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From: "Virginia W. Beck" <>
Subject: Re: Bad taste in my mouth
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:54:24 -0800


Just couldn't figure out a way to describe the belching and talking through
a stuffed mouth! ... you did it very well. It took me a few moments to
figure out the bear's final statement, and when I did I was more than a
little surprised. Ginia.
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Hettrick <>
To: Virginia W. Beck <>
Cc: <>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: Bad taste in my mouth

>Except the bear is speaking while belching, with his mouth full!
>I loved the rabbit's statement but had been trying and trying to figure
>out what the bear said - Thanks!
>
>Diane Hettrick
>
>Virginia W. Beck wrote:
>>
>> I read a fairly profound statement in the Sunday comics, of all places!
In
>> Non-Sequitur, the bear "church leader" says "Let us all give praise for
OURS
>> is the one, true faith!! And the rabbit in the congregation replies
"Pardon
>> me, but the very ESSENCE of faith is a belief in the existence of
something
>> that can't be proven. So, naturally, EVERYONE believes their faith is
the
>> "right" one ... this makes all faiths equally valid, giving no one the
right
>> to claim any religious superiority. So let's just practice our faith in
the
>> time-honored tradition of religious tolerance." (And having had the
>> "rightness" of his beliefs so validated, the bear immediately eats the
>> rabbit, and exclaims "Say Hallelujah!)
>

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