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By peace | October 17, 2007
There is a story told of a young businessman who happened to sit down in a crowded restaurant at the same table as a priest.
After a casual conversation, the young man said,”You know, I had given up belief in God until the other day.“
“Oh? What happened then?“
“My baby recognised me.”
He looked up to see if he was being laughed at, but the priest was serious.
“Go on! I’m interested.“
“Well, I can’t describe it. She’s my first baby, only five weeks old. I came in from work and spoke to her — the usual stupid baby talk. She got excited. I took her from my wife and looked at her. She smiled at me. I could see from the light in her eyes that she’d recognised me. “
He remained silent for a few moments.
“It was a tremendous thrill. It made me think a lot. There was something in the eyes of the baby that I and my wife had not put there. There’s a power there. That’s what makes a person. It seemed to shine out of her. This might seem all muddled to you, but it makes sense to me.“
“It does make sense. That’s common sense.“
“It’s a funny thing,” said the young man, “in a flash I realised that my child had an intelligence of its own. At that moment, I grew up. For I realised that the power of perception of a human being is something quite different to that of a dumb animal. Both gaze upon the same world, but only the rational human being has responsibility. He can reflect, reason and resolve.“
It would take more than common sense to convince many men that a child is spirit as well as flesh and blood. And in fact, it took more than that to convince the young father. This experience was only one of many, each of which had made him think. That is how the ordinary man is convinced of things, not by a single logical argument, but by a whole series of arguments based on his own experience of life. He may feel that no single argument by itself convinces him, but all together have great weight. On these occasions men use their heads as well as their hearts. The whole man enters into the problem of life and each part of him helps to let him know something of what life is all about.
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