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Subject: Re: It's partly attributable to a mild case of aspergers, a condition I was born with. It can a be a weakness or a strength, depending on how much self discipline I'm willing to exercise.
Iamon lyme: Everyone suffers from that to some degree.. ie a lack of self discipline... that's why God invented meditation.
"and don't want to see the US become just another rat hole for despots to play around with."
Same here.. but you already are.. I could quote a line out of the matrix, but, you might already know it.
"I used to be one those people who would laugh at and demean christians, until I became one."
Rebelliousness...from you've said.. expected.
"I ended up becoming the object of my own scorn. Why do you suppose anyone would do that? Or am I asking you to "think too much"?"
nope... a point in life can trigger things to change.. like who am I.... I got stuck on the surrendering to God for years.. till I realised that God 'is'.
... it's a matter of the image thing and maintaining the central law of Jesus.. what he said. .. ... Love all that is God. The OT says God is in everything.. how do you get comfortable with that?
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