Scott McKenna
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Scott McKenna commented on Re: Does religion play a role in your life? on December 23, 2008, 1:34 AM
As I have found to be true regarding many things in life, "the truth" lies in a subjective "grey area" in which many are not comfortable treading.But I think Michael's candor regarding this is endearing. He has no "proof on hand," yet sees in the various arts an inspiration that would seem to be more than mere happenstance.Perhaps he's wrong; perhaps I'm wrong. But yet in his response of (if I may paraphrase), "I'm not sure, but I think there's something at work here" . . . I believe it is hard to quarrel vigorously with that.
Scott McKenna commented on A Land of Broken Marriages on December 24, 2008, 3:08 AM
In my humble opinion, I see a lot of comments that are, to borrow the figure of speech, "missing the forest for the trees."At least as *I* took what the Rabbi had to say, the things he had to say about: (1) 51% of women living alone; and (2) the counseling excerpt he related with regard to a married woman . . . were merely EXAMPLES he was using for illustrative purposes. That's all.I don't think it was intended to be a negative commentary on women or a biased commentary at all.I think the truly "bigger picture" he's trying to get at is that there are a lot of loveless (or passion-less) marriages out there . . . and people can choose (other than just bailing out): (1) to try to rectify the problem by going back in time mentally to discern what changed; or (2) to choose to be as positive as they can be, irrespective of expecting a "quid pro quo" in return.I thought what the Rabbi had to say was very thought-provoking and demonstrated a great depth of thinking about a complicated topic.I think it is a serious (and foolish) error for a person to take what is merely an EXAMPLE and allow a sense of being offended about that example to obscure the broader message.