Hair Cutting Party....

triumphant1 · #1 09-11-2007, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by revrandy

Years ago it was said that there was a Pastor in OKC that did something like this.. a Good Preacher who preached Conferences and Conventions... I think his name was Smith...

I know Smith..I know his family...and I know the man that now pastors that church (which is running close to 300 today and doing great)...and it did not happen according to them.

Just like it didn't happen here...but they sure tell it like it did...

They got me up there with a pair of scissors...they got the music blaring...they got my wife in a barber chair...and they have me cutting her hair while speaking in tongues...

All of this supposedly took place a week after I mailed my card in...

Brother, my wife was about the last one in our church to do anything with her hair..she was very careful not to offend...not only that, we were out almost a year before she even trimmed the dead ends...and that trim did not happen anywhere close to our church property!

But they sure do like to talk about our "Hair cutting party"...

revrandy · #2 09-11-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by triumphant1

I know Smith..I know his family...and I know the man that now pastors that church (which is running close to 300 today and doing great)...and it did not happen according to them.

Just like it didn't happen here...but they sure tell it like it did...

They got me up there with a pair of scissors...they got the music blaring...they got my wife in a barber chair...and they have me cutting her hair while speaking in tongues...

All of this supposedly took place a week after I mailed my card in...

Brother, my wife was about the last one in our church to do anything with her hair..she was very careful not to offend...not only that, we were out almost a year before she even trimmed the dead ends...and that trim did not happen anywhere close to our church property!

But they sure do like to talk about our "Hair cutting party"...

Maybe most of the storys are just that... stories...

triumphant1 · #3 09-11-2007, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by revrandy

Maybe most of the storys are just that... stories...

"Lies" would be a better assessment... imho...

revrandy · #4 09-11-2007, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by triumphant1

"Lies" would be a better assessment... imho...

True...

MissBrattified · #5 09-11-2007, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by revrandy

Maybe most of the storys are just that... stories...

Suppositions and imagination turned into "fact." Sounds like lies to me. Its a good practice not to believe things like that unless you hear it directly from the source. (Source being the pastor who scheduled the party or the woman who had her hair cut on the platform.) Any other source is basically just a Gossip, and shouldn't be given much credibility.

triumphant1 · #6 09-11-2007, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Suppositions and imagination turned into "fact." Sounds like lies to me. Its a good practice not to believe things like that unless you hear it directly from the source. (Source being the pastor who scheduled the party or the woman who had her hair cut on the platform.) Any other source is basically just a Gossip, and shouldn't be given much credibility.

The problem is that these rumors are propagated by very believable people...namely pastor's and their wives...

I confronted one pastor's wife who was running one on us and she had the audacity--after I told her it was not true--to say to me, "Well, I heard it from a reliable source..."

She would not tell me the "source" but confirmed that the source did not come from our church, did not speak to me, and did not say where she had gotten the lie...I said, "Your reliable source is going to hell for lying, and you'll be joining her if you don't stop..."

MissBrattified · #7 09-11-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by triumphant1

The problem is that these rumors are propagated by very believable people...namely pastor's and their wives...

I confronted one pastor's wife who was running one on us and she had the audacity--after I told her it was not true--to say to me, "Well, I heard it from a reliable source..."

She would tell me the "source" but confirmed that the source did not come from our church, did not speak to me, and did not say where she had gotten the lie...I said, "You reliable source is going to hell for lying, and you'll be joining her if you don't stop..."

Hehe...that reminds me...there was this lady in a church I attended...who every service, she had something really ugly to say about other folks...anyway, she was about 10 years my senior, and so I would just try to get away from her as quickly as possible...but one night before church, she started in, and I had just had enough. I turned to her and said sharply, "___________, my ears are NOT garbage cans!" Then I turned around to walk off, and there stood my pastor...LOL...he looked both shocked and amused, and I just kept my dignity and kept going! But hey...she never gossiped to me again!

I am a bit more diplomatic now...I know how to steer the conversation in other directions and cut folks off in a more tactful manner...BUT some people can only be dealt with bluntly.

#8 09-11-2007, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by revrandy

Maybe most of the storys are just that... stories...

Not all of them are 'stories'. I know of one that did almost exactly what you are saying. They were close to me and did it to flaunt their newfound liberty.

I agree that some are rumors. But it IS a fact that it is true in at least one instance.

And, yes, it's still a sad, sad statement.