22nd April 2004, 10:09 PM
Sorry guys, it's been a crazy week.
Obi, I didn't take any offense to anything you said. Don't worry about it. About Morocco: It's really not a big deal to be American there. Especially in Agadir, where I will be going, which is a huge tourist spot and very modern. Morocco as a whole is one of the most Western of Muslim countries, and in fact the previous king became a Christian and for a time allowed the people to have Bibles. But there was such a backlash from the other leaders of Muslim countries that he unfortunately backed down, and it is once again illegal to posess a Bible. That is the case in every Muslim county I have heard of, which intrigues me, since a lot of the research I've done lately says that Muslims accept the Bible as a word from God. But anyway, we are not going in on our own just for kicks- this is a very well planned and organized thing. We'll be working with residents and doing a lot of practical work, like helping to teach English in Universities. It's not as extreme as Iraq or Thailand, where some other groups from my church are going this summer.
Lazy, someday it would be good to talk about that and find out more about what you are saying. I've honestly never heard about that from anyone, and I don't live in a little Christian bubble (anymore). :) History, science, heck, even English professors at my school like to go out of their way to teach us the "truth" about the Bible and Jesus, and I've heard some pretty crazy stories! They usually just end up contradicting themselves anyway, but I've never heard about what you mentioned. So I would like to find out more someday. But I think you don't want to hash that out right now, and I don't either. It would be a much better thing to have a personal conversation about, because if nothing else I want to learn about what you guys think and how you view the world. I have heard all sorts of stuff, but never from people who I know and consider friends. Most of the friends I've had are Christians who live a lot like I do, becaus that's who I spend the most time with. I have some friends from school, but most of the time we are all too busy to spend time together outside of class and group projects. Programmers and engineers in general are not the most outgoing people (myself included), so I don't know anybody well enough to really talk with them. But we've been talking for something like almost 5 years, and I feel like you guys are all pretty cool people who I would be good friends with if I ever had the chance. And I know you guys could be honest with me and I could be honest with you without anybody getting pissed off or offended or anything like that. :) So someday.
Obi, I didn't take any offense to anything you said. Don't worry about it. About Morocco: It's really not a big deal to be American there. Especially in Agadir, where I will be going, which is a huge tourist spot and very modern. Morocco as a whole is one of the most Western of Muslim countries, and in fact the previous king became a Christian and for a time allowed the people to have Bibles. But there was such a backlash from the other leaders of Muslim countries that he unfortunately backed down, and it is once again illegal to posess a Bible. That is the case in every Muslim county I have heard of, which intrigues me, since a lot of the research I've done lately says that Muslims accept the Bible as a word from God. But anyway, we are not going in on our own just for kicks- this is a very well planned and organized thing. We'll be working with residents and doing a lot of practical work, like helping to teach English in Universities. It's not as extreme as Iraq or Thailand, where some other groups from my church are going this summer.
Lazy, someday it would be good to talk about that and find out more about what you are saying. I've honestly never heard about that from anyone, and I don't live in a little Christian bubble (anymore). :) History, science, heck, even English professors at my school like to go out of their way to teach us the "truth" about the Bible and Jesus, and I've heard some pretty crazy stories! They usually just end up contradicting themselves anyway, but I've never heard about what you mentioned. So I would like to find out more someday. But I think you don't want to hash that out right now, and I don't either. It would be a much better thing to have a personal conversation about, because if nothing else I want to learn about what you guys think and how you view the world. I have heard all sorts of stuff, but never from people who I know and consider friends. Most of the friends I've had are Christians who live a lot like I do, becaus that's who I spend the most time with. I have some friends from school, but most of the time we are all too busy to spend time together outside of class and group projects. Programmers and engineers in general are not the most outgoing people (myself included), so I don't know anybody well enough to really talk with them. But we've been talking for something like almost 5 years, and I feel like you guys are all pretty cool people who I would be good friends with if I ever had the chance. And I know you guys could be honest with me and I could be honest with you without anybody getting pissed off or offended or anything like that. :) So someday.