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To: Lane3 who wrote (1139)3/4/2002 4:36:57 PM
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"I don't think that belief can be communicated to someone who does not come by it naturally. It always looks like superstition or neediness or blind acceptance."

Absolutely. Then there is coersion. Unfortunately there are many ways to coerce acceptance, some of them quite covert and incidious. I would much rather deal with agnostics who are honest about it than cowardly hypocrites succumbing to coersion.

However, coming by it naturally is a tough condition. I believe we do come by it naturally in our infant innocence state. The world through its tendency to complicate and cause disorder in our lives makes the issue complex (especially when threatening some harbored pleasure). So, I don't think nature all by itself is sufficient. Add the need to seek righteousness for righteousness sake in there and you may have something. Why would anyone do that? Sorry, I don't know?
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