Thank you for your comments

Submitted by zzazzeefrazzee (United States), Apr 21, 2008 at 23:02

Shepherd,

Thanks for your comments.

"Ultimately, there's no harm in carrying on such discussions, so long as they remain respectfully academic with no expectation of a definitive conclusion."

Sadly, there are too many people here itching to go well beyond that.
Suffice it to say that religious absolutism-no matter the particular flavor- reigns supreme.

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