"When a believer and a non-believer discuss religion, they are both usually talking to deaf ears. Each is convinced that the other is misguided, and that his or her views can therefore be dismissed with disdain. That is the way it might have been between the two young people at the centre of this story, had it not been for one thing: John is in love with Yvette. Only by treating Yvettes's belief with respect, does John stand any chance of dissuading her from her determination to become a nun. What he does is basically to say "OK. Let's assume that everything the Bible says is correct. How can...