Re: Re: Friday night MJ News

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I was actually referring to , who seems to have completed and utterly

devoted her life to MJ. Of course, as an Atheist, I do not believe in angels or

saints but if I did, would fit the suit (or wings as it were).

I total agree with you about the whole sma angel thing. I don't get it. Then

again, I guess it takes faith to believe in such things.

L

Re: Friday night MJ News

Hi Lori...Not quite following your post of the definition of angel in

response to brenda's post. Is this in reference to all the SMA-Angel

links in her post's signature?

I've always had a hard time with people referring to people with SMA

who've died as angels and have been sure to let my friends know to

thwart any attempts to refer to me as such when I die. On the other

hand, I have never brought the issue up on this public list because I

recognize that people who are religious and/or have lost children due

to complications related to SMA seem to find comfort in thinking of

these children as angels. I haven't discerned if people do this with

adults with SMA who have died. In general I'm uncomfortable with it -

Feels creepy to me. But I am not comfortable with many death

rituals and know that many people of different faiths would be

uncomfortable with mine.

So, keep-on to all those who are comforted by their angels. And

thank you for respecting that I'll never be one.

Alana

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> Main Entry: an¸ôgel

> Pronunciation: \òÙ¿°n-jçwl\

> Function: noun

> Etymology: Middle English, from Old English engel & Anglo-French

angele; both from Late Latin angelus, from Greek angelos, literally,

messenger

> Date: before 12th century

> 1 a: a spiritual being superior to humans in power and

intelligence; especially : one in the lowest rank in the celestial

hierarchy bplural : an order of angels Üd " see celestial hierarchy2:

an attendant spirit or guardian3: a usually white-robed winged figure

of human form in fine art

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