TurquoiseB wrote: > Having gone over by one post, I will go over by two. > So shoot me or ban me for a week. > > Michael, I wasn't *speaking* to you in either of my > posts this morning. I didn't even have you in mind. > So *you* are speaking to someone else, someone in > your imagination (or God's imagination, if you prefer) > and don't really need an answer from me. > > I just rapped about what I tend to believe. Do with > it what you will. If you choose to get all bent out > of shape and insulted by it, I trust that it will > make you feel better to believe that God is really > the one being offended, not you. :-) > > I believe what I believe, and you are free to do the > same. I have never suggested otherwise. At the same > time, I am free to speculate as to *why* others may > believe as they believe, and what the repercussions > of that belief may be. *Just* as you do rather > often here, and in fact do in this very post. > > You have a *history* of overreacting anytime someone > challenges the value of belief in God or the value > of practicing bhakti. I'd look into *that* if I were > you, not other people's behavior. You claim in this > post that you'll say it once and then never say it > again. Yeah, right. You've done that before, too. > You claim that you don't want to argue, and then do > just that. You claim that you don't want to defend > your position, and then do just that. Physician, > heal thyself. > > If you can't handle people presenting views that > are contrary to yours without getting all upset, > *especially* when they're not talking about *you*, > I'd advise you to stay out of those discussions. > So, you can't handle it and you went over your posting limit, and you're all upset.
> God *may* be dictating all your actions, but if so > He's becoming an enormous bore. Otherwise it's you. > Your call. > > Barry >
