
Date:    Thu, 4 Aug 94 12:17 CDT
From:    Dick Williams <dwill@csf.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Promise Keepers

Michael, I'm not so sure that Jesus ever taught that men (or anyone else) 
should take "leadership" (Fuhrerheit) and dedicate their lives to leading 
everyone else around.  "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts 
absolutely."  I would rather submit to the leadership of a loving and 
caring woman, than to any power-hungry male -- like McCartney at 
CU-Boulder.  He has become the laughing-stock of the campus and has 
earned it!  A true leader knows how to follow, to discern, and change 
his mind, modify his vision with new information and gentle persuasion.  
McCartney has none of those gifts.  Like many a fundamentalist, "He just 
knows the Truth and his version of the truth has made him overbearing."  We 
who live and work here know.

Now, I respect and appreciate the testimonies of many who have said the 
Promise Keepers has given them a new vision, has helped them turn away 
from alcohol, drugs and/or abuse.  Great!  Now, the next step is for them 
to respect the gentle folk who have been following Christ all along and 
have a gentler and more loving view of their faith.  I have heard 
so-called promise keepers ridiculing some of the Friends(Quakers) in 
Boulder, calling them "draft-dodgers" and "leftist wimps."  This is the 
aspect of the authoritarian based movement that disturbs me!

Dick Williams


