> *If my rants about the Jews are as confusing to you WASPy types as > this was to me, I apologize.* > ** Ralph, Actually your rants make me feel a whole lot more comfortable with the revelation, at least to me, of the magnitude of diversity between Jews. I begin to realize that Jews are just as crazy and whacked as many of the Christians that I know. I know good people who are Christians and Jews, but I tend only to recognize the whacko deviants in the religious base that I am closest to. Most of the Jews that I know are not practicing... same with the Catholics... so it is often difficult for me to get a good reading on core beliefs. I tend to avoid discussing any religion that I do not understand the workings of and with your rantings you make it easier for me to relate. I'd say that your rantings go a long ways towards opening up tolerance. Please keep ranting. So I heard this guy on C-Span explaining how the protestant Ronald Reagan thought God had saved him from his near assassination for him to complete a mission of destoying the Soviet Empire and that the Pope told him it was so as well as Mother Teresa. I wonder what God says to Dubya? ][<en -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>