tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550315839527219940.post5868460832043872758..comments2023-10-11T02:43:45.437-07:00Comments on CASAMURPHY: Watching It All For YouLaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11202742050661813668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550315839527219940.post-86222187546972422202015-09-20T06:53:13.452-07:002015-09-20T06:53:13.452-07:00This is so beautifully written Layne--and quite ha...This is so beautifully written Layne--and quite haunting, and I read it twice. You capture so many complicated feelings going on today in our country, and souls of many people here in the US. Rosemarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550315839527219940.post-19317959362816648872015-09-19T18:29:18.881-07:002015-09-19T18:29:18.881-07:00As a Catholic married to a Jew, I don't know a...As a Catholic married to a Jew, I don't know any evangelicals, I do not care for proselytizing in any form. At the very least, it's impolite, inferring that the target of the attempted conversion is less than perfect just the way they are.<br /> Religion has always been an attempt to rule the unruly,and explain the mysterious, it seems not much has changed in a few thousand years. Humankind, it seems, will always need some sort of framework, in order to function at its' best.<br />..Most successful recovery programs have some sort of spiritual element, even if they are trading one addiction for another, whatever gets hurting people through the night.<br /> Belief in something outside ourselves gives us hope and even optimism..Who couldn't use a bit more of both?<br />sophieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550315839527219940.post-90978515006753584682015-09-19T16:44:41.119-07:002015-09-19T16:44:41.119-07:00Great post. I often use this time of ten days to r...Great post. I often use this time of ten days to reflect on similar issues. L'shana tovah tikatevi all the same. xxx meJohn L. Murphy / "Fionnchú"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.com