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[Richard Ryan]

Paul - are you saying that marriage is the affliction, or the cure?

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 5/5/2011 9:52 AM, Jed Kelestron wrote:
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>>>  It's
>>> my experience that females can sometimes be quite adept at pointing out
>>> the
>>> delusions of males.  (not that this will necessary always be the case)
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>> "Still, like other women in love, salvation was her original purpose,
>> redemption her eventual privilege; and, like most women, she could not
>> wait to see him to see him thoroughly damned first, before she stepped
>> in, believing, perhaps as they do, that if he were saved now he would
>> never need to be redeemed."
>>
>>     -- regarding Esther on p. 78
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> Excellent.
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> Patient: Doctor, I have a cold.
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> Doctor: We can't cure a cold. Wait until it turns into  pneumonia and we can
> treat you.
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> Or---
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> Everyone needs saving (as a result of Man's Fate, Original Sin, or whatever
> you want to call it) but it is not always easy to RECOGNIZE this fact.
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> An implementer is needed.  Marriage can be a very useful part of the
> process.
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