I've tried twice to get this to post correctly. This is the correct version of what I was trying to say.

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Susan inserted and entirely self-serving defensive clunker into this thread with her first contribution. Don't jump all over Amos or me for trying to see why it had anything to do with what Bill and others were talking about. Amos' analogy to a 12-year-old with an imaginary friend was not inappropriate, because to those who don't share ~S~'s hard-and-fast christian world view, there is a level of acceptance of the metaphysical that is akin to having an invisible friend. THIS IS WHAT I MEANT ABOUT WRITING BACK TO THE CENTER. By your insisting that what Amos said was meant to offend, you bring the focus back to yourself and your spirituality, and to your dismissal of any criticism of it. You have illustrated perfectly why those who don't share in christian views aren't willing to sit on their hands and let you rant on about it.

SRS

On this topic perhaps we should agree to disagree, have Joe Clone remove the several previous contributions, and move forward.