From: Jack (name withheld)
To: quig@usff.com
Subject: Another viewpoint
Date: Wed, 22 September 1998 22:09:34 -0700

I read with some curiosity about your account of Gary Busey's acceptance of the Lord. Coincidentally, he was on a Christian TV channel telling the same story. It kinda adds creditability now doesn't it. Until you have accepted the Lord, you are ignorant of the power Jesus Christ has in changing a person's life.

Hollywood loves bad boys, and his accepting Christ is probably going to finish him off as a sought after actor. The trade off is everlasting life and a hereafter in heaven, do you have a better alternative?

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Jack,

To the degree that "Gary Busey's acceptance of the Lord" goes beyond mere allegation, you may have a point. The degree to which his "acceptance" is ingenuine, is mine. In fact, that assertion is validated by the very action that offends me. If Jesus Christ were alive today -- given his status as, among other things, history's most famous Freedom Fighter -- He would not be campaigning for mandatory helmet law legislation. And I assure you that I hold that belief with the strength and confidence that you seem to hold yours, Faith notwithstanding.

In other words, my commentary was not aimed at charging that Gary Busey's (alleged) acceptance of the Lord was a bad thing. I'm saying that if he had in fact done such a thing, he wouldn't be such an asshole!

quig

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Then, on September 23, 1998, Toy Sanfelipo wrote:

Quig:

I'm not sure of the exact exchange between you and Mr. Martin, but as a devote Christian, I'm happy for Busey if he indeed found the Lord. I also am very suspect, as you are, that this is genuine acceptance. Busey has exhibited strange behavioral mood swings (no doubt drug and alcohol induced) over his entire career. My personal opinion is he is more the Judas than the reborn. You're right about his stand on mandatory helmets. His preaching to his peers ( I use that term in it's most broadest sense here) is as distasteful and irratating as fundamentalist Christian's who prefer to preach to the masses. It's not bringing Jesus' word to everyone that I object to, but rather the method (messenger) that turns my stomach.

Tony

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Well, that's all for now, but as more come in, I'll start adding them to the list.

Quig

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