fighter-thief, old fashioned is a wonderful way to be, as far as I'm concerned!
And for what it's worth, I am a church-goer (please don't hold it against me! I know that's not a 'popular' thing to admit to these days). Popular or not, I have great faith that although the Bible is not to be taken "literally" in that one cannot read word for word and take the meaning literally (it's a translated, copied by hand work!), it is in fact the Word of God (inspired). I do agree, that man (I use the term generically here, ladies ) has abused and misused it, along with almost every other gift we've had over the ages, but I still have my faith and by it's very nature, faith needs no "proofs" to abide. (And now I imagine I shall kick myself for breaking my most cardinal rule: don't discuss religion with folk you don't even know- but what the heck, I'm feeling reckless and so far nobody has taken a longsword to me here!) Uh, don't worry, I won't do it again, honest! My faith is MY faith, I don't try to impose it on others.
And fighter-thief, I have those feelings (that this country is going downhill fast, decency-wise) but I've noticed lately that there do seem to be some really good people out there too! Look at this board, you'll see a lot of decent people from all over the world, including our rather large corner of it! Hope you have a better day today. (that coffee stain will come out with a little club soda! )
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