--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a serious question for everybody and no
> implicit criticism is meant and I'm also curious if
> there is a legitimate/valid, whatever reason, someone
> can come up with that I'm not quite getting. Why do we
> need any story whatsoever regarding MMY? We can
> neither confirm nor disconfirm any story. The
> arguments go on and on. Most of our stories whether in
> the pro or con camp are simply narratives of what we
> already believe. All we have is our own experiences
> regarding MMY. The stories can never, ever resolve;
> they never "make sense" unless you deny huge chunks of
> contradictory material. So, why and what is this need
> that some, all, a few, including moi, struggle with?
> -Peter
> 

It's like a little kid being taught to swim in the ocean by his dad. 
You have always been afraid of the ocean but your dad has talked 
about how there is nothing to be afraid of, here's how to do the dog 
paddle, just paddle out and float, don't worry, if anything happens 
I'll save you.

You're still not totally comfortable with being out in the water but 
hey your dad taught you a special way to swim and after all he's 
been swimming all over the ocean, and it's worked for him...right?

So now everyone is out over their head and your dad looks like maybe 
he's having kind of a hard time keeping his head above water, or is 
he? It's hard to tell, is he struggling or not, was he lying about 
knowing how to swim or knowing about how to teach someone else to 
swim? Hey listen, I don't know if I can do this by myself, if he 
goes down I'm in big trouble, hey dad...dad! tell me how you know 
how to swim again okay...I'm scared.


Rick Carlstrom




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