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 You speak my language 👍 . What I find is that you have to basically suspend your logical brain in order to be open to ideas that otherwise would seem ridiculous, which is hard for me to do. My logical brain has served me very well in life. And I've always wondered why God would design us with this logical brain, but then basically require that we suspend that logic to believe in things we cannot possibly understand? Maybe it keeps us humble to keep in mind that we don't know everything.

However, I have to admit that recently in dealing with some difficult times, it has been helpful to allow myself to believe in something beyond life. Probably just a coping mechanism, but admittedly a helpful one.