Zeb,

Hardi will have to wrestle me away from the cookie to get back into this one. Your question also goes to the piece I am working on. Please be patient. We aren't ducking.

Jim Dixon, I love the idea you advance in that book's description, and I am going to look into it further. I always seem to head for the middle to help two warring sides see each other's essential humanness. This could be a great help to me in that, thank very much.

T2D-- thanks! I used to be quite a bull in the china shop!

G-g-s, I found it really interesting that you chose to post that in a thread that didn't really have to do with reincarnation. I'm not complaining or taking you to task. But if I did that in a thread about reincarnation or pagan holidays-- used it as an opportunity to promote my faith-- I think I'd be sorry I'd done it in short order, and not just because I don't like flames any more than the next person. I do post openly as a Christian whenever I do post, in whateever way seems to be on the topic at hand, but I would not head into a thread on others' beliefs to do it. Should I? Do you think maybe I have been too timid in the name of restraint, respect, and reality? Just curious what you think, and since you wrote in such a reasoned tone I think we could talk about it effectively. Maybe this is not the place. But as a guest, you can't PM. Feel free to say more to me though in e-mail, OK? I'd welcome hearing from you.

~Susan

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