Nancy, Of ocurse, an excellent article by Wasserman. Thanks for sending it. However, W. made THE mistake that has been the curse of humankind since Day One. He misquotes Jesus with the statement, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Jesus did not say that. I know that quotation is incised in stone at the Tower of the University of Texas, in marble plaques in different languages in the entry hall of the library of the former New York University Heights campus, etc. etc.

What Jesus said was said (or is reported to have said) "IF you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and teh truth will make you free." (John 8:310

In other words truth is a condition subsequent of discipleship. While our reptilian brains want to make truth an absolute value, Jesus suggested that turth only comes as a consequence of discipleship. Discipleship is very fluid, changing, adaptive to situations, and situational. Discipleship can only be defined by continuous action and adjustment to changing circumstances.

Truth on the other hand is frozen solid and becomes an absolute. Therefore, if I claim to have truth and your truth differs from mine, eventually I'll clobber the hell out of you to prove that my truth is better than yours. The clobbering never stops.

Ask Bush, he will tell you that he has absolute truth. Not only that but he believes that his truth has been revealed to him by God. God has spoken to dozen and dozens of other bastards, political, business, religious, academic, and all they wind up doing is zap the hell out of each other and everyone else.

Just a comment.

John