Originally Posted by Gavin Sinclair
In discussions like these, at a certain point, it becomes useful to look beyond what someone is saying to how they are trying to make you feel by saying it. I used to let this kind of thing get me down, but it doesn't work with me any more. I might respond in kind, but I do so with a smile on my face.

Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
Anyody know what denomination Japov is? Is it one of those WORLD CHURCH ORGANIZATION things?

I think maybe he's a baptist, I can envision him raising his hands up and singing in the black churches in the deep south...

Ok, no I cant see that. Oddly, the time I saw Father Ralph Diorio in Brooklyn, he was visiting a Baptist church. And they had a black choir, and the music was so much fun, way more entertaining than the Bach they play in my church.

And I had a big black woman, im talking probably 300 pounds, sitting next to me, and putting her arm around me as the choir was singing.

I prayed that God help her lose weight.... I was tempted to say "Did you come to be freed of weight troubles? lol, I did think that that, but She was a very warm and kind lady, I could never say it. Nice group of people overall.

Hmmmm... I wonder what I should make of this...