Monday Morning Thinky Thoughts

Let's take as a given - and this is a big assumption, because to do this we have to discount the work of countless theologians, philosophers, psychologists, cognitive scientists, and the like - that our identity is formed by the beliefs we hold about ourselves. We make our choices and decisions within the framework these beliefs provide: they can form a cage to keep us in or a platform we can soar from, but they are always present.

This raises a number of questions. Where do these beliefs co...