Originally Posted by Ken Howell
Originally Posted by rattler
i get what your saying Ken, still enjoy talking with ppl about their beliefs. �

To paraphrase Twain's wonderful sentence on "the right word," the difference between the typical layman's opinion (or understanding) and his denomination's doctrines is like the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. Both are interesting in their own right, but they're not to be mistaken one for the other.

A particularly articulate secretary of mine, for example, was a Mormon with Southern Baptist notions that were perpendicularly cross-wise with Mormon doctrine.


i guess Ken that ive always just understood i was talking about a persons own beliefs and the generalities of their chosen religion. im an amature student of psychology and human behavior.......tend to find an individual persons beliefs more interesting and informative than the religion itself...

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