I am just shocked that the December issue of the Outlook would publish an opinion from a resident who had the audacity to label neighbors “the devil and his disciples”. To date, I have never seen horns nor spiked tails on anything moving in the park, nor has any such creature(s) been registered in our pet registration.
I would love to see the religious and personal credentials of the individual who can so easily classify a neighbor with such hatred, while “praying for an answer.” Christianity doesn’t espouse such ugly and negative feelings towards one’s neighbor, in fact, we are directed towards LOVE. I think the author should start praying for a little Love to enter her heart, and replace the hatred and discontentment she demonstrated in her writing.
I spent seven hours today watching the interaction of our nice community at its semi-annual Trash and Treasures. I saw people hugging and welcoming newly returned neighbors. I witnessed people buying little items for others, and just slipping them unnoticed into their bundles. I saw volunteers bringing in baked goods, sweating half of their day in the kitchen, hauling trash, and cleaning up tables so the next diners would have a pleasant experience.
There is no infectious disease rampant in Regency Cove, and the only thing that needs to be cured is the type of thinking that allows someone to be so publicly vile to a neighbor. People can and should speak their minds at Board meetings, but nothing in this opinion warranted publication in our newsletter. Never in 50 years of our newsletter has such a negative and un-Christian item been published.
I think the Outlook editor should be reprimanded for including this opinion under the Club Regency heading, and allowing it in the Outlook at all. There have been disagreements in this community in the past, and we have managed to successfully resolve them, and make correct decisions, without the assistance of the newsletter editor. Hatred must not be published and perpetuated.
I would love to see the religious and personal credentials of the individual who can so easily classify a neighbor with such hatred, while “praying for an answer.” Christianity doesn’t espouse such ugly and negative feelings towards one’s neighbor, in fact, we are directed towards LOVE. I think the author should start praying for a little Love to enter her heart, and replace the hatred and discontentment she demonstrated in her writing.
I spent seven hours today watching the interaction of our nice community at its semi-annual Trash and Treasures. I saw people hugging and welcoming newly returned neighbors. I witnessed people buying little items for others, and just slipping them unnoticed into their bundles. I saw volunteers bringing in baked goods, sweating half of their day in the kitchen, hauling trash, and cleaning up tables so the next diners would have a pleasant experience.
There is no infectious disease rampant in Regency Cove, and the only thing that needs to be cured is the type of thinking that allows someone to be so publicly vile to a neighbor. People can and should speak their minds at Board meetings, but nothing in this opinion warranted publication in our newsletter. Never in 50 years of our newsletter has such a negative and un-Christian item been published.
I think the Outlook editor should be reprimanded for including this opinion under the Club Regency heading, and allowing it in the Outlook at all. There have been disagreements in this community in the past, and we have managed to successfully resolve them, and make correct decisions, without the assistance of the newsletter editor. Hatred must not be published and perpetuated.
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Excellent response. I agree whole heartedly. Hatred should not be publicized. As a resident of less than 3 years, I am offended and hurt with the all-inclusive label "The Devil and his Disciples".
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