pso@utastro.UUCP (P Samuel Odoms) (05/02/84)
>> = from me > = from judy >>Yes, and then all those people may have been WANTING help to get out of >>their rotten and degraded lives (as perceived by them and others). > But don't you see? That is the whole point! How can you possibly ever >hope to know anyone or anything if you do not SEEK this knowledge? Haven't >you ever wanted to get to know a person that was very private and not inclined >to open up? Such a person is not likely to let down the barriers just because >you SAY you want to be friends. That is not the whole point. I said that the person had to want to receive help. If the person is very private and not inclined to open up, I can do very little if nothing at all. > But if you keep your mind, heart and eyes open and really keep trying, you >might learn something - if not about "God" then at least about people! Or, of course, about most everything. > However, I'm sure these people did more than just WANT help - they BELIEVED >in it. Believed in help? As in help from god? Most assuredly those particular people did but not everyone who goes looking for and finds help does it from the religious angle. Sam