[Magdalen] P.S. Re: Update

[Marion Thompson]

I certainly understand that.  When good people do nothing .... where 
does that place them on that Love scale?

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/17/2017 8:46 PM, Molly Wolf wrote:
> I think I'm just about done with church.  If we talk about love and don't do it, what's the point?
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> Molly
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> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain
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>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 8:43 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> It wasn't meant to.  Sorry if it wasn't helpful in the moment.  I think I was looking for the suggestions you did make in your reply.
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>> Marion, a pilgrim
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>>> On 2/17/2017 8:16 PM, Molly Wolf wrote:
>>> That capitalized "DO" sounds exasperated.
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>>> Molly
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>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain
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>>>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 7:46 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> What do you want church to DO?
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>>>> Marion, a pilgrim
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>>>>> On 2/17/2017 6:25 PM, Molly Wolf wrote:
>>>>> Louise, the answer is "both".  There is situational depression, which is a normal response to serious stresses, and there is endogenous depression, the result of neurotransmitters messed up by too much bad stuff, genetics, or some combination.
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>>>>> I called a friend who hauled me out of the pit, and now I'm just pretty seriously pissed off with church.
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>>>>> Molly
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>>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain
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>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Louise Laughton <llaug at twcny.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> Question, Molly: Is it depression when a person has every reason to be depressed? This isn’t a smart-Aleck crack — it’s a real question. I’m with you on the waiting to see the doctor complaint. It’s terrible when the wait stretches into more than an hour after the app’t time.
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