...a guy that spoke of the "illusion being shattered", and that he started to doubt the "Jehovah's Witness fantasy".
I had all my doubts in place... I knew what bothered me about my beliefs and why. I also understood that people harbor illusions and interpret information in a way that reinforces their illusion. Somehow, it didn't occur to me that I was holding onto my own illusion until I read Richard Bach's "Illusions - the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah."

I think you're right about the failure of head on argument and debate. I have blown it with my wife. She is now defensive if I even talk about the idea of truth, the necessity of falsifiability. I don't know why I keep trying. I need to give up on her. If someone ever shows her that she does not have "the truth" it will not be me, Ralph knows I've tried. It's so damned depressing.




"There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out." ~ Russian Proverb