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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (40306)6/13/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (4) of 108807
 
I think faith in god is bunk. I can't believe that god (if there were a God (in which case I would capitalize)) would waste her time intervening in the affairs of men, especially if, he left their son to die in misery on the cross. How could a reasonable person have faith in a god like that.
I think the critical faith is the faith one has in herself -- we call it will. I see people of all different religions (and none) doing almost impossible things. I believe most of them are not spectacularly physically endowed. I see them equipped with wills of steel that they have forged for themselves. But even they, still full of faith, burn out over time. I remember tales of Cranmer holding his recanting hand in the flames of his pyre. I've tried to do that. I don't have the will. But I've seen boys walk across beds of burning coals because they believe they will be unharmed. I've seen Michael Jordan do near impossible things. I saw a skinny 15 year old boy crawl down a twisted sheet and rescue his mother and brother (two trips) by crawling up to the roof of a burning hotel where more than 100 died. I think one can develop an unconquerable will by believing in oneself. I don't believe fantasy can help. Some pretend they're being helped to achieve the impossible, but the real strength is in themselves.
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