
09-24-2007, 09:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redeemedcynic84
you are reading "language" into "nationality"
IF everyone speaks English, it is not ok to have an English speaking church that is only for, say, white people, or latino people where other nationalities are not welcome (whether overtly or covertly)
HOWEVER, if the church does everything in, say, Spanish, then those who don't speak spanish are unlikely to go there, but that's ok...
It is not ok to bar people from going to your church, or only aim your church, at people of a certain nationality, that would be racism... But if it is based upon language barriers it is not racism...
does that make sense?
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