I’ll drink to that!
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label. —J.B.C.
No matter where I go, there but for the grace of too many gods, I am.

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label. —J.B.C.
“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
(Matthew 6:6 is contradicted by 1 Timothy 2:8
which calls for prayer every where.)
There is a fine thin line between seeing reflections at different angles and seeing angles in different reflections. –R-U.S.
“Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he [Jesus] commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.”
DOXASTIC OPENNESS “If you are a person of the same sort as myself, I should be glad to continue questioning you: If not, I can let it drop. Of what sort am I? One of those who would be glad to be refuted if I say anything untrue, and glad to refute anyone else who might speak untruly; but just as glad, mind you, to be refuted as to refute, since I regard the former as the greater benefit.” —Socrates in Gorgias