Comments on: John Caspell – RIP http://lifearound60.com/blog/?p=180 Over the hill and picking up speed Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: swamperfox http://lifearound60.com/blog/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-43 swamperfox Thu, 13 May 2010 04:04:17 +0000 http://lifearound60.com/blog/?p=180#comment-43 Thanks for the comment, Carrie.<br><br>I remember you speaking at John's memorial. You showed me a side of John<br>that I had known nothing about until you spoke.<br><br>Although John was my cousin, we didn't really know each other very well. We<br>simply never got each other.<br><br>Rest assured, that the stuff in the post about God and heaven were entirely<br>metaphorical and no attempt to put forth John's views. I never heard him<br>speak on the subject but I think I would have expected his opinions to be<br>exactly as you describe them. Thanks for the comment, Carrie.

I remember you speaking at John's memorial. You showed me a side of John
that I had known nothing about until you spoke.

Although John was my cousin, we didn't really know each other very well. We
simply never got each other.

Rest assured, that the stuff in the post about God and heaven were entirely
metaphorical and no attempt to put forth John's views. I never heard him
speak on the subject but I think I would have expected his opinions to be
exactly as you describe them.

]]> By: Carrie La Porte http://lifearound60.com/blog/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-42 Carrie La Porte Thu, 13 May 2010 03:03:19 +0000 http://lifearound60.com/blog/?p=180#comment-42 This is a lovely and poignant commentary with just one small flaw. John most emphatically did NOT beleive in God, was an avowed atheist or, as he frequently asserted, "a secular humanist". How do I know this? Because I was the only wife that he ever had and he spoke frequently on that and related topics.John lived life to the fullest, found joy and wonderment in Nature and living things, and had a profound belief in reincarnation. It is far more likely that John is already watching motorcycles with avid interest in his next incarnation and tapping his infant toes in time to music. If John knew that people were consigning him to a heaven he did not believe in, his response would be to roll his eyes and say "GRONK!" This is a lovely and poignant commentary with just one small flaw. John most emphatically did NOT beleive in God, was an avowed atheist or, as he frequently asserted, “a secular humanist”. How do I know this? Because I was the only wife that he ever had and he spoke frequently on that and related topics.John lived life to the fullest, found joy and wonderment in Nature and living things, and had a profound belief in reincarnation. It is far more likely that John is already watching motorcycles with avid interest in his next incarnation and tapping his infant toes in time to music. If John knew that people were consigning him to a heaven he did not believe in, his response would be to roll his eyes and say “GRONK!”

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