[Sundaycommunity] Farewell

[Patricia Smiley]

To be honest folks, there has been controversy about the use of our email
group for almost as long as most of us have been using it.  I am sorry that
some people have found that the only way to resolve this is to remove
themselves from the list.  I know what my own position on this has been,
and probably will continue to be.

Perhaps a discussion group would be the best way to resolve this.  I don't
know how to set one up - but could we do that and also I would ask those of
you who have posted contentious material to please respect that that is
where you should make your posts.


*Patricia Smiley*

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*mobile:  647-517-1599*




On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 1:31 PM Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> I agree with having a different group for controversial material for
> discussion purposes. And I believe that would include Brian’s emails that
> quote the controversial visions.
> Thanks for that great suggestion, Catherine
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 11:21 AM Maria di Paolo via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> This is it from me folks.  The tenor of this email forum has changed
>> significantly since we have had to become a digital/virtual only Sunday
>> Community and has become too confrontational and stressful.
>>
>> Art, you may think that this is a discussion group, and you may have
>> conceived it as one when you set it up, but the reality is that it is not,
>> and I note that the description given is the “Sunday Community News
>> Bulletin and Announcement Group”, so no indication of what you are
>> claiming.  There is no discussion happening around the posts that you and
>> Brian S and Joan have been making.  Any attempt by me and others to rebut
>> posts from the three of you (with logic and supporting evidence) are
>> effectively shouted down or ignored.  Brian S, I have tried to engage you a
>> couple of times in the last few months and each time you have slithered
>> into hellfire and damnation.  Art, when I have tried to engage your
>> arguments you have accused me and others that have made similar attempts of
>> ad hominem attacks while providing an excellent example of the technique
>> yourself.  Joan, it is clear that you have either not read anything I’ve
>> posted back to you or so dislike what you have read that you have decided
>> to ignore it completely.
>>
>> Art, Brian and Joan: We are all voluntarily part of this Catholic
>> Christian community.  We come from all sorts of different walks of life and
>> backgrounds. We are women and men, older and younger and we all have
>> different life experiences.  We all see the world in different ways, have
>> different political affiliations, different interests. It is not necessary
>> for us all to agree on everything or even anything.  It is not necessary
>> for any individual point of view to win out over all others at all costs.
>> This is not the forum for making converts. This is not anyone’s personal
>> pulpit.  Be sensitive to this.  Put yourself in the position of those who
>> are the recipients of your posts.  How would you feel if you were on the
>> receiving end?  Perhaps you should take up Rosemary Snelgrove’s suggestion
>> and set up a separate discussion forum on a voluntary basis for whomever
>> should wish to sign up to it.  That way you would know that all the members
>> were fully willing to engage and had similar interests.
>>
>> To everyone else: your posts have been educational, informative, amusing,
>> thought-provoking and gentle.  Even though I have not been posting in
>> response to them I have appreciated them none-the-less.
>>
>> I will withdraw from the group as soon as this email has been
>> distributed.  If anyone would like to keep in touch my email address is on
>> the list that Liz provides us with every year and I would be happy to hear
>> from you.
>>
>> Best wishes to all,
>>
>> Maria
>>
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