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Perseverance: The Gateway to Holiness (1743 words) |
 | Belief is a process, and the end-product of that process is one's own more spiritual self. |
| Perseverance is anchored in hope; and hope is rooted in the belief that things will get better. |
| Perseverance demonstrates an underlying hope, an inner belief that God is good and He rules the world. |
| Review: Perspectives on Self-Deception (5404 words) |
| No contrary belief is needed to suppress or inhibit the effect that the unpleasant belief normally has on his thinking, although the self-deceiver may need to clutter his mind with reasons against the unpleasant belief and with thoughts to the contrary. |
| The unpleasant belief is a “central belief” and the self-deceptive belief is an “avowed belief.” |
| That is, holding an avowed belief contrary to a central belief does not require, though it may involve, a disavowing second-order belief. |
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