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Actually, RLK, I continue to pity you. You sound like countless other folks who have been "burned" by religion (I do not equate organized religion as being equal to Christian faith) and are living a life in reaction to being burned. My mother was one. I've met countless lapsed Catholics and Christians who sound just like you, though with a less acerbic bite to their writing. They decry the same problems as you, and have the same reactions as you. Unfortunately, my friend, you are not especially unique in your sentiments.

You seem to feel that the yardstick measuring the worth of your life is one related to your ability to throw words that bite and hurt. Well, that puts you in good company with others -- Maureen Dowd of the New York Times comes to mind, though she is admittedly of a different political persuasion. But your yardstick is foolish, and as you pound away on your keyboard, slaying the dragons you see out there on the horizon, you are merely blowing in the wind or climbing ladders leaning against the wrong tree. Maureen Dowd thinks she wins the "best biting wit of the year award" each December, but she sways no one with her writing and just gives New York liberals a warm feeling in their heart while drinking their coffee.

There are other ways to heal yourself than just being angry. I know you won't listen. Perhaps someday you'll be transformed like Saul of Tarsus. I'll conclude all my remarks on this note.

After reviewing your attempts to be a half-assed psychiatrist and minister here, I'd be advising you not to quit your daytime job. I don't need your pits or counseling.

glad to see you lump Catholics and Christians into two different classes. Carry that thought to its' conclusion, and re-read what RLK wrote. Maybe you'll get it the second time through.

RLK, look into Reformed Baptitst...