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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (13546)	2/10/2011 1:49:24 PM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

I agree that there is a difference between Mysticism and Mystery depending on how you use the word. The quote from S.I.L. was a running gag throughout the film. "As the plot of the film develops, it always seems that things cannot work out for the good, and somebody says so. When somebody else insists it will work out and is then asked how that could be, the answer is always the same. "I don't know. It's a mystery." scoopy.com The reason I mentioned it (beside, that I loved the film) is that it seems to me that the same easy answer is proffered by Rationalists (almost as a throw away line) when it is pointed out that their worldview is inconsistent with such things as love and beauty. E.g.: Q: How can you as a Rationalist explain such things as love and beauty from a mechanistic standpoint? A: "I don't know. It's a mystery." It seems to me there is no mystery. Rationalism fails one of the basic tests, which every worldview must pass if it is to be taken seriously. Namely: Can your worldview account for the world as we experience it?