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Fictional Tuesday: a Dialogue

"God did too good a job designing women," Jack said to his friend Jake.

"So you want to sue God for, uh, not malpractice but 'welpractice'?"

"Maybe. Or maybe not. But it's interesting that an attractive female induces an almost religious awe in men. Immediate dilation of pupils, sudden increased production of saliva, a lift or drop of head one might associate with awe or reverence."

"Or maybe just the loss of all brain function."

"Ha, very funny. But if there is that in nature, then there is a supernatural equivalent."

"Right, the theory being similar to the one that proposes mortal sin exists because gravity exists. God doesn't impinge on our free will to physically jump off buildings and kill ourselves, nor does he impinge on our free will to spiritually choose fatal sin."

"Yes, like that. There are hundreds of parallels between the visible and invisible world. Though why, at least in the drive for spiritual health rather than physical reproduction, is the visible equivalent so knee-jerk easier than the supernatural?"

"Au contraire. It doesn't have to be. Look at Fr. Solanus, who's up for sainthood. Spent his whole day praying. Constantly dilated pupils and increased saliva and awe of a different sort. Three a.m. and Fr. Groeschel caught him in spiritual ecstasy."

"How many Solanus's are there? It's not exactly hard-wired."

"Well maybe not as much as we'd prefer. Without Original Sin nothing makes much sense."

"Original sin seems to have affected the supernatural more than the natural."

"Oh I don't know. Death would seem a rather dramatic physical sign of Original Sin."