Hi Matt, > > Mary, you've confused characters in my domestic comedy: > my girlfriend's best friend is the evangelical who lost her > brother. I'm not close enough to her to know how this > fairly recent event affected her faith. But we went to > church with her last time I was there. First time in a long > time for me. My girlfriend, on the other hand, the "militant > atheist": I know her well enough to have a pretty good > idea that she has no particular reason to be as resentful > as she seems. Which I've told her. And she smiles and > shrugs. (Man, you must have thought I was an idiot if I > didn't know why someone who'd lost a sibling would resent > God/religion.) > [Mary Replies]
LOL. ...and you must have thought me an idiot to confuse who's who in the story. Blue slug-bug no tag backs! > Matt > > p.s. And true about "thought-out," though I like to use > "articulate" as a watchword that includes all those kinds of > things. On my view, because reasoning has so much to do > with linguistic felicity, I like switching from "reason" to > "articulation" because it gives a greater sense of a > concrete, external activity. > [Mary Replies] Does Sarah Palin have Quality? Best, Mary > > > > Matt, > > > > Your girlfriend is resentful because God didn't save her brother. No > wonder > > she hates the religious. They have nothing to offer. If fact they > > betrayed. > > > > Really liked your observation about the articulate vs. the > inarticulate. > > You know, though, the battle has nothing to do with articularity. It > is > > really a battle between the thought-out and the not-thought-out. I > hope you > > win. > > > > Mary > > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
