that implies, doesn't FP amount to a serious lie, at least where the deception might compromise other people?

FPs are not unique in that they have problems, but they are in a special class in that they do have strong personal motives for keeping their problems under cover. This tendency to hide makes it extremely difficult for FPs to find solutions to their problems, not because the problems themselves are any more difficult than those of other people, but because you can never solve a problem, if you won't get it out in the open and give it some good, honest, realis- tic consideration. Sometimes it will be sufficient to just take a good look at a problem to make its solution evident. Frequently a discussion of the problem will achieve the same result. In other cases the sympathy and understanding of other people will give an individual the strength and courage to work things out for himself. An FP who consults a priest about his problems will usually find that the priest will make a sincere effort to help, but, given the unusual nature of the FP phenomenon and the reluctance many FPS seem to feel to ask help from people whose reaction to their problem they cannot foresee, it may well be that FPs will get their most effective help from other FPs.

Nobody expects, of course, that the help FPs may give one an- other should eliminate the need for the guidance of experts in diff- icult moral problems, but frequently a man who has solved a problem himself can show the way to another who has a similar problem, and even where professional help is necessary, it frequently helps, if on e can "break the ice" on a non-professional level. It is for this reason that the program of education which you have undertaken and the various activities that have sprung directly or indirectly from your efforts can serve a valuable purpose in promoting the spirit- ual welfare of FPs and in enabling them to find peace of conscience.

IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO AN FP!

Betty: "How did that detective manage to catch you when you were disguised as a woman"?

Bill: "I made a boo-boo, I passed a dress shop without looking in the window.

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