joe..be it so... you love the pomp and splendour..and the incense...the razelle dazzle... that's okay go for it nice to see you growing those beautiful trees there is much to be said for luther..who saw through the stage setting and exposed the story for what it was the vatican has a lot to answer for telling the poor to breed like flies keep em poor and keep em dumb and feed em bullshit that's the way to retain power be it religion or politics no one wants folk who think for themselves god forbid take it easy and enjoy your week peace merle
Merle, Elderly (!) is one thing, but happily experienced is another. I thank my lucky genes -- and my Chinos -- for keeping me intact. I am exactly some 60 Earth years and a month old, plus some handful of days. "3C" in the hexadecimal number system. More than one way to Tango. They keep adding "leap-seconds", though, so who knows HOW old, or experienced, we, any of us, are. ;-) Merle, I have nothing but gratitude toward Catholicism: I'm glad I was not born a WASP. I loved all the messing around in the Church. No, not the illicit sex, never saw THAT, but the attention on "Saints", Rituals, and especially the High-Mass *incense*. ;-) I was never a drug-user, don't get me wrong. Thank God. I just liked that scent of frankincense and Myrrh. Now, I grow Frankincense trees at my desert home in Arizona. And Bodhi Trees. And a second-generation Moon Tree, from a parent which was grown from the seed of a Sycamore (London Plane) tree which had gone to the Moon on Apollo 14. All in the family. I've made paint-brush handles for my use in painting from the Moon Tree's sticks. To inspire my Space-Art, ...or my woodworking. Granted, I have Romantic appreciations, besides the fundamental Zen ones. This is called Humanity. Neither one nor the other, but both are preferable, please. Culture, and its neutral foundation. Listen; priests not marrying is not my concern, and has to do with property-rights. You want to get involved with that? I leave it to any brave soul. Buddhists also went this way 500 years earlier (!), and counting... . Except the modern Japanese, polluted by Protestantism after the Meiji Restoration (call it a restoration). Shakespeare was vulgar, yes! Or, somebody else of the same name. ;-) Many blessings!, Love, your bro' --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > joe > ..you are not that elderly.. > > . ten is the age that one would think why this mumbo jumbo yabbero... from > men in long white gowns and funny hats >  here we have the catholic priests being exposed for sexual practises on > children... >  wicked wicked men.. > . that's how silly the catholic church is. > ..you would have to be non sexual to operate on that level...it's a silly > rule that the priests cannot marry..against the grain of  being human... >  where it is vulgar language or not. > .it is the truth that sings through..how you say matters less..though it is > good for it to be in poem form.. > . > carry on... was shakespeare vulgar? > >  enjoy life's treasures as they sit with you today..you are blessed!
