The Spanish told Christopher Columbus in 1492 that he was setting sail on suicide mission when he discovered North America. Logic had told them, from the beginning of time, that the world was flat. Of course it is, at least as far as the eye can see. But in this case, and in many others too numerous to mention, there is so much beyond what the eye can see.

A modern-time example would be the mass suicide of 39 Heavens' Gate cult members. They reportedly timed their suicides to correlate with the passing of the comet named Hale-Bopp. They supposedly believed that their spirits were going to rendezvous with a UFO that was enveloped by Hale-Bopp's tail. How preposterous! What an obtuse notion! I

A common belief that is highly criticized is reincarnation. Some believe it is absurd to think that all living things are intertwined - that a human can be reborn as a bird, or a fish, or a goat. I can't remember every dying and being reborn as a human - or anything else, so I will straddle the fence on that argument.

Logically, we want to believe that this is impossible, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating! There's another slap in the face for logic.

We believe in God. As a whole, we are a nation built on Christian beliefs - "One Nation Under God". I've never seen him, nor have I ever heard him - not in a logical sense. However, these facts make him no less real.

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Many people don't believe angels exist. I believe there are angels among us every day, in everything we do. Little Sara McCloud shares my belief. One day last winter, Sara was boarding her school bus for the afternoon ride home when a stranger approached her. The

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