It does seem so, yes [your last line]. "Do as I say, not as I do"? I  
think in general and on too many issues these days, people are just  
too thin-skinned. Perhaps it is a sign of affluence; I imagine people  
who are having to struggle and dig and labor to put food on the table  
and a roof over their heads are too busy to perceive such 'insults.'

I can see the many points on this that have been posted here, but it  
still bothers me that it was built as a Christian chapel.  
Historically, like it or not, that's what it was and has been. So by  
removing the cross you are not making any old building more  
'friendly' to others [and I have to question why the mere presence of  
a Christian symbol should be considered 'unfriendly'- I would say  
that is more in the mind of the beholder], you are altering a facet  
of the history of the chapel.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Feb 26, 2007, at 6:42 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:

> And not just crabby, Sunshine.
>
> As a Catholic veteran I have often worshiped in places that were  
> government
> supported and were also shared with others.  Of course, along with  
> Baptists,
> Methodists and others the Catholic Church was illegal in Virginia  
> during
> colonial times, and even now is a minority religion here.  But we  
> worshiped
> in chapels which displayed both the papal and Protestant flags, and  
> chapel
> spaces also occasionally displayed the star of David as well.
>
> We simply considered it a sign of respect for our colleagues who were
> respectfully faithful to other religious organizations and took no  
> offense.
>
> With that background I have to wonder about the 'tolerance' being  
> shown by
> those who complain about the mere passive display of a cross.  As  
> though
> their God cannot tolerate them worshiping or even existing while  
> such a
> symbol exists.  How can anyone who demands the removal of the cross  
> claim to
> be doing that in the name of tolerance?  Isn't that request itself
> intolerant and disrespectful of others?
>
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