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And Candy, both Roland and Rosalita act like its pretty normal for a man Roland's age to be getting the rheumatiz (can't remember the spelling) so I think your point is a valid one. It was something...

I think SJ might be onto something with Viggo... Roland is starting to sound like him now when I read.

Ahh, that's right. That escaped me for some reason. Thanks Jayson. The way that Brian stated it kind of threw me off, like he was a main character or something. I remember the scene now, though I...

John Cusack~When he was in the movie Stand By Me, the Stephen King adaptation of The Body.[/QUOTE]

Are you sure John Cusack is in that one. I don't recall...

*wrestles with whether or not what he is thinking should be left to pms*

Specifically Roland's fear that it would be empty, i.e. that Gan was dead. See the former posts. Brian, thanks for playing.

Is anyone interested in talking about Roland's fear that the top of the tower might be empty? No one is addressing this key concept.

I was under the assumption that you were using "spiritual" and "religious" synonymously. If not, then cry pardon.

Spiritual is one thing, but I think that religious is another, as Jean and I have espoused.

As I see it, if it was "inside him all along" then it would be evidenced by his actions in a consistent way, by habits that are appropriated toward the end (telos) to which those religious beliefs...

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I use it in the same sense Jean, very much so. I was trying to convey that to CK, but you do it with such eloquence.

I agree Jean, but be prepared to hear otherwise from CK.

I was just responding to your intense tone. I like it.

How do you really feel about it Jean? :lol:

Eddie hits the nail on the head, in my opinion.

I got it from SJ's passage CK. It was Walter's fear as well. Its one of many things they have in common.

I disagree that you think we disagree. Are you saying Roland is a catholic?

CK, I don't think we disagree as much as you seem to think we do. The things you describe about Roland are endearing, but I don't think they prove that he holds a particular belief about Gan or god....

Did you just punch the screen of your laptop? I was just saying that a lot of people hold to a form of religion in times of grief, just in case. Many people were religious around the time of 9/11,...

CK, what if Roland prayed to honor Jake? Perhaps his superstition was enough that he didn't want to take any chances, just in case someone was listening. I'm not sure your passage is any more...