Dick, you're back!! Rick said you had unsubscribed. We have been talking about your "colorfulness". Hang around for awhile and maybe we can have some fruitful exchanges. -Peter
--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Dick Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dick Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Spirituality :- ) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 10:29 AM Spirituality :- ) You Yanks love that word don't you :- )) Tis like pissing into the wind and full of shite whilst doing it. 75 percent religious nut cases over there. Brainwashed from the cradle to the grave you be. Merlin. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" rick@ wrote: > > > > Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Barack > > Obama in 2004 on his faith and spirituality. She's now published > > the entire interview. > > > <http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/11/obamas-interview- > with-cathleen.html> > > > > Here are some highlights. > > > > FALSANI: Do you pray often? > > > > OBAMA: Yeah, I guess I do. > > > > It's not formal, me getting on my knees. I think I > > have an ongoing conversation with God. I think > > throughout the day, I'm constantly asking > > myself questions about what I'm doing, why am I > > doing it. > > I'm sure it was inadvertent and not what he > meant to convey, but what he appears to be > saying is that when he talks to himself, he's > talking to God. > > Some here may see this as an indication that > he's enlightened--"I and my Father are one," > "Tat tvam asi"--but it's likely to freak out > the fundies. > > (And I wonder how some here who have mocked > George Bush for claiming that God speaks to > him are going to respond to learning that > Obama says the same thing...) >
