Shalom Shalom.. Or does that just mean Goodbye?
No, unfortunantly, I had run into a couple of others and they weren't
much better. In fact, a friend of mine who ran a retail store also mentioned that
he's had similar experiences. He said as soon as a person told me he was
a "born again Christian" I'd know he was after something. I'd lock the
cash register. I have dealt with hundreds of people over the course of
the years and can only recall these few experiences. Three total, now
that I think of it. The third one mentioned that I was the only broker that
they were working with when I noticed a flyer from another office sticking
out of the woman's purse. It was dated that day. When she saw me see it,
she immediately shoved it back into her purse and got all embarassed. I
thought it funny. (It didn't matter to me how many others they were using
as I had all exlusive listings.)
I've just sort of associated "born again Christians" with these people and
people like that Swaggert fellow and Tammy Fay Baker. They talk about
having "eternal life." Why would anyone in their wildest imagination
ever want to live forever with the likes of those people?
You mention "belief in God." How can you believe in something that you
know exists? It seems to me that belief and knowledge are mutually
exclusive. It is obvious-- to me anyway-- that there is some force
that set all this physical universe into operation. Whether it is an intell-
gent force or not I don't know as I can only only go by what I see. Any
attributes that I would give to it would be my own creation. I think most
religions call that force "God" or give it some similar name. Since it is
obvious why then would you have to believe its there rather than know
it's there?
Anyhow-- philosophy takes many forms. And, I suppose that for each born
again Christian there must be others like Mother Teresa. I also think
of the ministers, priests and rabbis that gave their life jackets to
other sailors who didn't have any when their torpedoed ship was sinking
in WW II. Although we consider that a brave act, but, then, it doesn't correlate
with survival of the fittest.
So much for rambling.. back to the market. You never did tell me about
your name.. It is an alias or real?
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