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Pastimes : The Meaning of Life - Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Clark Kent who wrote (16)	8/8/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: knight	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 242

I think our Gods came from outer space, did some experimentation, saw that it went horribly wrong, said "to hell with it" and took off.

To: Clark Kent who wrote (16)	8/9/1998 12:55:00 AM
From: William H. Ferguson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 242

Folks who knock on my door hoping to enlist my interest in their particular religious point of view can be certain of a hostile greeting. First off, they're standing on my property ----- and they're uninvited. My right to enjoy the quiet privacy of my own beloved home takes absolute precedence over their "divinely inspired" need to go forth and spread their particular and subjective and personal view of gospel to all nations. I love to recall Harry Golden's story (from "For Two Cents Plain") about his customary and pre-planned reception offered to such uninvited intruders. He regularly greeted them pleasantly; courteously waited through their initial 3-5 minute promo speech, then invited them to have a seat as he reached up to his nearby bookshelf and offered each a swig of Wild Turkey, or its equivalent. As a rule, that settled and concluded the disturbance of the day. One of Frank Lloyd Wright's students once said in my presence a sentence which I've loved ever since hearing it. "For God so loved the world that he didn't send a Committee." Cordially, William