"I can't believe he's an evil man." "Well, if you won't believe him evil, then think of a reason why he's not." - Sheri S. Tepper

They've got a kind of committee there, he had said, "an office. Acceptable Doctrine, it's called. Everyone on the committee is mostly concerned about what people believe. They're running things, too; don't let them tell you they aren't. Truth doesn't enter in. If they've decided something is doctrine, they'll ignore all evidence to the contrary and lie to your face. You don't want to run afoul of those types, do you? Not if you have questions to ask. No."

I dreamed this, he said in a helpless voice. I dreamed this!"
"Well, Mouche," said Questioner in a chilly, admonitory voice, "I am sure you believe so. It is all very mystic and dreamlike, and though I can be sensitivity to the moods and impressions such places evoke, I try not to give way to them. When dream is most attractive, then is time to be alert and practical, for it is then that we are most in danger.

All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.