Dear GlenC,

You've gone to a great deal of trouble to explain
your position to me and I appreciate it greatly.
Thank You.

From my perspective - I find that life without
a conscious awareness of God is
difficult. But that's just my feelings. I don't want to convert
anyone or impose my personal feelings onto anyone else.
I believe in the ethos of "live and let live."
To each his/her own (as long as it doesn't harm anyone else).

I certainly don't have the answers to the big questions
in life. I'm still on my own road to discovery. I am no
pundit. I have only my own life experience to go on.
And the obstacles I have overcome in life have been, in my
way, difficult. However I have been given great gifts by
many of the people that I have encountered on my journey
through life. They have helped shape me into the person I
have become and still hope to be. I think that humans are
the most extraordinary creatures, and a big part of me
still wants to reach an even greater understanding about who
we are. Not because I need to know more, necessarily,
but because I am drawn to the process of discovery.

It is the spirit of the human being that can fill me with
more joy than anything else. And that's what I am learning
from my journey, that my spirit is uplifted by these
encounters. I've met some amazing souls along the way.
Again Thank You for sharing your views.

Ahhh… souls – and haven't we met some amazing ones courtesy of OLO Lexi?

(My excuse for this post is having just watched an Onion News Network clip showing scientists teaching a gorilla sign language so it could learn about its mortality and the futility of existence which it did before falling into a terminal depression… laughed so hard I then felt embarrassed for not feeling sorry for the gorilla)

Dear WmTrevor,

I fully understand. I have the same reaction
listening to some of our pollies (won't
mention any names - I'm sure you know who)
watching them speak on television. ;-)

Am I alone in looking forward to the author's follow-up article.

What happened to him at the convention?

Was he pilloried and spat upon? Was he bored out of his skull? Did he escape with his religious credentials intact? Or has that tiny seed of doubt that he took with him, taken root?

Can't wait.

"Am I alone in looking forward to the author's follow-up article.
What happened to him at the convention?"

But this could be asked of more than one author, Pericles…

Maybe the Davids, Palmer and Nicholls haven't had the chance yet to compare notes and decide who goes first.

Dear Lexi
I'd love to be able to buy you a coffee somewhere gentle. I suspect knowing you would be a plus. And wouldn't we have some good stuff to disagree about — though probably less than we might fear?
Thanks for your posts.