then the world will know that you do not have the courage of your convictions or have any faith in the god you proclaim is calling you to destroy one of the great expressions of the faith. If you are not willing to give up the "security" the ABCUSA has provided you, then you are not acting out of conviction but out of selfishness, pride, vainglory and hypocrisy.Fac ut vivashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682976871672677622noreply@blogger.com