Every incarnated soul dearly loves its own chosen way of seeing and dealing with reality. That it should find discomfort in another soul's seeing reality differently is unfortunate. It indicates some form of insecurity.

Have respect for other's experiences and viewpoints and it will get you farther than scoring points in a competitive mental exercise meant to prove you are "right" and they are "wrong".

I have always respected science and seen value in it. Only while still a teenager, however, did I allow that respect for science to make me prejudiced against other matters which lay (at least for the time being) beyond the conventional parameters of the scientific world.

I am not under the impression that everyone else is obliged to believe in what I believe in, nor am I under the impression that my beliefs are the only ones that are valid. They just happen to suit me, that's all. That's my business.

The Unamazing Randi is a zealot...rather like a Jehovah's witness in his crusading zeal...he will not be content until he has converted everyone else to think the way he does. Ergo, he will never be content. That's a silly and unhelpful attitude, indicative of a form of psychological illness, in my opinion. It's also a gross form of narcissism. Grow up, Unamazing Randi.

- LH