[D-fendr]

theology is an empirical science

I like that, gonna steal it. As for the Latin: um, umm, yeah.

thanks..

[Mad Dawg]

Deo volente rivoque non adsurgente.

I had THAT vetted by a scholarly Dominican.

The first serious attempt at theology I ever wrote (the attempt was serious, the theology laughable, but I was young) was halted by a kind of spiritual aphasia. I didn't know what to do, so I punted. I fasted and prayed and went to a priest about my sins and went to Hoyy Communion. (This was when I was Episcopalian.)

Then I knew what I had to write. I hd been treating the whole thing like a head game, and God graciously yanked my chain.

That still hasn't kept me from promising myself that if I ever win the gaazilion dollar lottery I will find every copy of that thing and burn them all, and deny that I know anything about it.