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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 2557761" data-attributes="member: 63">Whoo. Quite a doozy. The key for any sort of discussion of a touchy subject is to present it initially as something tangental to a subject that the person is comfortable with and interested in. Also, people tend to react defensively when their beliefs are challenged. If you think religion is bad, then having someone say, "Look, religion is good!" ain't gonna work.What I think you need is a sympathetic character who is religious. Someone for whom the faith and religion is a given thing, something that makes his or her life better, but that so far he has not had a problem with. Then issues come up that are a bit of a religious quandry for the character. The key is to have the character be sympathetic and well-liked by your wife's PC before introducing any sort of strife into the person's life. Then, once the strife does show up, your wife's PC can handle it sort of second-hand.Have you ever read A Prayer For Owen Meany?  John Irving, I think was the author. It's a rather long novel about a boy John whose best friend Owen just seems to know that God exists, no doubt. John's mother dies, and he and Owen grow up. The Vietnam war is going on, and John dodges the draft while Owen enlists, thinking he has a destiny. All throughout the story, John never believes the same thing Owen does, but he still trusts Owen as a friend. At the end of the story, when Owen actually tries to fulfill his perceived destiny, John sees things that forces him to reconsider his beliefs.He doesn't become a priest or anything, but it's a small, subtle shift in worldview. And that's about the best you can hope for.By the way, is it religion itself, in the organized social form, or is it faith and spirituality she has a problem with? I know a fair number of lapsed Catholics who don't like the Church, but who still feel somewhat spiritual, and who respect the beliefs they used to hold. Sort of like how my brother used to love the Dallas Cowboys. Recently they've let him down a bit, but I'm pretty sure he wishes they were as impressive as they used to be, so that he'd be able to enjoy them again.</blockquote>

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