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Call it fervor, an extreme amount of self-confidence, self-delusion or whatever, but I still find it fascinating. I could never work up that sort of belief in anything. He absolutely believed he was going to be fine and that the laws of physics would be suspended for him. Regardless of the outcome, I have to admit that I sort of envy that kind of belief in something in a wierd sort of way. I don't think I'd ever want to experience it myself, but it certainly is interesting to observe. The snake-handling Pentacostals seem very similar to me.
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