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Now why should you bow out because one person got upset by a rumour? Isn't that just a little drastic and overly sensitive? But... if you do.. can you keep me on your mailing list? <g> Margaret :) > >Laurel, John, > > > >In view of the current flap re those offended by religious/ spiritual > >beliefs, where it seems so minor to me it does not to others ...I would not > >be offended if you ask me to quietly bow out. If anyone gets far enough into > >my stuff I see they could have a whole lot of heart-burn. I can personally > >handle a few offended persons but I absolutely do not wish to be an > >embarrassment to the Clan at large or to you folks and your project. > > > >Blessings Be... > >William > > >Bill, > >Suggest a separate point of contact for spiritual matters (which we all >need) as opposed to >religious dogma. > >Your views are light years ahead of simple souls like ourselves who may >have 'gut' feelings >about our broader spiritual relationship with the planet a.k.a the Universe >but who are unable >(or unwilling) to grasp the reality of our inter-dependence with all >living things; our past >existences or our future lives. > >Religion can be divisive except in its historical context when it can be >wholly relevant because of its unfettered power and undue influence on the >lives of poor mortals who had to >bow the head, bend the knee or perish. The World is strewn with corpses in >the defence >of this or that religion. > >We Sinclairs always believed that God and Nature was ONE. That was the >message which Earl William Sinclair left when he built Rosslyn Chapel and >it is a message which we ignore >at our peril. > >Niven > >------- End of Forwarded Message > >[ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@jump.net. >[ To get off or on the list, see http://www.mids.org/sinclair/list.html [ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@jump.net. [ To get off or on the list, see http://www.mids.org/sinclair/list.html