Dick, now you have me curious?? Why is this going to be the "final" response. Can you not give me answers to the questions I asked?? I am sincere in wanting answers to the questions I posed, i.e., Do "serious" genealogists believe the "begets" in the Bible, even if there are no documents for proof? Perhaps some will think that I wrote my dissertation in anger - something I never do is speak when I am angry. Some may also think that my dissertation was only to complain about these e-mails. Not so either. It was a perfect example of the "What is Truth" concept that Keith was talking about. If all members of the group can't agree on what the truth is, then they must at least agree to disagree and NOT be over bearing with their own personal opinions. Otherwise we may lose members who get a lecture for daring to post something that is not believed by all people, when it may hold the key to the Aquila Dilemma. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:06 AM Subject: [CHASE-L] serenade of truth "Any further attempts to chastise, humiliate or put me down for sharing information with this group will have to be done in public." Since my responses to you were both factual and done in private, and. I think, politely couched, how they can be honestly characterized thusly is most curious. All in all, I think the only appropriate (and final) response is that penned by Shakespeare in Hamlet: "the lady doth protest too much, methinks." rac