Postcard to Angela

�� Serv was just posting something to make me laugh.�

This is true too, Angela, but not, as you know, in the sense of mockery, as was alleged.  It is not as if you are in need of a lesson, and you are refreshingly capable of defending yourself, I notice, but I thought that you might also be able to appreciate that, when others, especially pagans, brought charges of �absurdity� and �nonsense� (sound familiar?) against Tertullian and his fellow Christians and their doctrines, he transmuted that base metal into gold.  There's the proof.

I sent that quote on to you not only because it is amusing but also because it is informative.  As you will have probably noticed, Tertullian also wrote the article on the �veiling of virgins� that I linked to your �When In Rome� thread.  He is an interesting bloke, that one, and, with absolutely no disrespect intended to either one of them, I once named my nephew�s tiny turtle (that he brought home with us from a flea market) after Tertullian.

�Or is not having a sense of humor now a requirement to be a Christian?�

In my experience, it is not exactly a requirement but often seems a predominant and characteristic trait.  Pity, that.

Serv

You ask, "who are you," - you don't want to know, trust me.