Annie, I mentioned the possibility of mental illness in my original post. And, as you said, we have rights to differing opinions. I allowed for the possibility of that mitigating circumstance (mental illness) and said what I felt.
Maryeliza, you've made so many good points. I agree that without some absolutes there's no possibility of actual discussion. And I still feel that (barring mental illness on the part of the woman), this sort of behaviour isn't fair to the disabled.
Annie, you mention that the woman has been very heavily criticised. Some people have been critical of the man. Public prayer isn't usually encouraged even in more evangelical countries such as America. I certainly don't think it's any surprise that general opinion on GN (fervid young evangelicals probably pretty thin on the ground on this site) isn't heavily in favour of the woman.
It's not as if anyone's rabidly denounced the woman. Kitty wrote about something that had happened and asked what people thought. It seems worth bearing in mind that the man being written of is known to be disabled, and visibly so. There's only a hypothetical possibility that the woman might be mentally disabled, and some of us have allowed for that. Personally, I find it a bit disturbing that people were being so openly critical of a disabled man without even appearing to take his physical condition and struggles into account.
My question about GG's presence on the scene was partly rhetorical/ironic and partly sheer mystification ... what she was writing seemed so pulled out of the blue bizarre I started to wonder if I'd missed something in the OP ... or if GG was perhaps herself the woman in question! (Please don't think I'm actually being serious when I say that.)
I do think there's a difference between stating an opinion and being judgmental. We can nit-pick till we're cock-eyed, but I'll still think that.
