I don't know about others, but I for sure would be far better off. I would have been a priest, tending to boys and young seminarians, surrounded by like-minded types. When my libido got the better of me, my faith and my detailed knowledge of its doctrines (I am, after all, something of a pedant) would -- one trusts -- have kept things in check. I would have been surrounded by beauty -- including beauty in its highest form, the voices of boys raised in song and in praise of their Maker -- and convinced that even though I was a fallen creature, I might on balance be making the world a better place. My definition of Heaven: the High Middle Ages with modern plumbing and medical care. SR |