... and it seems really, I dunno... weird/ironic/funny that on the one hand apparently old Tar is assumed to be assuming it's all Christians 'round here, while in the same thread he's also being accused of proselytizing, which as far as I understand that word, would have to mean that he had assumed people are NOT Christians (and ought to be, need to be).

Me, I found it a silly story with a big fat invisible THEREFORE just before the last part... which would make it proselytizing, in my book, and I'm agin it. I'm especially agin it when someone starts up a thread just to do it, as opposed to mentioning one's faith in an on-topic way in response to someone else's post-- as many Mudcatters do, you know (happy Solstice!). I can't recall if Tar is one of the proselytizers hereabouts I've PMed in the past asking them to knock it off, but I do that from time to time because as a practicing and thinking Christian, I find time after time that such approaches really close people's minds more than anything else. Especially here.

On a personal level, I don't like it when people choose such an asinine starting point to try to reach anyone, and I don't think it's a good idea at Mudcat in particular. It's the kind of sappy crap I would expect to find at TruthorFiction.com.

But it's also possible that all Tar really assumed is that people at Mudcat can relate to spiders.

Have a nice day, and enjoy your various (old) (same old) jihads! ;~)

~Susan