Hi Joan,

    Not problem -  in writting its impossible to figure whether someone is
mad unless they use really mad language or include a mad emoticon or symbols
$%#&[log in to unmask] Well beginning able to at least make point and get the other person
to think abit is usually my goal. Modern Paganism is not something the vast
masses are familiar with - so if someone walks away just knowing we are a
legimate Religion protected by the Constitution - I have earned my Brownie
point for the day! If you have any questions - please just e-mail me. I find
much more frequently people want to know about it - than want to bash me for
it.

                            Blessed Be -- Trisha


>Touche' Trisha.  Maybe my comments speak more to my family background
>than your intent (probably so)
>Although when I was on the debate team, the object was to convince the
>judge of your point of view and
>win.   By the way, I enjoyed the informational sections of your
>discussion and kept them in a reference file.
>
>Joan
>
>
>On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 06:53:40 -0400 Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
>writes:
>>Hi,
>>
>>>Ken and Trisha --  For God's (or whoever's) Sake would you two stop
>>>bickering.  Are you related to each other?
>>>Only siblings would go at it like this.
>>
>>        Ken and I are just having a discussion - nobody is mad with
>>each
>>other - we took it to our private e-mail. We are doing just fine.
>>
>>>There is no right, or wrong, or good ,or bad. We are not the
>>enforcers of
>>>the laws of the heavens.  Each person
>>>determines their own destiny.   Let it go.
>>
>>    I know this I said the same thing the other day - I am not sure
>>why when
>>people have discussions and they are on opposite sides of the fence -
>>it is
>>assumed they are arguing. You certainly can learn alot from someone
>>holding
>>a different viewpoint, and people can have intellectually stimulating
>>conversation without being real odds with each other. I suspect as
>>many
>>argue to prove they are right - it give debates a bad name. We make
>>assumptions based experiences but this doesn't mean they are valid in
>>every
>>circumstance. Frankly, a good discussion keeps people on their toes,
>>makes
>>them think abit ( a quality sadly lacking in our society) and broadens
>>there
>>horizons - even if its only additional items bolstering their opinion.
>>So
>>please relax, I may debate but I rarely argue - its a waste of time.
>>
>>                                        Brightest Blessings
>>                                               Trisha
>>
>
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