Ihate to beat a dead fly, but I want to review the question I asked last week.

I was wondering if Jesus would stomp a spider or smash a fly? Your responses stirred deeper issues. Not about Jesus, but about each of us. Like me, many feel a nip of guilt when ending a bug’s life.

“I grab a paper towel and catch bugs to throw out the door,” said Pat K. of Ottawa. “My 4-year-old great grandson traps them and any other bugs with a little kid’s bug vacuum that I bought him.”

Walt F. of Woodstock agrees: ”I’m not a fan of bugs, spiders and creepy crawlies but they’re a part of life so rather than swatting or squishing them, I’m of the catch-and-release state of mind. We use this gizmo called a Bug Wand – a long tube with a mini-vacuum motor at one end which generates enough suction to pull the

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