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Originally Posted by Ohio
OBW, it seems to me that Don's point was that each of us tends to embellish stories in our favor, hence the need to report only what we have "seen and heard." My point was to reconcile what I felt were enigmatic contradictions seen in notably gifted Christian leaders. Your conclusion "what we can determine for certain is essentially nothing," imho, is too extreme to be helpful.
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I would agree. My comment, while completely valid, was intended to point out that we cannot absolutely know. But I do believe that based on the number of observations, we can put bounds around the general nature of what is true.
But was Lee simply "normal" within his own behavior at Don's apartment in 1966? It is quite likely to be so. But that does not make looking into his past irrelevant. Many people think that I am this teddy bear kind of nice person. And even without trying, it often looks that way. But you get me riled up in certain ways and I can look and act more like Hitler on steroids. It almost seems impossible, especially for someone who has never seen that side but known me for years.
In any case, those "couldn't control a mosquito" statements are totaly irrelevant. Inability to control one thing makes no statement about ability and desire to control other things.