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To: elpolvo who wrote (25650)	4/20/2003 8:55:24 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104167

i'm going to have to hear duffy's version before i decide whether or not i believe it. <g> Here is his version of the story: Woof woof growl, yipe woof howl, woof ruff ruff, hah-hah-hah aaaahwoool, arf arf... It goes on and on. Once the pup starts typing he finds he can't stop. His little ol' imagination just runs and runs as if it's chasing a ball rolling downhill. Anyhow I entered into the Bablefish translator and here is the summary of what it spit out: Basically everything he said is true. Except that everything smelled a thousand times better than he described. Oh yeah. And I found the sound of all those tasty looking birds singing together to be almost deafening. Not as pleasant as he makes it out to be. They were friggin' everywhere. It certainly was a sensory overload. Oh... and those fence posts at the farm. There must have been a thousand of them. I could have peed on each and every one of them. What a joy. -Duffy -------------- So there it is. Straight from the dog's mouth. I enjoyed your words about Easter. It's a viewpoint that I contemplate continuously. However your version is even more eloquent than mine. I used to struggle with it. Now I don't. I just allow myself to believe parts of both a guess. I guess it's sort of a crutch. One that perhaps I shouldn't need. Anyhow I find that having faith in the the overall story to be difficult. However I also find that I have probably the same difficulty with having absolutely no faith. I like the core message of his teachings. I would like my kids to learn them too. Hopefully they will be able to see it without all the fear that many people possess. More so, I hope they can see past all of the translations the extremists try to apply to such a simple message. Many of the stories written were possibly done in a manner to help the religion grow. So many people get caught up in the rules that have been established along the way. Many of these rules were established as a preservation of the religion. And many of the others were created by small minded people with a lot of power. I try not to get caught up in all of that. It's the spiritual part that I dig the most about church. I like how it helps form a community of people who all come together time to time to just love. You hear it in the voice of the choir and the beautiful music that comes out. You hear it the out of tune voices the people in the pews as they fumble through the words. And you see some relief on the faces of those who seem to be struggling with whatever problems that ail them. I just wish there wasn't so many people who find the need to ram religion down other people's throats. I wish they could be a little less afraid to be open minded. Then they would really be able to see the beauty in all of it. They would then be able to find a little of that heaven they so crave, right here on earth. It's all around us. It's just a matter being able to see it. I've been learning that it's all about perception. If your mind ain't open to seeing things, then you won't see them. It's something I figure I learned here on the NNBM. What is reality? It's all about perception. I think that is hidden in that message of his. Happy Easter or Happy First Sunday After the First Full Moon After the Vernal Equinox. Love you dudes. -KeesterBunny