From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Thought for the Day
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:28:19 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	For some people, that's miracle enough.
									Your
friend, Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Walsh [mailto:MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 4:21 PM
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Thought for the Day

These days I'm just happy making it to the next day . . .

mjw

>>> StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL 04/15/02 04:22PM >>>
	Yes and no, dear lady.  You're thinking of angels, not saints.  =
The
latter are mortal beings taken into Heaven and glorified while the former
are God's messengers to the material world.  Different jobs.
	My comment was really a light hearted, state of mind snark about
people who expect miracles on a daily basis.

-----Original Message-----
From: Erica VD Ginter [mailto:eginter at klgai.com]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 3:57 PM
To: 'WSFA members'
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Thought for the Day

I think God already does this: pagans name them as various deities,
Catholics call them saints. Everybody specializes, and the miracles get =
done
faster and at lower cost!

Erica

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Walsh [mailto:MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 3:41 PM
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Thought for the Day

> StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL 04/15/02 03:32PM >>>
>	It's nice to be thought god, but then you have to live up to your
>reputation, and your followers never take a day off from making requests.

Delegate, create a bureacracy to deal with the requesrs.

mjw