TomT wrote on Mar 20^th, 2017 at 12:17pm:

Jimbo, that's a great post from akula.  I read that in the former thread and your comments there and it is what inspired me to bring the thread back to life. Gavia, I love your post and wrote up a lengthy reply but deleted it.  The "God" topic is similar to sports and politics.  To each his own I say.

Thanks, Tom.  I, too, deleted much of my original post, and for the reason you give.  But to understand the in-this-moment connection, I have to first provide the background.  I might have offered it with this preface: Take what you like and leave the rest, which is just a variation on your own statement.

Spartan2, your post/poem touch me deeply.  By the third reading, when I've finally slowed down enough to listen, I'm transported to a place where there's no difference between God and man.  Thank you.