Its sad that some one who is suppose to be a man of the clothe would buy into this. Lord, help us our lives are hard enough, with out these so call "preachers" taking advantage of those who are desperate for a cure. I want one as bad as the next person, but this is not it. I know Chad he is a great guy and his sister loves him, my own family sends me everything they find on Parkinson's their hearts are in the right place Kay -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 4:35 am Subject: Re: Joan's Schuller letter re PD cure My response - if genuine - come in through the front door with proof, don't sneak around like a cheap confidence trickster. Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > Joan would like to hear your response > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joan Blessington Snyder > To: rayilynlee > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:07 PM > Subject: about rev. schullers cure > > > i wanted to know what the listserv thinks about it. > > Dear Sir: > I think you do an tremendous disservice to your parishioners and also to the > > entire Parkinson's community by announcing from your pulpit that there is a > "cure" for Parkinson's Disease. > > I think that the way you pronounced this news was steeped in innuendos and > secrecy: not naming the researcher, not saying which national PD foundation > was sent his "triple checked" paper and then not even being clear about when > > he would appear on your show. > > Perhaps you do not understand just what is at stake here for a desperate > group of people who live with this damn disease daily-for you to actually > drop this type of verbal bombshell and then to not explain yourself is > unconscionable. It makes my life just that much harder as an advocate for > awareness and fundraiser for PD research. > > Now that people have heard it from you, they will assume that this another > thing they can cross off their list of worrisome things to think about and > assume that all is well in that little corner of their world. If this man > really has made a breakthrough in his research, it will take many years for > his treatment to trickle down to the ranks of the patients like myself (dxed > > for 18 yrs) . And people will still be getting this dreadful diagnosis > daily. > > I don't know what you can do to repair the damage that your reckless > comments have already done...but I hope that you can resolve this situation > quickly. > Respectfully, > > Joan Blessingt on Snyder > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn