In Reply to: Life after the F. posted by Postman Pat on November 16, 2002 at 14:22:53:
we are doing that, by the very fact that we are warning people about the pitfalls and dangers and the wolves in sheeps clothing, don't you think? You see, it doesn't say exactly how to preach the gospel, now does it? If you think of yourself as a parent trying to help your children, not only do you want to teach them about the good things, but you want to teach them about the dangers and road blocks in life, right? Not to mention the pitfalls and very serious derailments, which we all here suffered. In a way, we're doing our turn by warning people of these dangers and revealing the truth about something that is very clever and could "deceive even the very elect" - to borrow from the bible itself. Someone once said, "I may not know what I believe, but I sure know what I don't believe." Sometimes in finding out just what it is that is so wrong, and what we don't believe, and what we can chuck, then we can go on and find out just what it is we believe. I think this quest could go on for most of our lives.