Hi Jody, Bob and Fellow Threadweavers:

Jody, to answer your question about "believers" of different faiths, I suppose I'm cut from different cloth than many of my faith. I keep a miniature statue of Ghandi on my bookshelf in my studio... right beside a picture of Winston Churchill and Robert E. Lee.

I have always been a great admirer of most Native American Tribes... and if they choose to call God the "Great Spirit" that is perfectly fine with me.

I don't believe it is my right to pre-determine the destiny of any good man or woman. Even those who believe there is no God are subject to no judgment from me. (I reserve the right to pray for them!)

If we are to have a civilized society, we need to recognize the good in people and leave it to the Great Spirit to decide who goes left or right to whatever destination he has chosen for them. Those who don't believe the way I believe are free to do so... as long as they don't expect me to follow their beliefs.

I won't get into the other oddities of my faith and beliefs... but we all share an ever shrinking globe and universe.

I wish all of you the very best,

----Dave

Last edited by Dave Rice; 04/29/15 08:10 PM.