[M.D. Holloway]

I don't know Sherwood; I think with proper introspection and an open mind, a personal belief can and maybe should be changed from time to time.

Take for instance my sons belief in Santa. Now this is fun right now and will be for the next few years but if he carries this belief on into his twenties wez gots a problem.

He is also of the opinion that he should get a toy every time we go into the store or I come back from a trip. I have done everything to contribute to this opinion and to that end he is and will experience turmoil due to the fact that he ain't gitt'n squat till after Christmas.

Beliefs and opinions should change but only for a balanced view on the world. The more I read and the more people I meet, it seems as though the ones that are the truly honest and righteous are balanced in there opinions and beliefs, not governed by mores and folkways but rather by consideration and contemplation.

I want my kids to be like that and I guess I want to be that type of person as well. Convictions should be kept for empirical absolutism.