Thanks for that excellent explanation, Rap. I appreciate you taking time to help me with this. I agree with much of what you've said, especially the parts about owning one's beliefs and feelings and expressing from that stance. I can understand how one's spiritual feelings can be a "touchier" subject than others might be and thus, the different conventions here. I might quibble about how what adds or doesn't add to a discussion is in the eye of the beholder, but that's not primary to the issue, imo so I'll let that one go.
You've given me the information I need to know what is and is not expected from admin for posting on this forum, and that makes making posting decisions a whole bunch easier.
Thanks,
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