brunson@usfbobo.UUCP (David Brunson) (11/25/84)
[] I am going out of town for at least 6 months. Although I will be returning for a weekend every month or so and may occasionally submit items of interest, I will not be able to answer the questions of students for the forseeable future. It has been a rewarding class in some respects though I feel we could have made much more progress. We have only scratched the surface and are just now getting to the point where we can get out of net.motss to treat the larger question. There is much ground yet to be covered and I feel like we've only barely gotten to the point where we are speaking enough of the same language to begin to pose that question. Oh well, maybe I can use any spare time over the next several months to think through a more effective lesson plan for the next course. I've seen some of these farewell-type articles that spoke disparagingly of net.religion. I heartily disagree with them. For me, net.religion has been almost *pure* fun: a semi-daily adventure featuring hours of excitement and spine-tingling thrills, offering new vistas in under- standing as well as pedagogical challenges in presenting the very choicest fruits of higher learning. I would like to thank all those who have in some way or other contributed to a very enriching experience: J. Martillo, Bob Brown, Paul DuBois, Rich Rosen, Alan Driscoll, Larry Bickford, Ken Nichols, Laurie Sefton, Sophie Quigley, Jeff Sargent, Byron Howes, Steve Bellovin, N.L. Tinkham, Andy Banta, Mike Cherepov, Ron Rizzo, Eliyahu Teitz, Charley Wingate, Jeff Gillette, and others who have baffled, delighted, instructed, or encouraged me in some way or other. Finally my warmest thanks and deepest appreciation is due to Yirmiyahu Ben-David, who, struggling against incredible obstacles with great courage and perseverance, actually suggested the cure to the Christian disease. I don't know if I would have gotten *that* far on my own or not. I know from experience that most of you aren't interested in the truth, but if you ever get tired of your stiflingly insipid existences, then I couldn't recommend a better instructor than Ben-David. So I'm off for other adventures in the short term. Later on I hope to get access to a net site full time to pick up where we left off. Till then, adieu. -- As always, Sailing the Seven Seas in search of high adventure, David Brunson