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Back to the latest Middle East conflict.... Sorry to post a meme but I couldn't resist. I once thought Dubya was the worst, but not any more. Being a sociopath means never having to say 'sorry'.

There is one thing I like about Bahai religion. They don't mind quoting any of the various religious texts. So they seem to try to filter out the warlike bits and use the more moral parts of other religions. I attended a service once, they seemed a nice peaceful mob, but religion doesn't appeal to me. A bit like Esperanto, treading a middle ground gets everyone offside - as each religious mob try to exclude all the other ones because 'they aren't 100% MY true religion'. Also, they read a quote from the bible, and another from the koran or whatever, which risks making people think about things too much. Can't allow that in a successful religion, can we?

We went to a Post Modern Jukebox stage show at the Astor Theatre in Perth about 18 mths ago. They put on quite a show, but I prefer the original golden oldies. SWMBO loved them, she was the one who saw the show, and booked the tickets.

The Bahai's are hated by all the Islamic sects and they get a hard time everywhere they go. My first girlfriend, when I was in the Army, turned to the Bahai faith after I broke up with her in early '72. It was strange, because she came from South Africa (she was a white and a redhead, and of British ancestry), and her family were very religious Christians. She came back and paid us a visit about 5 years afterwards, and I can recall my father being appalled at her turn to a "weirdo, airy-fairy religion", and he tried his best to convert her back. But she was besotted with the mob, and was convinced they were the finest, most religious people on Earth - and she'd apparently found a new boyfriend in the group as well. So she left, and I've never heard from her in the intervening 50 years. I have no idea where she went, and I can't even trace her. I would have liked to know how she ended up, whether she still worships them, or whether she "saw the light", and joined some other religious mob. Some people are alwayd looking for the religion that answers all their desires.

The good thing about dating a woman our age .......... you don't have to worry about meeting her parents.