[an amused spectator]

He did not say "temporary," he said "temporal", meaning of this world, not of the eternal.

LOL! The good pastor no doubt said that to short out her tiny little Cornell-ejikated "brain" at the first opportunity.

I can just see her eyes glazing over: "Waa-waa, waa-waa waa waa."

[bvw]

It is a reminder of old Aesop's Tale -- The Fox Who Lost His Tail.

Tails are the pride of vain foxes. And one of the most vain among the foxes was exceptionally proud of his own tail. One day, however, this vain fox got snared in a trap. The only way out was to chew off his own tail. He did what he had to do and freed himself.

Yet thereafter, he continued in his vanity. He appeared before the all the foxes assembled before their council of wise foxes. He paraded before them extolling all the virtue of being rid of the unnecessary tail, and speaking as to how neat and handsome he appeared without it!

"Go away from us with your folly!" said the wise foxes. "Do not trap the rest of us in your miserable vanity. For misery loves company, and you are miserable because you lost your tail, and would have all of us lose ours too, rather than face up to to your own loss."

So of course the first question out of the beautiful mouth of the famous media woman is, "So of course you've lost yours too!"