Well said, foggers. Yes, out political leaders and their plans for war are far more dangerous than a sudden visit by Jesus. Matter of fact, I would be delighted to meet Jesus anytime, and would not fear his judgement in the least. It's the judgement of nasty-minded people that I fear.

Two of the brightest and most gifted young women I have ever known in my life grew up as Jehovah's Witnesses...and I always wondered how the heck they could go on believing all that stuff.

Well, one of them rejected it by the time she hit her mid or late 20's, so she saw through the conditioning of her youth. The other is still very young...perhaps 24 at the most. She's a remarkable girl. If she doesn't also see through it at some point, I will be very surprised.

It boggles my mind that a body of teachings as humane and forgiving as those put forth by Jesus could be twisted into such fear-mongering insanity as is embraced by fundamentalist churches...but it all depends on how people interpret things or who they listen to, doesn't it?