tbaangel-d Digest				Volume 97 : Issue 26

Today's Topics:
	 suicide
	 TBAA Comments & Thought On Forgivness!
	 ending dove
	 Ending dove
	 Hello to The Phoenix
	 TBAA...last esp.
	 Into the Fire. . .
	 Sunday's ep
	 Movie
	 (slightly off topic) Re: Movie
	 Re: Hello to The Phoenix
	 Re: suicide
	 RE: Into the Fire. . .
	 Re: Hello to The Phoenix
	 Tess's Dog
	 Next new episode--SPOILER!!!!
	 RE: Movie
	 RE: Hello to The Phoenix
	 Re: Unidentified subject!
	 TBAA ADMIN RE: Hello to The Phoenix
	 New member to this list and suicide remarks.

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:40:07 -0500 (EST)
From: deelady  @ . .addy..com
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: suicide

Hello all,
	SirSDuke wrote:

<<Someone had mentioned that they thought that suicide automatically barred one
from Heaven due to putting one's own free will ahead of God's.  I disagree.
 People continually put their own free will ahead of God's and still get into
Heaven.

	Well, I wasn't going to get myself involved in this one, as I'm still 
"learning" all these wonderful things, but I feel I should.  If I sound as tho 
I'm preaching, forgive me, for I'm not a preacher, just a girl with a strong 
faith in God (I hate using a "title" like Christian, as so many say they are, 
but really aren't).
	Yes, I agree with what SirSDuke wrote.  There is only one unforgivable 
sin, and it ain't suicide, adultry, murder, divorce, stealling, lying, ... etc. 
Once you have been saved, you are always saved.  For those of you who want to 
know where I base that one, I'll quote a bible verse: "My sheep listen to my 
voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them *eternal* life, and they 
shall *never* perish; *no one* can snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who 
has given them to me, is greater than all; *no one* can snatch them out of my 
Father's hand.  I and the Father are one."  (John 10: 27-30)  (emphasis mine)

Di Sudduth wrote:
>>Andrew was essentially praying for the older couple in "The Journalist", and 
there's *no* doubt in my mind that he was going to bring them to God if they 
*did* commit suicide.<<

	Nor in mine.  Even tho Andrew was upset and confused about they whys and 
wherefores of the situation, he would have taken them "home" if that's what God 
wanted.
	I think TBAA has dealt with suicide many times, but mostly in suttle 
ways (how many times have we seen Andrew standing "watching" someone who wants 
to take their life).  Why do the angels not step in?  Well I think that goes 
back to that "free will" thing again (I've never seen a time where Andrew tried 
to stop someone, unless I've missed one), it's our choice to decide whether to 
take our lives.  
	But I still think an episode dealing with that subject would be neat.  
There are alot of subjects I could think of that I would like to see TBAA deal 
with.  
	Well that's enough for me.  Sorry if I sound like a religious finatic, I 
*really* don't mean to.  But having been there once (when I was younger), and 
having lost someone to suicide (an Uncle), I wish there would have been someone 
who could have told me these things then.  Maybe there would have been less pain 
and confusion on my part.  And yes, most people who try and/or do commit suicide 
*are* really in an intense amount of pain.  
 	Until later.  TTFN.
Diana
deelady  @ . .addy..com

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Date: 01 Apr 97 17:31:08 EST
From: "72637,2465" <72637.2465  @ . .addy.COM>
To: <tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com>
Subject: TBAA Comments & Thought On Forgivness!

I was upable to view Sunday's TBAA. However some comments made on the 
episode titled LAST CALL reminded me of a saying I heard as a child years 
ago. It was "TO ERR IS HUMAN BUT TO FORGIVE IS DEVINE". 

Remember what part of the Lord's Prayer says. FORGIVE US OUR TRESSPASSES 
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESSPASS AGAINST US. Forgiving those who have 
hurt and/or offended you when they apologize & ask for forgivness is very 
important & Godly. However besides forgiving those who offend and/or 
abuse/hurt us the best thing we can do is pray for them. God does forgive 
& so should we. I know it's easier said than done & is often very hard to do. 
However if we are to emmulate God as best we can we must also forgive when we 
are asked to. 

Soory to sound like a preacher. However this might be the very point that 
is waiting to be made. It sure appears this is the case when I read messages
referring to Sunday's episode. 

Thanks!

Best always!

Sincerly New York State's #1 TBAA Fan, 

Will Wiehe   (pronounced WEE-HEE) 

Tarrytown, N.Y. , U.S.A. 

72637,2465  @ . .addy.com

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:54:37 -0800
From: "colleenk" <colleenk  @ . .addy.net>
To: "<"<TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com>
Subject: ending dove

Where was the dove this week???????????????????????????????????

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:53:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Darla Bradley <dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu>
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Ending dove

"ColleenK" wrote:

<<Where was the dove this week???????????????????????????????????>>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---Maybe it went to find the one that wass missing from "Labor of Love" <g>.
. .that ep didn't have one either. . .last scene showed Dr. Meg and Prof.
Brian Salter walking down the hospital corridor, with their backs to the
camera.  They had just patched up their marriage, and Meg had told Brian
that she wanted to raise his baby by his lover, Olivia, who had just died in
the same hospital.

(My second favorite ep of all!--Favorite is "Into the Light," re James,
scumbag who has a near-death experience, and Amy Ann McCoy, a 14 yr. old
dying of cystic fibrosis.)  Guess you can figure it out by now--I love the
eps where they "off" somebody!  Andrew gets to do his "Angel of Death"
thing--he does it so well!  *drooling and sighing again*  <g>

Love to you all,

Darla Bradley
dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 18:43:08 -0600 (CST)
From: Darla Bradley <dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu>
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Hello to The Phoenix

Hi--I'm Darla. . .a new member "motormouth" on this mailing list.

I'm operating under the assumption that all opinions are welcome here, as
long as we are all courteous of one another.  Welcome!  :-)

A girl who works in the office next door to mine is an Atheist, as is her
husband.  I've never really had the chance to talk to a person with that
belief, before I met her.

I agree with you on one thing, however. . .I'd probably be an Atheist, too,
if everyone who spoke of religion was like Jim and Tammy Fay Baker!  (Ugh!)

Got several questions for you. . .whatever happened to Madalyn Murray
O'Hair. . .did she die?  Her son became a minister, you know. . .I'm not
sure what denomination.  (For those of you who may not know who I'm
referring to, Madalyn M. O'H. was kind of the head honcho Atheist person.
She was the real force behind prayer being taken out of the schools.)  While
I'm on the subject, I've always wondered about this. . .if there really IS a
separation of church and state, how come states are allowed to use the term
"Act of God" to justify school days missed during times of bad weather?
"Act of God" days are not made up.  School districts are given money
according to the number of students present at school within a specific
number of calendar days in which school is in session.  Interesting, isn't
it????  Maybe other list members have an idea about this?

To The Phoenix:  If you don't believe in a Higher Power, how did you get
hooked on TBAA?  (Bet WE know, don't we, girls?  Andrew is Adorable!)
*sigh* <g>  :-)

About your handle, "the tastiest crayon". . .cute.  Did you eat crayons, and
poke them up your nose when you were a little kid?  That's what my folks
told me I did!  <g>  I was SUCH a little brat!!!  *big, mischievous grin*

Love to all,

Darla Bradley
dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu

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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 16:20:11 -0800
From: Richard Treadwell <treadwel  @ . .addy.com>
To: TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: TBAA...last esp.

Greetings,

	Several observations:  I agree with Diane "E" and Diana "deelady" that
last Sunday's episode had the old "zing" of TBAA which has been missing of
late.  It was, for me, a very profound show.

	Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham made this observation: "Therapy offers
explanations; spirituality offers forgiveness...Therapy may release *from*
addiction; spirituality releases *for* life."
	To those who are concerned with the cross-word puzzle lady: Does it matter
what her pain was?  She would talk of nothing but cross-words.  Monica's
gift was "forgiveness."  
	And it seemed to me the gift of "forgiveness" was not God's forgiveness
that she offered, but, the most difficult of all, the forgiveness of
ourselves!  It seemed to me, that all were ***released from their
judgements about their own selves!!!***  Released by forgiveness for life.
	Aren't we toughest on ourselves...limit and bind up ourselves more then
any others?  That seems to me the point of the episode and what each
character did to their selves.  I think it easy to believe that God
forgives me; but it is very scary because God is going to ask me to forgive
my self and forgiving myself will disturb the familiar patterns I've
established in life.  
	The folks in the episode didn't seem to be faithful folks; worried about
God forgiving them.  IMO, everyone's own personal judgments had trapped
them into a pattern of behavior; i.e.hiding behind something, really from
their selves; blaming something else.  Lotto-personal achievement; a
crippled hand-personal worth, a cross-word puzzle-any other kind of
conversation, a wheelchair-anger less happiness, a dependent husband-self
generated worth, booze-the salesmen's relationship with his daughter;
criminal-any kind of friend.  Forgiving themselves, I think, gave them all
a possibility of relationship with others.
  	I can't get that scene from Homecoming, Part 1, out of my mind. Delta
Burke confesses to selling her little boy of $50.00 and Monica responds
"He'll [God'll] stick with you even if you won't and forgive you even if
you can't..."
	The only problem, IMO, in the show that was not dealt with by forgiveness
is Amethyst's physical problem of a night's lodging. I think Becky got that
one when she wrote: "I thought that Tim Reed's character had the wife find
her a place to stay.  It wasn't mentioned where, but I think when he took
Amethyst over and introduced her to the wife it was implied that she was
finding a place for the girl to stay."  HA!  Amethyst got a relationship as
well...

	Dick,

	WARNING: Religious material to follow:

	This episode reminded me of Max Lucado's book, "Six Hours One Friday."  He
speaks of Jesus forgiving the theft crucified along with him.  Then
observes "...Jesus performs the greatest miracle of the cross.  Greater
than the earthquake. Greater than the tearing of the temple curtain.
Greater than the darkness. Greater than the resurrected saints appearing on
the streets. He performs the miracle of forgiveness. A sin-soaked criminal
is received by a blood-stained Savior. 'Today you will be with me in
Paradise.' (Luke 23:43)"

	

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:35:09 -0600 (CST)
From: Darla Bradley <dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu>
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Into the Fire. . .

Di and Dorothy wrote:

<<On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Di Sudduth wrote:

>    All that was supposed to be a setup to the scenario.  I'd like to see 
> an angel fall in love.  Puppy love, a crush, whatever.  Not the pure God's 
> Love that we see every week, but the good old-fashioned romantic-type 
> physical love that we humans have.  Pleasures of the flesh and all that.  
> We saw Clair's teacher get *very* interested in Monica in "Angels on the 
> Air," and she acknowleged it when she asked if they'd (she and Tess) be back 
> that way again.  How about she fall for someone?  Or Andrew fall for
someone?  
> or get sidetracked and *think* they were falling for someone?  Could be 
> interesting.  An angel, knowing the purity of Love, getting interested in 
> exploring the more physical side of affection?  Could be *quite* 
> interesting!  Not that I think they'd ever really try it.... 
> 
Di:

I've had the same thought, but in the opposite direction.  I would like to
see someone get so infatuated with one of the angels that even admitting
they are angels won't make that person quit the pursuit.  It would be a
very funny episode I think if that person's infatuation interfered with
the angel doing their job. >> 

Dorothy

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I'm intrigued by either--or both!!!  It would be interesting to see how
Martha Williamson would handle writing something like this. . .I think she
writes great!  0:-)

Love to all, 

Darla Bradley
dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 20:43:00 -0500 (EST)
From: deelady  @ . .addy..com
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Sunday's ep

Richard Treadwell wrote	

>>To those who are concerned with the cross-word puzzle lady: Does it matter
what her pain was?  She would talk of nothing but cross-words.<<

I haven't seen anyone come up with this one yet so here's my idea:
Her pain?  Her "need"?  *Loneliness*.  That's why she was at the bar, that's why 
she was hiding in the crossword puzzles.  What happened to her?  Once she 
received the "miracle", she was "lonely" no more, God would be with her from 
then on out to be her friend. 
Why do I think this, let's just say been there, done that.:-(

Deelady  @ . .addy..com

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:40:38 -0800
From: "colleenk" <colleenk  @ . .addy.net>
To: "<"<TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com>
Subject: Movie

Everyone must go see the movie "THE PREACHER'S WIFE"-----If I tell you why
it would ruin the surprise-------I went to see it because I like  the song
"Step By Step" that is in the movie.   I didn't expect what was in it, It's
a great movie!

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 23:11:08 -0600 (CST)
From: gryphon  @ . addy.com
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: (slightly off topic) Re: Movie

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, "colleenk" <colleenk  @ . .addy.net> wrote:
>Everyone must go see the movie "THE PREACHER'S WIFE"-----If I tell you 
>why it would ruin the surprise

Presumably because it's a remake of the Cary Grant classic, "The 
Bishop's Wife"?  Me, I'll stick with the original. I like Cary Grant. He 
can answer my prayers anytime. <g>


Diane E
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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 01:41:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Finabair  @ . .addy.com
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Re: Hello to The Phoenix

Darla said:  

>I'm operating under the assumption that all opinions are welcome here, as
>long as we are all courteous of one another.  Welcome!  :-)

Hmmm...I think I'd best clarify this one, so nothing gets out of hand...all
opinions are welcome so long as they're courteous, *and* basically on topic.
 

The topic is TBAA.  

I just wanna make sure we don't forget that.  :-)

Take care,

Jennie
finabair  @ . .addy.com

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 05:04:35 -0500 (EST)
From: AmilynH  @ . .addy.com
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Re: suicide

> If God is all knowing and powerful and human spirits endure beyond death, 
>  is it so hard to accept that a spirit could ask for forgiveness even when 
>  their flesh was no longer able to speak?

*Beautifully* said.  Absolutely lovely bit of reasoning and nicely worded and
thought-provoking.  Thanks!

Love you!
Amy

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 23:15:10 -0800
From: Kevin Brown <kbrown  @ . .addy.com>
To: "tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com" <TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com>,
        "'Darla Bradley'"
	 <dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu>
Subject: RE: Into the Fire. . .
MSG.dns.addy.com>

	> From: 	Darla Bradley[SMTP:dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu]
> > It would be interesting to see how
> > Martha Williamson would handle writing something like this. . .I
> think she
> > writes great!
> 
I think she creates great.  I think she produces great.  But I'll have
to say I don't like her writing.  All the episodes that I found bland
and too syrupy with no substance were written by her.  The ones that
made my wife and I cry the most were written by someone else but it was
obvious that the scenario was hers.  In short, let her come up with the
theme and even the situation.  But let someone else write the script.

I lent my tape to someone else.  Does anyone know who wrote the Easter
episode?  I liked it so I'm prepared to put my foot in my mouth.  But
I'm betting it wasn't written by Martha.  

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:08:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Kevin <kda1  @ . .addy.edu>
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Re: Hello to The Phoenix

Welcome Back , Red !!

I was worried about you.

Beginning to think that you gone for good.

============================================

Kevin D. Ashman                            Phone:      BEEP!
Department of Chemistry              Fax:          BEEP!
.addy.                   e-mail:     kda1  @ . .addy.edu
.addy.
.addy.

.addy.
***  The opera ghost really existed.   -   G.L.  ***

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:45:16 -0600 (CST)
From: Darla Bradley <dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu>
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: Tess's Dog

Eric Isenbarger wrote:

<<> I wish they would hurry this dog thing along.  They've 
> managed to stretch it for several episodes and frankly I'm getting a
> little tired of it.  Name the dog, get to the point, and let's move
> on.
Okay, folks, a few people are getting impatient because the dog doesn't
have a name yet.  So, what name would YOU give it??>>

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How about calling Tess's "wee doggie" Jazz?  She can sing jazz, and he seems
to like her singing, according to Andrew (last Sunday's ep).  :-)  (One of
my co-workers is married to a jazz drummer--they have a dog named Jazz.
That's how I got the idea.)

Love to All,

Darla Bradley
dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:00:46 -0600 (CST)
From: "April J. Monk" <ajm6167  @ . .espm.addy.edu>
To: TBAA List <TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com>
Subject: Next new episode--SPOILER!!!!

Howdy all,

I ran across the following from the CBS wires.  There's been some talk 
about somebody falling in love with Monica.  This is an interesting twist 
and I can't wait to see it.

S
P
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I
L
E
R

S
P
A
C
E

         MONICA IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN ORDER TO
         GET A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE OLD, AND TO
         GAIN THE TRUST OF AN ELDERLY MAN, ON "TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL,"
         APRIL 13 Darren McGavin and Gwen Verdon Guest Star 

              Monica is transformed into an 80-year-old
         woman in order to get a true understanding of
         what it's like to be old, and to gain the trust of
         a retirement home resident (guest star Darren
         McGavin), on TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL,
         Sunday, April 13 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on
         the CBS Television Network. Tim Van Patten
         directed the episode from a script by Rosanne
         Welch and Christine Pettit. 

              Monica starts spending time with the
         reclusive resident, George, in an attempt to
         restore his zest for life and make him realize
         that, despite his age, he still has much to offer.
         When she realizes that his feelings for her are
         fast turning from friendship to love, she learns,
         for the first time, how much it hurts to break
         someone else's heart and, as hard as the truth
         may be, she must reveal her true self to him.
         Meanwhile, Lorraine (guest star Gwen
         Verdon), her roommate at the retirement
         home, discovers that George knew her late
         husband years before when they served in the
         Army together, and he is able to provide
         information about what happened to him. 

              Monica . . . . . . . . . . Roma Downey 
              Tess . . . . . . . . . . . Della Reese 
              Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . .John Dye 
              George . . . . . . . . .Darren McGavin 
              Lorraine . . . . . . . . . Gwen Verdon 
              Stephanie. . . . . . Christina Pickles 
              Edgar. . . . . . . . . .H.E.D. Redford 
              Mildred. . . . . . . . Marjorie Hilton

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
April J. Monk              Texas A&M University              amonk  @ . .addy.edu

        I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:49:15 -0800
From: Kevin Brown <kbrown  @ . .addy.com>
To: "<" <TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com>, "'colleenk'" <colleenk  @ . .addy.net>
Subject: RE: Movie
MSG.dns.addy.com>

Skip it.  Rent "The Bishop's Wife" instead.  It's the same story and
better done.  (IMHO)

-Kev

> ----------
> From: 	colleenk[SMTP:colleenk  @ . .addy.net]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 01, 1997 10:40 PM
> To: 	<
> Subject: 	Movie
> 
> Everyone must go see the movie "THE PREACHER'S WIFE"-----If I tell you
> why
> it would ruin the surprise-------I went to see it because I like  the
> song
> "Step By Step" that is in the movie.   I didn't expect what was in it,
> It's
> a great movie!
> 
> 
> 

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:57:19 -0800
From: Kevin Brown <kbrown  @ . .addy.com>
To: "tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com" <TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com>,
        "'Darla Bradley'"
	 <dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu>
Subject: RE: Hello to The Phoenix
MSG.dns.addy.com>

She's been "missing" for several years.  Her family insists she's in
hiding.  (Not likely given her personality.)  The rumors are she died
years ago.

As for separation of church and state, that's a dangerous subject to
bring up.  She didn't remove prayer from schools, just school led
prayer.  As for "Act of God", that's a trivial example.  Our money
mentions God.  Congress prays before every session.  And on and on.

Personally I believe there's a faction out there that wants a "freedom
FROM religion" instead of "freedom OF religion".  I think we should
remove the half of this and half of that.  Treat churches like a
business.  They have to pay taxes and they can also contribute money to
politics.  They get to rent rooms in public buildings and they have to
meet standard building codes.  Yada yada.

-Kev

> ----------
> From: 	Darla Bradley[SMTP:dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 01, 1997 4:43 PM
> To: 	tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
> Subject: 	Hello to The Phoenix
> 
> Hi--I'm Darla. . .a new member "motormouth" on this mailing list.
> 
> I'm operating under the assumption that all opinions are welcome here,
> as
> long as we are all courteous of one another.  Welcome!  :-)
> 
> A girl who works in the office next door to mine is an Atheist, as is
> her
> husband.  I've never really had the chance to talk to a person with
> that
> belief, before I met her.
> 
> I agree with you on one thing, however. . .I'd probably be an Atheist,
> too,
> if everyone who spoke of religion was like Jim and Tammy Fay Baker!
> (Ugh!)
> 
> Got several questions for you. . .whatever happened to Madalyn Murray
> O'Hair. . .did she die?  Her son became a minister, you know. . .I'm
> not
> sure what denomination.  (For those of you who may not know who I'm
> referring to, Madalyn M. O'H. was kind of the head honcho Atheist
> person.
> She was the real force behind prayer being taken out of the schools.)
> While
> I'm on the subject, I've always wondered about this. . .if there
> really IS a
> separation of church and state, how come states are allowed to use the
> term
> "Act of God" to justify school days missed during times of bad
> weather?
> "Act of God" days are not made up.  School districts are given money
> according to the number of students present at school within a
> specific
> number of calendar days in which school is in session.  Interesting,
> isn't
> it????  Maybe other list members have an idea about this?
> 
> To The Phoenix:  If you don't believe in a Higher Power, how did you
> get
> hooked on TBAA?  (Bet WE know, don't we, girls?  Andrew is Adorable!)
> *sigh* <g>  :-)
> 
> About your handle, "the tastiest crayon". . .cute.  Did you eat
> crayons, and
> poke them up your nose when you were a little kid?  That's what my
> folks
> told me I did!  <g>  I was SUCH a little brat!!!  *big, mischievous
> grin*
> 
> Love to all,
> 
> Darla Bradley
> dbradley  @ . .addy.addy.edu
> 

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Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 01:10:32 -0800
From: Sky Dancer <skydancer  @ . .addy.net>
To: "tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com" <TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com>
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!

Kevin Brown wrote:
> 
> 2. Monica having troubles with her attitude.  (Reflective of what we all
>    go through)

I've often wondered why it is that I don't relate more to Monica.  She
clearly goes through many of the things that we do as humans, but when I
see her, I tend to regard it more as part of the story and miss the
connection.  On the other hand, when Andrew is going through the same
kind of turmoil, I seem to reflect more to it on a personal
note...examining the meaning and how I deal with such things in my own
life.  Does anyone else notice they tend to lean more towards the
message of one cast member over the other?
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In Love and Light, 


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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 13:19:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Finabair  @ . .addy.com
To: tbaangel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: TBAA ADMIN RE: Hello to The Phoenix

Kev, and everyone else, FYI:

If I hadn't *just* sent a gentle reminder to the list to stay on topic, I
wouldn't have minded this one so much, but there wasn't even a mention of
TBAA in this entire post.  The topic of this list is TBAA, not religious
views.  I understand religious views will come up while discussing TBAA but I
don't want people posting *only* about their religious views.  There are
plenty of other forums out there for that.

Please don't do that again.  SERIOUSLY.  At least make an attempt to keep
posts on topic.  And if you feel the need to respond to a post in this manner
in the future, *DON'T* post it to the list.  Post it privately to the sender.
 

Take care,

Jennie
finabair  @ . .addy.com

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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 14:05:25 -0600
From: "Robert L. Cannon" <revdrb  @ . .addy.com>
To: TBAAngel  @ . .execpc.com
Subject: New member to this list and suicide remarks.

Hello everyone!
I am new to this list. My first time to write. Let me say I have really
enjoyed reading the letters. I agree with most of them and think that
TBAA is the very best program of it's type of TV today. I believe it is
being used of God to speake to people about ETERNITY.  Tess is right it
is a "GOD THING" therefore He is watching over it and using it. I have
been very interested in the remarks concerning "suicide"....However, I
would like to say that while this program is being used of God and I 
love it...let's never forget that it is a Program and not the Bible, and
that these are real people who are subject to error just like all of
us and not "REAL ANGELS."  I know that God is full of compassion and
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repen-
tence. He also says "unless ye repent ye shall all likewise perish."
IMHO and I believe the Bible concurs that we are not held accountable
for actions if we are not responsible mentally. I believe if one should
have a mental break, and they were a real true christian in the eyes of
God, and had a breakdown and committed suicide, that they would go to
Heaven.  However, I do not see where the Bible makes any provisions for
repentence after one has left the body. There it would be hard for one
to have an assurance of heaven for a person who was not a christian in
God's eyes and committed this act in that state, whatever be their con-
dition. I know God's mercy goes a long ways, and I hope that somehow
there is a provision that we know not of; however, IMHO this is known
only to God.  Sorry if I have bored you; I didn't mean to. God Bless.
    Bob in Virginia.         e-mail:  revdrb  @ . .addy.com

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