You had me giggling as you expressed your feelings and emotions in regards to Maria's "freedoms."

When you asked, "What to do?" I figured, personally, that about all one can do is give an account of oneself as the rest of the world carries on in their sin. I'm not sure if giving an account of oneself soothes the limits of yours, or anybodies, tolerance though.

I suspect that the Steelers are going to take this game.

> I was thinking this morning about the
> protests that Muslims are making against the
> Dutch for publication of a cartoon showing
> their revered prophet Muhammed at the door
> to paradise telling the suicide bombers
> there are no more virgins left as a reward
> for martyrs.

> In the U.S., this story is being run as
> suppression of the right to free speech by
> intolerant Muslims. My sympathies pretty
> much lay in the area of free speech, and
> ordinarily I'd question the faith of someone
> being so sensitive to criticism that outrage
> & violence is provoked at the slightest
> hint of deviation from orthodoxy.

> I said "ordinarily." One of the
> many thoughts that have crossed my mind
> since reading the Mosquito Queen's
> "Expressions of Ecstacy: Whispers of
> Love between Jesus & His Bride" is
> this: Too bad it isn't a crime to blaspheme
> the Christian faith in this way. Well,
> that's just a fleeting thought, because I
> strongly believe in the rights &
> responsibilities of free speech. There are
> religious teachings held by people on this
> board I don't agree with, and some of these
> beliefs seem downright hateful and scarey to
> me, but I can always choose what I'm going
> to read & react to, and there are
> moderators of this forum to remind people
> about the rules of civility.

> Still, I wonder when is enough and enough,
> and how do I exericise my right to free
> speech by protesting something as vile as
> "Expressions of Ecstacy"--? I'm
> not the type of Christian who wants to live
> in a theocratic state where someone's strict
> interpretation of the God's laws are
> imposed; in fact, I'm lean very much toward
> libertarianism with regard to issues of
> personal liberty. When it comes to
> sexuality, my position is that people can
> live any way they want as long as it doesn't
> impinge on my liberties. If it offends God,
> that's their problem, not mine. I refuse to
> judge the conscience of another person in
> the sight of God.

> I suppose "Expressions of Ecstacy"
> doesn't impinge of any of my rights, but it
> sure as hell offends me. I didn't have to
> read it, but at least by reading it and
> admitting I would support burning Karen
> Zerby at the stake for heresy, I got a
> little more in touch with the limits of my
> own tolerance. I also understand a little
> better the deep fear that gets stirred up by
> perversion and disrepect for things that
> others hold sacred. When there are no
> limits, the world of men appears to descend
> into chaos. People need something unchanging
> and sacred to hang onto in times like these.

> What to do? THANK GOD FOR SUPERBOWL XL! The
> world may be a mess where the sacred is
> profaned at every turn, but THANK YOU JESUS
> for the Pittsburg Steelers and the joy the
> life's small pleasures in the midst of an
> otherwise uncertain existence!!!!

> Any Hawks fans on this website? Get ready
> for a rumble!