By the way, I know a tremendously intelligent and gifted young woman who is a Jehovah's Witness. How she can be that intelligent and believe that weird stuff, I have no idea. I sure don't believe it! But the fact remains that she is very intelligent, has an excellent character, and by my estimation will do better in life in all probability than I have...

So who am I to feel superior to her because she believes something that I consider totally unreal?

It takes all kinds to make a world. I don't care if Jane believes stuff I can't believe. She's a good person anyway, and it doesn't matter. I accept the fact that she grew up under a different set of influences than I did, and that has resulted in her having a different view of life than me in some way. That's okay. That's just life.

Live and let live.