You showed all the class, Barry. What will we do when the word "god" is
forbidden? Will we have to burn or pull from the shelf every work of
Western (or Eastern) literature?


"Barry N. Turner" wrote in message
...
Uh.......Dan, please re-read my post. I still think its about
turning.............. in spite of my off-hand references to God and the
female anatomy. Everyone here is entitled to an opinion..........even
those
who would try to improve on perfection with some artist's colors. I was
simply offering mine...........along with a couple of examples. I just
don't think nature (God's handiwork) can be improved upon........no matter
if its a burl or a boob.

I had no intention of cramming my religion down anyone's throat or
flaunting it publicly. Sorry if my comments offended.

Barry

"Dan Bollinger" wrote in message
.net...
Uh, daring to start a flaming, crusading war, let's stick to
woodturning
instead of religion. However, if this thread is important to you, I
encourage you to take it to alt.religion where it would be more
appropriate.

Uh, daring to react to a flaming, crusading war, let's let people post
their
opinions w/o censor. To a committed Christian, Jew, what have you,
all
aspects
of their lives are relivant in light of their faith. Whether they
appreciate
the sublime in a naturally finished burl or via more direct
representational
artistic expressions they should be afforded the right to express it.
Others
don't have to buy into it, but if the group can endure a discussion
about
female
sex toys w/o disintegrating, I think we can live with an occaisional
reference
to deity. There's a difference between living your faith publically,
and
cramming it down other's throats. IMHO, Barry is living his
publically.
On the
other hand, attemtps at censorship smack of cramming one's lack of
faith
down
another's throat. I find the latter much more offensive...

...Kevin

Kevin, True, all true, and its STILL off topic. RCW was formed to talk
about one topic, turning. You are welcome to talk about religion at any
of
the dozens of places on the web where it is not off topic.