Good by and Good Luck--I do not belong here

By the way it was me, and I am the furthest thing from a bigot that ever was. And I will say again that I am so sorry that my christianity is such a problem for so many people. I never ever said either that I wouldnt be her angel, I just felt that I should have an angel that believes as I do and I will also say this, if she had emailed me and said that she would prefer to have someone who believe as she did as her angel, then I would not have blinked and told her that, I understood and hoped that it would not effect our everyday relationship. I could really care less what you people think of me. I know that as a black woman I am truly not a bigot and I should as has been stated in many replies have the right to believe in what I choose to believe in!!! ~Nicole

Since you want an angel who believes like you - does she need to look like you too, maybe she should have the same educational level you have and she should be in your socio economic level as well. You are a bigot

Sally, I am relatively new to this site and I have to say that I was brought up a Catholic but I believe that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and that you should not leave this site because there are so many more people who want you here. I am not fanatical about my beliefs and I don't impose them on anyone else. I may say God Bless now and then but it's really just say "best wishes"! Don't go!

Geez oh pete, I didnt impose my beliefs on anyone, I made a request to her in a very nice email telling her how I felt. I'm not allowed to have my beliefs? I cant believe the write ups and the way people are responding without ever knowing the whole story. I will post the email so you can see what exactly was said and nothing was said about not associating with her. Man this is just amazing! ~Nicole

By the way here is the email that I sent to Sally. [quote]Sally Bartlett, Nicole Jackson has sent you a message from Obesityhelp.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole Jackson's Message: Sally, I was reading through the site today and caught what you said to Kym in her post. And I have to say I was a little shocked. I don't feel comfortable having an Angel who does not believe in God. I do believe that you are a wonderful person, that has no bearing on my decision what does is the fact that I want my angel to have a relationship that I have with God who understands what it is to love Christ and embrace him. Since I am a person who believe heavyily in Christ and his power and the power of prayer it is important to me to have an "angel" who does also. Thank you for everything you have done, you truly are a wonderful person, but this is so important to me and important to my life. Love in Christ always, ~Nicole[/quote] Look at the hatefulness and bigotry in that email! ~Nicole

Nicole, I did not say you were imposing your beliefs on her. I made a comment about myself, NOT you. I discussed my feelings. Personally, I have not problem with you or your beliefs because although I may not be quit as religious as you are I still belief in God and I think it is great for those who have such strong beliefs. My support was for her to stay with us! I would be happy to have anyone (religious or non) as my angel because even though they might not be praying for me, I know their thoughts are with me and isn't that all that really matters???

Sally & Nicole, I usually stay out of discussions of this type but here I feel I the need to put in my 2 cents worth. I too am a christian but I do not go to church regularly for some of the reasons demonstrated here in the past dialouge. Nicole, you felt strong enough about your conviction to ask Sally not to be your angel and I beleive you missed the whole point of what an angel can do for you. Sally is a warm hearted, caring individual that can give you the extra support that you will need. There are a tons of other people in this group that will actually pray for you in the method that you desire and you would perhaps benefit from a different approach given by Sally. It really can't be all that different though. Prayers are hopes and wishes as I guess Sally would be giving you her very best through your journey. I hope that neither of you go away angry about this because life is too darn short. As the Caboose said "Diversity is important" Sally will you be my angel? maybe then I could get an inside track on those daily riddles.

I never said that Sally wasnt a warm-hearted caring person. I truly believe she is but it is important for me in my FAITH to have an angel that believes as I do. If I ask my angel to say a prayer for me I want her to be able to do that. If I ask my angel to pray with me I wanted her to be able to do that. I never intended to hurt Sally's feelings, I never wanted her to not come to the board, she is a wealth of information, I still felt that I was her friend, but I have stick with my convictions on having an angel who believes as I do, and It has nothing to do with sally as the warm-hearted caring person that she is, I'm just sorry that she took it to mean that I didnt like her. ~Nicole

WOW............Listen to all of you. sad sad..This was something between the two of them. And I feel should have stayed between them two. Someone is in need of alot of attention here. And to bash someone for there beliefs that is so wrong. From what I am reading Sally was her Angel ...SHE WAS NOT HER'S... This post was so uncalled for. I to like Sally her information has been a great help to me. And I will in NO WAY let this post pull me in either way... How can any of us pass judgement against this other woman when we dont know what really happend. Like I said this should have stayed private.. (((Hugs))) Misty

Everyone...growup..............We are going thru this together....wheather your bmi is 70 or 40. or white/black, It's not like your having everyone over for tea and crimpets. this for support..........just wish everyone well, and see it at face value......life is to short, enjoy your new found life,