To: CVJ who wrote (87554 ) 12/26/2000 12:22:31 PM From: Walkingshadow Respond to cjac,<< ....the basic tension between self-interest & altruism is derived from one's perception. must constantly find some resolution of that tension to survive, and live together with others in the same dilemma, and not destroy or be destroyed by it, and contribute, and give, and grow. That resolution, in my belief, is largely unconscious and inadvertent, and if it occurs, typically does so in spite of our perceptions and actions therefrom. Those more religious than I might call it salvation. It is something we desperately and continuously need, yet cannot produce.doesn't as well---and we move on. This, the more religious might approximate with the term grace, or occasionally miracle, and the flip side perhaps sin . And I wouldn't take issue.not--- occurred throughout our stay on this planet will cease. And this, I suppose, the more religious might term blind faith, to which I would only ask: is there any other kind?Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do. You can think anything you like, but that doesn't change anything. We are moles, blind and burrowing, yet we imagine our vision to be 20/20.
