[Syene]

That is the gist of G-d's plan. For us to stand on our feet, use the gifts we were dealt by the Dealer and take our arguments and common sense and logic straight to the heart of the matter. We were not born to live as slaves to an idea or a nation, or a government, or a religion. Who would DARE argue logic with G-d? WE would. And often times, we are right. The fallibilities in man are of man's own making. He chose to see himself as inferior. On that day, he forgot that we are created in G-d's OWN image, male and female he created them. (*He, for me is a generic term.) I seldom call HaShem he OR she since faith requires me to believe that both are not impossible and are, indeed, two sides of the same coin. Neither is G-d a scapegoat for the religions of the world as so many have made it seem.
G-d is the original. We are perfect copies. Somewhere on the road between man's birth and today, too many people have given themselves over into man's hands. And therein lies the misunderstanding. Those who presume to speak FOR G-d have an arrogance that is most intolerant of those who would rather G-d spoke for G-d's self. You speak the words of men. But you cannot cast us either up or down. Only WE can choose the paths we walk, because that is what G-d said when G-d spoke for G-d's self.

[Elsie]

Dang! Did you guys stay up ALL night, filling up this thread???