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To: frankw1900 who wrote (21554)	3/17/2002 11:30:21 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

Interesting thoughts, Frank. I see you write to fill out outlines. I sometimes do the same. Certain parts of American culture are not unaware of the limit of the finite and in one case I know of have formalized it as an operating principle: Alcoholics Anonymous. It's very useful for many folk and most don't get to it easily - it's difficult to admit powerlessness. I'm slightly familiar with the AA approach. A friend did a fairly serious study of it. K. would have termed that religiousness A or B; it's been much too long since I read his material seriously to recall exactly which. In his view, to make the last step, the believer must hold a complete contradiction in mind: finitude and infinitude. He tells a wonderful story of the believer who could enjoy life to its limits while holding these two together. John (well this is Protestant theology and it is Sunday morning as I type)