I think you have a clearer understanding than you think you do.
-Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Deron Stewart <deron@direct.ca>
To: 'virus@lucifer.com' <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 5:40 PM
Subject: RE: virus: Thinking clearly about faith
>Jake wrote:
><<I can trust somebody until I have reasons not to.>>
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>Richard wrote:
><<I can trust somebody even if I have reasons not to.>>
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>Nice!
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>This is where the rubber meets the road...two world views in
>collision...each using the same words in the same way (more or less)...with
>radically different conclusions...
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>Things don't often get delineated this clearly around here!
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>The first sentiment is plain enough, but what does it mean to trust someone
>despite reasons not to?
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>(I feel like I understand what it means until I try to bring it into focus
>and then it melts away...it brings to my mind the idea that by giving trust
>one can generate trust; similar to the idea that giving responsibility can
>be a catalyst for generating responsible behavior. The complex feedback and
>feedforward of social dynamics...extremely hard to fit into the tiny boxes
>of a "rational" world view...I have no idea if this is anything like what
>Richard intended to convey, but this is what I got!)
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>Cheers,
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>Deron
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