How many times can a man turn his head, pretending he just doesn't see?

No, but I know where it is.

It’s blowin’ in the wind. Any particular applications right now?

42

As many as necessary for peace of mind.

What if he is not pretending?

Until his heart forces him to.

What @KNOWITALL said. I can lie to myself, but I know what’s true in my heart. My heart doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

He is being polite by not staring at your chest.

I have an answer, but I can’t assure you that it’s rosy fresh.

I believe that:

“First there is a mountain

Then there is no mountain

Then there is.”

This many times.

This talk about lying to oneself. Just in case their is a deity that cares about human affairs, we should never lie to God, because we’d be fooling nobody but ourselves. And we should never, ever lie to ourselves, because we are so easy to fool. Interestingly, we know when we are lying to ourselves, because the truth will out in our actions. People pray for healing from diseases and afflictions that sometimes heal of their own accord. They do this even though studies of the effectiveness of prayer on speed of recovery show either no correlation or a negative correlation. But we do not pray for people to grow a new leg after one has been lost, or for someone dead for 5 years to be resurrected.

There is an interesting anecdote about the Abbot of Ampleforth, who appears to be one of the few of his faith that actually believes in Heaven and doesn’t just lie to himself about it. When notified by Cardinal Basil Hume that the Cardinal was dying, he wrote to his superior, “Congratulations! That’s brilliant news. I wish I was coming with you.” If we actually believed that our death would transport us to a place of divine bliss and reunion with all our long lost loved ones, we should all respond like that to news of death. But what do we hear at funerals for the faithful? Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Our actions give away what we really know in our hearts, no matter what tale we sell ourselves.

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The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
The answer is blowing in the wind.

<——turns head to look for rose colored glasses.

@Etpro We celebrate the earthly life & mourn OUR loss. Medicine or God heals but glory always goes to God.

No. Glory always goes to the God Emperor

I do not know the answer to your question but a friend of mine does.

One time a friend of mine and I were in my car driving in down town San Francisco and my friend saw a woman lying motionless on the sidewalk. People were just walking past her like she didn’t exist. My friend told me to pull over. There was no place to pull over so I just stopped the car in traffic. My friend ran to the women helped her get to her feet and got her to her correct bus stop. He talked to her like she was a dear family member. He also gave her water and money. It was no big deal to my friend. That is just the way he is.

I’ll have the answer when I can catch the wind.

Go ask Farty McButtpipe.

@KNOWITALL Your answer doges both the assertions made. Doing so only reinforces the truth of the assertions.

If one truly believed a supernatural being would magically heal if only asked to do so, we would not stop at asking for healing of only those things we know sometimes heal themselves. Why would we be so cruel as to deny someone who just lost both legs a prayer that they grow back? The answer is self evident. We know it won’t happen.

Why would we mourn our loss if we know that the dearly departed really is in a far better place and that soon enough, we will join them there? The answer is self evident. We know it won’t happen.

@ETpro I choose not to go into the details of my faith with you anymore, sir. I no longer feel you deserve my confidences.

The older I get the harder it is to turn my head.

Other joints are stiffening up also. Take my elbow for instance…...

@KNOWITALL As you wish.

Probably every time his doctor tells him to cough.