To get back to the purpose of this thread... gratitiude...
Thank you GG for illustrating concepts of faith and hope in astounding measure. You are a source of hope my friend.
Thank you Jordan for always being objective and honest, yet kind with your words and polite even when you don't agree with someone. You're very admirable.
Thank you Loki for your logical assessments and comments, for being able to detach excess emotion from your opinion. You always appear fair-minded and objective and those traits are sometimes hard to maintain. You illustrate through example that you can consider another opinion, and politely disagree with it, and that doesn't threaten or demean your own opinion in any way.
Thank you Christine, for your always wise words and wisdom. Your perspective is always refreshing, and your insight beyond measure.
This is the thank you thread, and at any given time I can think of a list of people to whom I could show gratitude, just as I can think of several who don't deserve that. I realize people won't always agree, or see eye to eye, that's part of being free-thinking human beings. However there are appropriate places and ways to address that. The point being I don't think this is the place for bitterness, hatred, childish tantrums, or divisiveness, as those are completely contrary to the theme of this particular thread. There are plenty of other places to spread nastiness, or discuss perceived grievances.