Joan, you are exactly right, I did not mean any one in particular. The first sentence of that paragraph says basically that. I was simply pointing out that we are a group of many beliefs and needs. some of them pretty extreme, some pretty mild. I frankly don't care what anyone else's' beliefs are unless they try to force them upon me. Sorry if I offended you. Bob Chapman 65/61/50 California Desert Stan or Joan Snyder wrote: > Hello Fellow list-survivors: First of all, Janet, welcome back-please > don't ever stay away that long again; love ya! Second, I've been called > many things in my life but this an historic 1st-I'm referring to Bob > Chapman's post & being called a right-winger!!! My old hippie blood is > having a riot with that one altho I don't suppose you meant me in > particular, but I must plead guilty (sorry Barb-love you too!) to > mentioning God in my posts:))) I have to because He is a full-partner in > my marriage, in my disease & in my family. I try very hard not to preach > about something that is to me very personal, but to avoid speaking His > name because it is deemed politically incorrect would be like avoiding > speaking the names of my husband & children...it is just a fact of my > life! So, to those of you who don't share my faith-so what???!!! I don't > get it...what's the big deal?? I can tell you that my view is to > CELEBRATE DIVERSITY. We have so many things to be thankful for-this > wonderful forum where our diversity can be explored and made for all to > see-a thing of joy & humanity! I am overcoming alot of self-doubts to > post this (I usually don't like to get involved in anything > confrontational). I too, miss Dennis & Judith-but it's going to become > alot more empty, I'm afraid, if we don't just GET OVER IT!!! and get > back to the business of being caring human beings to each other. > > -- > Joan E. Snyder (47-8-10) <[log in to unmask]> > "In the depths of winter I finally learned there > was in me an invincible summer" Albert Camus > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/snyder/page1.htm