Hey there, I can assure you that my sour flat-capped man was not you! He pops up in dreams sometimes, as he did here in 2021, and is really a 'Part' of me (I like Internal Family Systems' use of this word). One of my grandfathers was a dour, authoritarian, fundamentalist Protestant preacher, absolutely sure of what was right and wrong. Hmm, couldn't possibly have any of that trait in me, could I? So you are indeed correct to say that we could both be right about the nature of God and of evil, and that would be my view nowadays. But in the spirit of not revising or adding insight I did not have into a letter from a time in the ashes, I am happy to leave it to readers to tease out the insights for themselves. (As though there are really any such separate selves... What rebellious threads we are! Refusing to be woven into the table cloth for the greatest feast ever thrown.)
Thanks for the links; I look forward to exploring them. And thanks for including me at the end: what a nice surprise! Always enjoy your writing.
Hey there, I can assure you that my sour flat-capped man was not you! He pops up in dreams sometimes, as he did here in 2021, and is really a 'Part' of me (I like Internal Family Systems' use of this word). One of my grandfathers was a dour, authoritarian, fundamentalist Protestant preacher, absolutely sure of what was right and wrong. Hmm, couldn't possibly have any of that trait in me, could I? So you are indeed correct to say that we could both be right about the nature of God and of evil, and that would be my view nowadays. But in the spirit of not revising or adding insight I did not have into a letter from a time in the ashes, I am happy to leave it to readers to tease out the insights for themselves. (As though there are really any such separate selves... What rebellious threads we are! Refusing to be woven into the table cloth for the greatest feast ever thrown.)
Greetings, friend, as I procrastinate paid work.