I am constantly stunned by this place. Constantly. From now on, if someone asks me why I spend so much time here, I will show them this thread.
All the tough questions, kaboom: What are fathers for? Can you will love? Is there a love that can be shown even when two people hate each other? Are children better off with violent parents who love them, or not? Unhappy but together/Happy but apart -- which is best for all? The great sorrow of life, not finding the partner your soul believes is out there....and the long joy of those who did. "The best thing you can do for your soul is believe in God". Boom -- 4000 years of religious struggle in one phrase.
I have not printed out a thread since 1997, but this one is just too full and too hard not to be considered slowly. What a bunch.
yours, Peter T.