Thank you, Inessa, for using your language skills to help clarify. (My learning Russian will be a long row to hoe.) I appreciate your wisdom and insight. I read your other responses; your posts very articulate and perceptive. I have no axe to grind (maybe you will have to explain axe to grind, as well ) with those who disagree. Not once have I tried to convince anyone of the existence of God, out of courtesy for those who do not believe. The courtesy factor is where I have drawn the line.