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To: Greg or e who wrote (10242)	4/5/2001 12:24:43 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 82486

Now why do you say that X? I don't see how I have been unreasonable at all. Sorry to be so late replying to this message. The board has really been busy. I wanted to try another way of explaining what I think X was trying to say to you. I don't think she meant that you were unreasonable. Nor do I think she meant there was anything wrong with your reasoning. I think what she meant was that you were rationalizing something that isn't inherently rational. When you love a woman, you just do. You may try to rationalize it by saying you love her because she's pretty or kind or because she has this wonderful laugh. But you didn't come to love her because you analyzed her looks or kindness or laugh. Those are explanations you construct after the fact. What X is saying, I think, is that belief in God is similar because you either just believe or you don't. You don't go through some rational exercise and conclude at the end that it must be true so you shift gears into belief mode. Doesn't work that way. If you say you believe because you just do, that makes sense to her and she can respect that. If you then test your beliefs against what your reason tells you and find that you can fit them together without compromising your beliefs, that she gets. But to suggest, as you seem to, that one can come to a belief in God through reason or convince someone else of it through reason just doesn't wash. I think that she was just trying to get you to understand that you just believe and she just doesn't and reason has nothing to do with getting either of you to where you are. And if X takes exception to any of this, I'm sure she'll let me know... Karen P.S. I just noticed that your movie, The Ninth Configuration, is on the USA channel this afternoon. I plan to either watch it or tape it. Thanks.

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