Doug,

>I'm sure that's a large part of it. You and Ed P. seem to get stuck here and I'm sure the both of you don't intend things to end up the way they seem often to do.

Hmmm. In the future I might rethink my post twice, and reply in such way that this won't happen again.

>I have no ill will towards you or he or anyone else for that matter - it's a personal spiritual kind of thing for me so it's very important not to allow corrosive thoughts. I detest them when I find them in myself.

>While I have as much stubborn pride as anyone else (for which I am constantly embarrased) I really do not want to impose my thoughts on others - it simply soesn't work anyway. I do wish to influence others though and make no secret of it.

IMO, All I tried to do is to defend the things I think with some practival examples. Seems to have another effect than I suspected.

>Let's just take a deep breath and start all over, ok? *s*

I've said to myself to start all over again at jan 1st. I seem to have screwed up real fast. I'll reconsider my position and will post less even if I think that they're flat wrong.....

BTW I really appriciate this.

Walter,