Alan McDougall wrote on Sep 5^th, 2016 at 12:38pm:


I guess it's just a thing you and I will not agree upon.  My experience leads me to believe that the Supreme Being (God) you describe created everything and everyone the ever existed, exists, or will exist.  I can understand that one's beliefs, formed within the limited perspective of physical reality, might lead one to believe that evil characters cannot be creations of their God.  But, if God did not create them, who did?  Did some other "Evil God" create them?  If that is the case, doesn't that mean that are two Supreme Beings, not One?

Hello,
  Not to worry, Alan --

Whenever I 'lurk," I see a goodly number of 'guests' here, 27 at present. 'Guest' doesn't necessarily mean they are strangers. Sometimes people don't sign in because they don't have anything to add to particular discussions. And even on a slow day, there are at least five or six discussion boards here to check, which takes some time and thought.

Another reason for not signing in for awhile is that when going through big changes one might not want to be identified with their past posts. That's sort of what happened to me. Thanks in part to the guidance of posters here I no longer have the fears that used to motivate me. I'd like a fresh start, please.

There's still no where else like this place/site that I can find. People who post here are thoughtful and kind. Many thanks to Bruce and all you who do post for making it so.

bets