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To: Rambi who wrote (6857)	2/2/1998 7:07:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

I would have to know the particulars of the case. I can say that when my mother lost her faith at the age of 40 I think it was because she no longer needed it. As a child she had a horrible life in a Chicago slum and faith was the only comfort she had. She lived alone, teaching in Christian colleges (Moody Bible Institute and Westmont) until she married my father in her 40's. Whereupon she lost her faith. Looking back on her belief now she says "How could I have believed that?" But it seems easy enough to understand. Maybe it is a protective mechanism, available to all of us in times of extreme mental stress? So maybe the primary difference is not in our brains but in the stress we perceive ourselves to be under. Some people may react to world pain more sensitively than others. So people who seem incapable of faith may just be configured to perceive a world with less pain, a world that is bearable without faith.

To: Rambi who wrote (6857)	2/9/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Dear Penni; The one word which explains it best, is Assimilation, in as much as I was once assimilated by the Brog I understand the process fairly good, but doubt I could ever explain it. <G> But if one has been truly assimilated, then there is no reverting back to being like you once were with out damage( like on star trek ) If you discard the idealism of your captors you have to become something you never were before. And the identity problem can be a real challenge. <G> How in the world did someone like I was wind up happy with green blood ? Jim