Sorry, but yes . . . I dont’ know a better word for it than rationalization.
And, I’ve had a very rough few days and am not yet ready to tackle your thought out replies to those excerpts from Ferraro. Maybe I’ll get to them tomorrow and maybe I won’t.
(To Quix:)Brother in the Lord,
I am sorry you have hit a rough patch.
Quix and caww:
I am also sorry for my, oh, nastiness. My new medical adventure is Norvasc, which evidently keeps me from falling asleep until 2:00 AM. And then I sleep like a baby - I wake up every couple of hours and, um, void the products of micturation (Must remember: religion forum. No potty language!)
So I am rapidly becoming unfit for human consumption.
I think I will take the day off and hope that tomorrow I am a better brother and a less offensive antagonist.
May God shield us all from our own sins.