Hi Jacob Drollinger <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Life may be a great gift, but death is the greatest gift of all. For it > is in death where all this pain is taken away. And believe you me when > I say that I do expect all of this pain to be taken from me. Where's your PROOF, man? Which one of this list can stand up and say " I KNOW! I've been there! There IS surcease after death! Come on all you happy dead people: stand up and be counted! Jeremy >Was I that much of a sinner before P.D. that God felt he must inflict > me with an illness as horrible as this one, for me to endure, in his > name, and be saved? Perhaps. PS Of COURSE you were, Jacob! :-) That's your interpretation of the facts, naturally ... -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Hampshire, UK