<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Joan,</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>[snip] <BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So, Joan, you can have your celtic goddess, and any other Brigid that </DIV><DIV>you want, but my point is that there was a Christian Saint Brigid who </DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">was very hospitable, started a church, looked forward to <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Monaco" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">beer in heaven</SPAN></FONT>, </SPAN></DIV><DIV>and as a side note, did live during the lifetime of Saint Patrick (he </DIV><DIV>died around 464).</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>[snip again]<BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV>Aaron</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Aaron,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I don't know if there really is beer in a mythical place like heaven but there is definitely no beer in the Bible. Neither are there cats in the Bible, except in one of the apocryphal (deuterocanonical) books. (N.B., Carl).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have my personal conjecture as to why this is so. Can anyone guess what it is?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers and meow,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ralph</DIV></BODY></HTML>