Fletch I understand I don't need you or anyone else to approve or disapprove of MY relationship. I don't need your rubber stamp of approval, either.

Maybe it's YOU who doesn't understand MY relationship? That scares a lot of people.....not knowing. I'm fine with it, though.

I don't want to get off on too much of a tangent, PT....but you and I have discussed this before. 3/4 of the people in God's world (Earth)will never even be introduced to Christianity. I have a hard time believing that the God I worship would condemn 3/4 of the population of the world to Hell because they never had anyone show them "the way". It's the divine. sanctimoniuos opinion of many Christians that this is, in fact, "reality". It's the ultimate game of divisiveness that I won't play.

If bad people can go to Heaven...."I" believe that good people can go to Heaven. I won't get into what the "good" people have to do to pass God's Lithmus test. You'll claim it isn't up for interpretation. I contend there's a LOT of the Bible up for interpretation. We have a difference of opinion. I can live with that, just fine. I don't worry about me.....and I certainly don't worry about how I assemble with God. If we assemble with me 23' closer to him.....who's to say we're not in Church?

We see it ALL the time.....people intimidated by things they either refuse to or cannot comprehend. Gay-bashing.....racism.....religion. Just because the "other guy" isn't doing it the way you think God wants him to.......it doesn't mean he isn't doing it in a manner acceptable (or heck....even preferred) by God. I'm not speaking to you directly, Tony. I trust you know that.