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Angi, The phrase doesn't bother me for this reason -- 'Real' belief (in whatever) affects a person's worldview, view of self and actions. Having been in the church for something over 40 years, it appears that there are some who really believe the gospel and structure their lives around it, and some who are just going through the motions for reasons other than love and worship of God. Tradition, habit, socialization... And, yes, evangelical Christians maintain that there is both right and wrong belief. There is a rather long rationale to this, but it comes down to Jesus' statement in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." I would wholeheartedly agree that God has an essentially infinite number of ways to reach all of us -- assuming we're listening or that we want to be reached. However, if and when He reaches us, that contact should lead us to faith in Christ. God being an absolute, it would seem consistent to me that He utlimately has and needs only one way of access. If true access to God is an 'all-roads-lead-to' kind of thing, that leads to radically different understandings of who He is and our relationship to Him and to others. Which would make God rather schizophrenic and non-absolute. Belief should, I think, lead us to unity eventually, and that would imply a common understanding of God (denominational differences notwithstanding). This should not be construed as arrogance (although it often seeps in when the Christian faith is discussed). It is simply a reliance on revealed truth. If you put ALL your faith in what the Bible says, it gives you a very clear understanding of what God says is right and wrong. Given that relationship to Him is based on grace, however, it does not leave room for pride. We have earned nothing by our own 'perfection'.

BOOGERS are Mucous membranes in the nasal cavity constantly produce a wet mucus that lines the cavity and removes dust and pathogens from the air flowing through. For the most part, the cilia that also line the cavity work to move the mucus down the nasal cavity to the pharynx where it can be swallowed. Not all the mucus stays fluid enough to be moved by the cilia. The closer the mucus is to being in the nasal vestibule and near the nostril opening, the more moisture it loses to the outside air, and the more likely it is to dry out and become stuck.

EATING: Stefan Gates in his book Gastronaut discusses eating dried nasal mucus, and says that 44% of people he questioned said they had eaten their own dried nasal mucus in adulthood and said they liked it. As mucus filters airborne contaminants, eating it could be thought to be unhealthy; Gates comments that "our body has been built to consume snot," because the nasal mucus is normally swallowed after being moved inside by the motion of the cilia. Friedrich Bischinger, a lung specialist at Privatklinik Hochrum in Innsbruck, says that nose-picking and eating could actually be beneficial for the immune system.