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To: nihil who wrote (57863)	12/28/2000 11:23:28 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

The Right Rev. was heard to say, you mean that wasn't a mailbox to God? Not really, he didn't say that. I lied. I am torn on this one. There are sick, desperate people with faith that some ministers have a straight line to God and it infuriates me that they are taken advantage of by people like this slimy guy. The ones who sent money because they believed they would have it returned to them tenfold or whatever that Bible verse is that he mangled, well, tough. They were greedy. They bought a spec stock and lost. Desperation can make you do things that aren't in your normal repertoire. When Dan and I were married, I was already almost 30, which seemed terribly old at the time, and by the end of second year of law school, we decided we'd better get to work on making babies. I had already had most of one ovary removed, and two surgeries, and had been told that I had a lot of scar tissue and might not be able to have children. After a year of trying, (and doing the basal temp charting thing, etc) we were going to start the ugly path of fertility testing and doctors. I was pretty upset. One night a very religious friend of mine asked me to go hear a charismatic speaker with her. She had a weight problem and this couple (the Hunters- I still remember their name) had written about losing weight through prayer. They were funny and interesting, and I enjoyed their talk. At the end they prayed for people requesting intervention or whatever and my friend, who knew about my infertility fears, said, Stand up. So I did, thinking what the heck, and they prayed for me. Of course, I got pregnant not long after that- in fact, the timing was perfect- April of the last year in law school. ALthough I;m not a believer in the strict sense. Or probably in much of any sense by Christian standards, I DO have faith in "magic" (in the sense of being a mysterious quality of enchantment). In the power of the spirit over many things. In the belief that many things can exist that I will never understand, call it what you will. I LIKE magic. But I DON'T like people who profit off needy people by pretending to possess special access and powers to the magic.