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Bandit, I'm quite sure that I'd be close to one of those 30 definitions that you rejected. I tend toward the liberal-universalist side of things, and find Buddhist teachings to be quite helpful in illuminating my spiritual journey. But I do commend you on your statement of faith. You've simply...

Just finished Parthian Shot, by David Wishart. It's a guilty pleasure sort of a book--historical murder mystery set in First Century Rome, plenty of hardboiled attitude and street slang, with lots of local color. Hey, the plot is secondary--this is reading for fun stuff, and I plan on reading...

I haven't been around for a while, but I've missed y'all--so here's me and one of my cats, Pancake, doing what we do best:

I agree completely with that statement, PNG-- But, I do need to comment on bmartin's post: I'm afraid plenty of popes throughout the ages have commanded Christians to do just that--there was that little matter of the Crusades,remember? The Church has managed to slaughter many Christians, as...

LOL, reminds me of the episode attributed to Winston Churchill: On being told by Bessie Braddock MP: "Winston, You're drunk!" he replied "Bessie, You're ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober."

Just finished Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, about the Hungarian bank and post office robber, and hockey goalie, Attila Ambrus. An entertaining read (if a little heavy on the rock journalism style) of an interesting character, as much a victim of Communism and its fall as he was of avarice.

Thanks for your efforts, Brian--I for one was jonesin' bad for this place and all it's fine folks!

My best wishes for all in this New Year. May we all learn to lead with love--

Welcome, Faithful Servant! We've interacted a bit, but a formal introduction is better late than never, right? And I promise not to flame you! Nonjudgemental, open-minded and nonconformist is not a bad way to be, and I respect anyone who comes to their positions honestly. Looking forward to...

The Christopher that I'm familiar with is the Christopher of the Catholic tradition, the saint of the legend of Offero. This Christopher was purged from the calendar in 1960 because of an almost total lack of historical evidence. However, the Christopher of the Orthodox tradition has some...

Earth's rotation was affected, according to this article from Nature. From The Independent: Sacredstar, my thoughts and prayers are with your friends, as well--I hope they return safely-- And an excellent point about the suffering in Iraq. A coworker told me today that the US$35 million...

Lunamoth, glad you made it through that mess with no problems--up here in northern Indiana, we dodged all that. But, we did have a white Christmas, which was good!

Faithful Servant, thank you very much for your reply. I don't have the time to address a couple of issues right now, but you have furthered my understanding of a point of view that has puzzled me. You've helped me in my toleration of others, and that's no little thing!

Indogenes, I was able to find this at http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/28733/story.htm. I'm also very thankful that your family was unharmed!

Far be it from be to criticize anyone person's belief, Faithfulservant, and that's not what I'm intending, but I really don't understand why holding to a doctine of strict Biblical (or Quranic) innerancy is necessary for faith. One cannot logically prove a scripture is true by quoting claims...

My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this incomprehensible disaster--as are the thoughts and prayers of all humanity. And yet, we continue to wage war upon ourselves in other parts of our planet. God help us all.

~~Robert Hunter

D'oh!

Well, seeing as how nobody is filling my inbox with requests for my snail addy, I'd say most folks around here are incredulous about my little experiment-- (...and I don't quite believe I went into brain catatonia there, but the evidence is very plain, ain't it? :o ) And I'll say a big...

You all can help prove this statement by a simple experiment. Just sign over and send your next paycheck to me. :D