text: <the closest I've come to being a Pharisee is to repeat what Jesus said to the Pharisees, i.e., that divorce is impermissible.>
  
  You haven't acknowledged that Mark and Matthew give two different versions of what Jesus said -- one an absolute prohibition, the other with an exception.  It is intellectually dishonest to say that the two passages say or mean the same thing; so: what do you make of the difference?  
  
  I've asked you twice to reflect on Hosea 6:6: "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice." You've ignored my question, and so I would simply ask you to pray and reflect on that passage, even as Jesus asked us to do: "Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'" (Mt.9:13)
  
  You are a prolific poster; I don't have time to read all of your posts. And so I may be misreading you: I thought you were arguing that a remarried person cannot be admitted to the Eucharist. If I have misunderstood you on that point, I apologize and I will stand down.