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First of all, Jade, thank you for going to the trouble of writing such a full report on LINKED. I’m grateful for it.

Second, absolutely no disrespect was ever intended towards Christianity. Link had just found out that, according to tradition, which always follows the mother’s religion, he was Jewish.(His mother was Jewish because his grandmother was.) When he talked about “the wrong religion” it wasn’t to disparage Christianity; it was to say he’d been mistaken his whole life because nobody told him about his true heritage.

I would never disparage Christianity. As for people not being very religious or observant, face it, kiddo. All religions have people like that. We know who and what we are, but we don’t choose to make it a large part of our lives. For instance, Link isn’t converting to anything. He’s honoring his grandmother. He will go back to his Christmas tree and perhaps a few observances, as well he should. It’s how he was raised, and it should mean something to him, even if he’s not what one would call devout.

Third, I didn’t know about the PhD part of your heritage, but do I ever see it in you! What you wrote, and the way you expressed yourself, would be an A++ in any classroom! I’m impressed, and also wondering why I never noticed it before. I think you write newsy stuff, almost in dialogue-style, and what you can really do doesn’t always come through.

I certainly wouldn’t want you to be angry with me. Whatever you reacted to really wasn’t there.                  –G–