Whether alethia retracted his/her statement (#12), the good folks here took it down regardless. Its good to see they are being vigilant.
I hope everyone did take it down -- as well as my other comments. I've been a member of FreeRepublic since March of 1998. Those who remember when I posted regularly know my spiritual disposition and know that my comments are totally reverent, totally spiritual, and absolutely not disrespectful.
There is a big difference between the words "empathetic" and "empathic". Many of the truly great -- and perhaps unknown -- spiritual leaders of our time have "tuned in" to evil and taken it upon themselves, manifesting it as stigmata and other physical maladies.
Before there is a rush to have me banned, perhaps some question as to what I meant would have been in order.