The Cadre, March 23, 1976, page six I 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the Existence!) 
     
    
   
   
    
     I have read with interest 
     
    
   
   
    
     the letters written to this 
     
     newspaper by P.P. and those 
     
     who sought to oppose his 
     
     (or her) views. While I 
     
     have no great desire to be- 
     
     come embroiled in this arg- 
     
     ument (I'm a lover not a 
     
     fighter!), I'd like to lay 
     
     a few facts on the line wh- 
     
     ich might provide food for 
     
    
   
   
    
     'thought for the parties in- 
     
    
   
   
    
     volved in this dispute and 
     
     any others who might be int— 
     
     erested. 
     
    

    
     First, let me say that 
     
     in unearthing these facts 
     
     I have come full circle 
     
     from full—fledged Christian 
     
     Believer to near atheist 
     
     back to Believer. The jo— 
     
     urney has been difficult 
     
    
   
   
    
     at times but I fell that I 
     
     am a better person for ha— 
     
     ving made it and I can't, 
     
     say that I have any regrets. 
     
     I will not, for the‘sake 
     
    
   
   
    
     'of brevity, go into all 
     
    
   
   
    
     details of the"journey I 
     
     for, this is not necessary. 
     
     Yes, I was a Believer and 
     
     Candidate for the Christian 
     
     Ministry. Then my world 
     
     collapsed in a nervous br—‘ 
     
     eakdown and this made it 
     
     necessary for me to exam— 
     
     ine every'aspect of the 
     
     ruins in order to decide 
     
     what I should include and 
     
     what I should disregard ' 
     
     during the necessary re- 
     
     building process which has 
     
     followed. Consequently, 
     
    

    
     my Christian beliefs have 
     
     undergone much scrutiny. 
     
     Why? Simply because al— " 
     
     though my life has not cha— 
     
    
   
   
    
     r and ahd'theNeeid‘for-Saliation 
     
    
   
   
    
     nged radically there have 
     
     been certain factors which ‘ 
     
     have been introduced, some 
     
     of which have made this re- 
     
     examination necessary. If 
     
     I attempt to go into detail 
     
     I'll be here all’night and 
     
     since I don't wich to use 
     
     all the paper's space I'll 
     
     be vague. V . » 
     
     Point one: Man has two 
     
     ‘basiC'natures good and evil 
     
     which are contained in his 
     
     total personality and are ' 
     
     so inextricably related that 
     
     although each may dominate 
     
     the other, neither can ex- 
     
     clude the other or be free 
     
     from the influence of the 
     
     other. You_might argue, as 
     
     I have for some time, that 
     
     good and evil are moral la; 
     
     bels based on a belief in a 
     
     particular moral code i.e. 
     
     Christianity. Okay. But 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     P 
     
    
   
   
    
     someday. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HIARE 
     
     RUBEN}- 
     
    
   
   
    
     * Minister ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     SUMMER. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I ‘ Manpower 
     
    
   
   
    
     and Immigration 
     
    
   
   
    
     .~ Robert Andras 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ for Sludenls‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~ YOU DON’T HAVE 
     
     TO MAKE A \ 
     
     CAREER OUT OF A 
     
     SUMMER JOB. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .Onceuponahnwthem 
     
     was a student who selected her- 
     
     sdhmtdasumnmrpthh 
     
     nowemrmmufipmMngonng 
     
     vveve seen guys do h.too)‘ ‘ 
     
     Shewmfiaflobeanatmmd. 
     
     fluskm.80shehehlmntor 
     
     apbhefledsanMngmdo 
     
     whhamhkmhwe 
     
     mongthatyearand bythethne ‘ 
     
     shededdedtosehhlorsome~ 
     
     tmngdxahwastmlaeAHHw 
     
     jobs were gone So was her 
     
     thstyearstthhon. 
     
    

    
     Moral: Don't hold out for the 
     
     inwposshfle dreanr 
     
    

    
     Who knowsYour Canada' 
     
     ManpowerCenhetorShflenB 
     
     rnghhnhoduceyouhjawhok 
     
     new field. Maybe you'll like your 
     
     sonwnajobsornuchyouh ' 
     
     want to make acareer out of it 
     
    
   
   
    
     HAVE AYOUNG‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canada Manpower Centres 
     
    
   
   
    
     None came 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     _________________ 
     
     The Political Sci- 
     
     ence ASSociation 
     
     _will meet on Wed- 
     
     nesday the 24th in 
     
     the Library Room 
     
     l7h. At this meet- 
     
     ing the Executive 
     
     will present their 
     
     plathrms for the 
     
     next year. All 
     
     Poli Sci Majors 
     
     please.attend'this 
     
     important meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Maimd'euvre 
     
     2! Immigration 
     
    
   
   
    
     Robert Andras 
     
     Minlslre 
     
    
   
   
    
     l 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Yo. 
     
    
   
   
    
     then the only other labels 
     
     which I could come up with, 
     
     to describe these two parts 
     
     of man's personality were 
     
     selfish in place of evil ' 
     
     and less selfish in place of 
     
     good. However, this would 
     
     then mean that the essence 
     
     of man's total consciousness 
     
     would be sefishness. Since 
     
     I have never met a person 
     
     who is totally selfish or . 
     
     self—centered and since 
     
     fields such aslpsychology 
     
     and sociology show man to 
     
     be a social animal, the 
     
     idea that the essence of a 
     
     man's consciousness is self— 
     
     ishness,.is a fallacy. So, 
     
     good and evil prevail. 
     
     Point two: As a result of 
     
     the existence of both good 
     
     and evil being a part of 
     
     his personality man is inv— 
     
     olved in a conflict of int— 
     
     erest which he can't get‘ 
     
     himself out of.‘ This point 
     
     is indisputable. If we 
     
     accept this situation as 
     
     fact we can avoid becoming 
     
     burdened with feelings of 
     
     guilt about evil we do and 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ hence we remain psychologi— 
     
    
   
   
    
     cally healthy, so you may 
     
     say what's the harm? The 
     
     harm lies in the fact that 
     
     if we are free to drift 
     
     from good to evil, and we 
     
     are, then we can have no 
     
     real purpose in our life. 
     
     .For, we will aCt, thick, and 
     
     speak according to whichever 
     
     part of our personality is 
     
     dominant at any given time. 
     
     We can't deny_the existence 
     
    
   
   
    
     _of good and evil in our pe- 
     
     ‘rsonality but we can't serVe 
     
    
   
   
    
     ourselves from the influence 
     
     of ecil Or good because 
     
    

    
     the only way we could do' 
     
     this would be to deny the 
     
     existence of one or the oth— 
     
     er. This would result in 
     
    

    
     a conflict which could de— 
     
     Stroy our sanity. Where do 
     
     we turn? Indeed is there 
     
     any solution? Can we ind- 
     
     eed rise above this conflict 
     
     of interest? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Point three: The ultimate 
     
    
   
   
    
     . proof that there is a Sav— 
     
    
   
   
    
     iour is evidenced by the 
     
    
   
   
    
     .fact that there are people 
     
     Vin the world who have over- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     come the conflict of inter< 
     
     est and.have proven it by 
     
    
   
   
    
     .persuing ways of life which 
     
    
   
   
    
     they cou1d\not have persued 
     
     had they not been 35065 thfi 
     
     conflict of interest. Jewfi 
     
     is the best example of this 
     
     for,'although the conflict 
     
     within Himself was great he 
     
     was able to riSe above itr 
     
     through the power he rece— 
     
     ived from God and He did 
     
     what He had to do. We too 
     
     can have access to this 
     
     same power if only we conf’ 
     
     eSs our-inability to saVe 
     
     ourselves, and Believe. 
     
     There you have it in a 
     
    

    
     nut shell! 
     
    
   
   
    
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