Q returns to the theme of identity and having the courage to be who we are.
Snark says nowhere do we pretend more than in the church. What is your experience with this? Do others pretend? Do you? More in a faith community . . . about the same . . . or less than in other groups? Why might people pretend more in a faith community?
What do you make of how Snark articulates the gospel . . . the good news? Sounds like it has a lot to do with human identity. Is this on target, or has he missed the point?
A large fish pulled Advocatus into the canal where he lost the paraphernalia of his office he was otherwise reluctant to part with. Snark maintained that, though it was probably a large channel catfish on the end of his line, Higgs Boson was probably at work. Do you think Q is using the fish as a deliberate symbol here? Are you acquainted with the fish as an early Christian symbol or marking? If so, what was it about? And, given that, what would it mean for a fish to pull Advocatus into the canal where he lost what he actually didn't need?
