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(suchasresearchshows,forexample,byElisabethLoftus(seeLoftus1974)),
recipientsofthemessagesareeasiertoassimilateandmorelikelytobelievein
thecontentofpresuppositionsunexpresseddirectly,thanintheliteralcontentof
verbalizedstatements).Theselistsofassumptionsaresodivergentthatthereis
nopossibilityofsynthesizingfromthemasinglecoherentimage,whichcould
revealorpointtotheobjectively,originallyexistingrealbeing.Therefore,more
andmorepopularareconceptsofthekindthatwasannouncedbyJeanBaudril-
lard,exposingaboldthesisalreadyonthefrontcover:“Leréeln’existeplus”
(Realitydoesnotexist).9
Theproblemarises,howtoliveinadeconstructedreality,whichcannot
bedefinedorseparatedfromfiction.10Thesolutionlalthoughitisneededfor
onetobeabletodoanythingwithhisorherlifelisbynomeanseasy.Espe-
ciallythatthereisalackofclearguidanceandclearindicationswhatstrategy
ofproceedingsshouldbetakeninthissituation.Sowearestuckwithourown
clevernessandforcedtoseekindividualprojectsoforientationinaninconsist-
entandunstableuniverseofthenarrative.Whatsolutionwechoose,willhave
amajorimpactonourdecisions,includingthosewhichareofkeyimportance
forourwholefuturelife.
Oneofthemostimportantareasinwhichwemakesignificantchoicesand
makekeydecisions,isplanningandstartingafamilyorlivingaloneorinloose,
unstablerelationshipwithoneormorefemaleormalepartners.Everyindividual
atsomepointofhisorherlifeisfacedwiththeneedoftakingoneofthose
decisions.Todevelopdecidedlythisdimensionofexistence,whichinvolvesthe
selectionofamodelofanevery-dayintimatebondwithothers,amodernman
hasathisorherdisposaleverythingthatconstitutesthecontentofworldviews
tenderspresentinthepublicdiscourse.Andthisdiscourse,asweindicatedat
thebeginning,isnowdominatedbyanongoing,forseveralyears,disputebe-
tweensupportersofthetwomainoptions.Thefirstoption,commonlyreferred
toasconservative,groupsaroundthestandpointoftheCatholicChurchandlin
principlemattersdifferinglittlefromitlstatementsmadebyrepresentativesof
otherChristiandenominations.Thesecond,ofwhichpreachersandpropagators
9JeanBaudrillard,Simulacresetsimulation(Paris:EditionsGalilée,1981).
10TheFathersoftheSecondVaticanCouncilrealizedthegrowingdifficultiesinthecor-
rectorientationinanincreasinglycomplexworld,sotheypostedthefollowingpassageinthe
DogmaticConstitutionGaudiumetspes:“True,thereisagrowingexchangeofideas,butthe
verywordsbywhichkeyconceptsareexpressedtakeonquitedifferentmeaningsindiverse
ideologicalsystems.Finally,manpainstakinglysearchesforabetterworld,withoutacorrespon-
dingspiritualadvancement.Influencedbysuchavarietyofcomplexities,manyofourcontem-
porariesarekeptfromaccuratelyidentifyingpermanentvaluesandadjustingthemproperlyto
freshdiscoveries.Asaresult,buffetedbetweenhopeandanxietyandpressingoneanotherwith
questionsaboutthepresentcourseofevents,theyareburdeneddownwithuneasiness.Thesame
courseofeventsleadsmentolookforanswers;indeed,itforcesthemtodoso”(Gaudiumet
spes,IntroductoryStatement,pt.4).
