Glad you found it helpful, Kewlkitti, Slowly and SadBurl! You wouldn’t perhaps stem from my side of the world? You see, the feedback via my little piece has been a bit – mixed. Last night, I showed my efforts to C., my dear neighbour and friend here in Florida, who has become something of a surrogate mother, and who’s incidentally a successful DBer in her own right – her husband left her in the 80s, only to return after a few months. C. read it, shook her head, and said: “you have the facts straight, girl, but you have got to start thinking like an American. We take religion seriously here, and don’t write essays about the Devil just for the effect. The people on that webpage will find this offensive.”
I tried to defend myself feebly and pointed to CS Lewis, but C. was adamant that that sort of thing was just not done, that CS Lewis was British, and the US was quite another matter, and that she’d lived here all her life and knew better. That is hard to dispute.
So here I am, thoroughly chastened, to offer my apology if I’ve really stepped on any toes. I meant no disrespect towards anyone’s religion, nor suggest that I have any insight into either the celestial or the fiendish, other than what is in every human heart.
I won’t have much time to be here in the next few days, since we have the children, and I’ll use it to think some things through. Have a good week(end), everyone.
