Happy New Year to you, too, Terrence!!
You said "I think 1997 may be a good year to love not only John Galt, but ourselves, our friends and all men and women of good will and the mind."
Well, I have a couple of comments to make!!
All love springs ultimately from the love of the self. Without that, all other love is impossible, incomprehensible. That is exactly why the Ask God regulars are not included in this esteemed group; in lacking self love they crave it as an obsession, and are lured into true darkness and evil in the pursuit of self-acceptance.
Not to be rebellious or anything, but I would exclude Shalom from the regulars at the Ask God thread (knowing this opinion ranks as heresy over here, but I suspect I will not be relegated to any cave.) Shalom is in a way compassionate and open-minded, and has revealed that kind and tolerant part of his being to me personally, and has refrained from judging me even though I have gone in a direction which is questionable from his Christian perspective, offering me only his concerns and his support.
I notice a couple of my dear friends are very present on this thread, one of whom is struggling with loving John Galt, and attempting to turn over a new leaf in his attitudes towards Galt. Maurice is making progress, even turning the other cheek (in a sense). I don't know how Freddy Quinnelly feels, because he deals for the most part with his thoughts in this forum, while Maurice is more out there with his feelings.
Freddy, dost thou love this man with all thy heart and soul?
I am perplexed and intrigued, still trying to find the man behind the Galt persona before I decide what my feelings are. This may be an exercise in futility, a hair shirt, a cross to bear of sorts, but I persist nonetheless.
Happy new year, no go-go girls or blow-up dolls or huge submarine sandwiches for you Terrence or John darling, because they are not ultimately good for the soul or the romantic heart, or the spirit!
Best wishes!!
Christine |
