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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

My earlier attempt was simply humor (never discuss
religion);   but I  have always  enjoyed  your 
presence on  this list.  While I'm probably the person
with  the  least education and most  limited C.V. on
this  list;  my  faded memories  do  recollect this
man's name:Daniel the greek, wilderness ascetic of
Mount Athos..although I  believe he  was actually
Serbian (My  wife's grandfather  was Serbian),   which
 meant because of  the orthodoxy she  was allowed  to
celebrate  Christmas  twice  per year.  

.....Tell your son inside  the
submarine....Thank's.....bobford79

 
--- EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I am having an intense email discussion/argument
> with a family member 
> about religion...I know, I know, not a good thing
> ever...and I need help...
> He said:
> There was a monk on Mount Athos who said, if you
> become angry with 
> someone wait for 6 months to speak against him.
> After 6 months, if you 
> can remember your qualm with him, then go and speak
> with him long after 
> your anger has dissipated.
> 
> Mount Athos is a peninsula in Greece that is devoted
> to a bunch of 
> Orthodox Christian monasteries.  I have googled and
> googled, and cannot 
> find any reference to this 'passive monk'.  I want
> to know who he was, 
> when he said that, and under what circumstance...
> Can anyone help me?
> 
> Bev, the mean spirited liar...<sigh>
> -- 
> EarthNSky Farm   Somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY
> son is protecting 
> OUR freedom.   He's only 19, and his sub won't be
> back until 7/29/07.
>