Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 4:01am
EXCLUDING THE DEAF FROM THE GOSPEL?
[SOURCE: DeafDCBlog, AUTHOR: Shane Feldman]
[Commentary] The FCC's meeting Tuesday included protests over a Commission decision to exemption of over 300 television programs simply because they are produced by nonprofit organizations and captioning the programs could cause “significant difficulties for these entities.†Most of these exemptions were given to religious organizations, most of which likely belong to a Christian denomination. Don't Christians want to spread the gospel to everyone in the world? If that is the case, why would Christian organizations purposely exclude deaf and hard of hearing people from the gospel? Christian organizations that requested and have been granted exemptions may be abandoning the words of Jesus by excluding deaf people from their programming. According to Matthew 28:16-20, Jesus calls on his followers to: “…go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.†“All†includes deaf people does it not?
http://www.deafdc.com/blog/shane-feldman/2006-09-26/excluding-the-deaf-from-the-gospel/
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