[net.religion] Dwight Thompson in Chicago area -- ENOUGH ALREADY

avi@pegasus.UUCP (02/13/84)

I have been wondering why we have received at least four articles
(6836@mgweed, 6882@mgweed, 6904@mgweed, 7027@mgweed) on the Dwight Thompson
topic. I wish they were a bit more clear. Just who/what is Dwight Thompson,
and what does he stand for? Who are his followers and intended audience?
What is his attitude on the antichrist and on ROCK music? Why is his
schedule so flexible that he keeps staying over for more talks? Why
should I (living in New Jersey) go to Chicago to see/hear him? Would you
like to see me post a list of "Jewish" happenings in obscure parts of the
world to net.religion -- without explanations? :-)

Seriously, are we going to continue to get steady updates on all this, or
just continued invitations to attend these get-togethers? In any case, why
is this not limited to an Illinois distribution, rather than the entire net?
One announcement is probably OK, but this is overdoing it. It is probably no
longer of general interest. There is no net.religion.dwight.thompson, and I
doubt that net.religion.jewish will be a place for this either (although,
there may be similar "announcements" placed there for a somewhat more
interested group (but not by me!!!)).

I am really interested, now that my curiosity has been piqued. Has anyone
gone to one of these meetings? Would the author (mgweed!!scc) care to spend
a few minutes enlightening us? Pardon my sarcasm, but I am reacting to some
side issues. Some people are saying that anything that goes into
net.religion.jewish should be left in net.religion instead. I am therefore
puzzled as to why SOME of the people who read net.religion.jewish would WANT
to read this stuff in net.religion, let alone post it here. I thought this
group was intended to discuss different religions and compare and contrast
them AND learn more about each other. I am all for that. So, please discuss
things -- not just announce them. Comments to the net please.
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scc@mgweed.UUCP (Steve Collins) (03/01/84)

Who is Dwight Thompson:

He is an evangelist that was born in texas, and has since moved to
California. He has a television program that is shown throughtout
the United States. He has been an evangelist for over 20 years.
He preaches an excellent message. Check out your
tv guide you should be able to find his program in your area.

An apology:

I do apologies to the net for allowing the distribution of the
messages to go throughtout net-land. I will hence-fourth
distribute them to 'chi' area only. 
NOTE: There have been people flying in from different parts of the 
states to see whats happening in Chicago.

His schedule:

In his many years of envangelismn he has talked to alot of Dead
churches. He will no longer continue doing that. There-fore he
leaves his schedule open for areas that respond to Gods message.
This is the reason he is staying in the Chicago area for the
extended period. Until recently he had no advertising of
the extended stay. He was relying on word of mouth only.
The last couple of weeks it has been advertised on our local
tv station.

scc@mgweed.UUCP (Steve Collins) (03/01/84)

Who is Dwight Thompson:

An evangelist born in texas, and has since moved to
California. He has a television program that is shown throughout
the United States. He has been an evangelist for over 20 years.
Check out your tv guide you should be able to find his program
in your area.

An apology:

I do apologies to the net for allowing the distribution of the
messages to go throughout net-land. I will hence-fourth
distribute them to 'chi' area only. 
NOTE: There have been people flying in from different parts of the 
states to see whats happening in Chicago.

His schedule:

In his many years of evangelism he has talked to allot of Dead
churches. He said he is tired of doing that.  There-fore he
leaves his schedule open for areas that respond to Gods message.
This is the reason he is staying in the Chicago area for the
extended period. 
Until recently he had no advertising of the extended stay. 
He was relying on word of mouth only.  

His message & belief:

The BIBLE.