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To: pz who wrote (17508)	6/14/1998 2:58:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Hello pez: So you haven't found redemption yet in the glories of the rational mind? Still touting mystical evil which is serving to destroy the world? My heart isn't "hardened" -- it's just that my mind is open, as are my eyes which can see past the blind fog that you and your fellow tribesman cannot. If I could debate with Jesus today, I would win. Better yet, I would love to see Aristotle debate Jesus's mysticism face-to-face. Aristotle with his philosophical insights, would have made even Jesus rethink what he had studied in Tibet. Father Terrence

To: pz who wrote (17508)	6/29/1998 11:44:00 AM
From: Barnabus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

My Widowed Duck Papa Duck has disappeared. Probably a predator. Coyote. Mama Duck has been faithfully setting on about 30 eggs for three months!!! She hatched just one and it died three days later. The rest os the eggs are slowly rotting. But with her God-created center of faithful setting inborn, she continues to set set set set set. I now feed her out of a pan where she sets and she quacks a response of thankfulness. She has gotten so trusting of me, a couple of days ago, when I arrived she left her nest to quickly run to the water to take a quick bath, drink some water, spray her surroundings with her pleasant shaking. But my widowed duck is not the same without a papa around the house. It is obvious she is lonely, bewildered, troubled, and perplexed. So she just continues to set set set set set. But we can learn from Mama Duck A) She didn't abandoned "her nest" when her husband disappeared. B) She remained faithful to her task at hand, although heart-broken C) She has gone the second and third mile with a continued seemingly hopeless setting---what faithfulness D) She responds to love and care, appreciating the fact that I am not harsh and threatening with her E) She now trusts me to get close to her, realizing I'm not a "wolf in sheeps clothing" - her venture to let me "protect" her eggs while drinking and bathing, touched my heart. I could not betray such trust F) She demonstrates God's goodness by living out her duck qualities as God ordained. G) She is not rebellious because of the disappointments and sorrow in her life We should be so ducky----er lucky. Old Man Barney