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I don't think the conversion will last.
I think over 18 months counts as lasting.
I think the downvote here is a little harsh. Mitchell is sticking his neck out here by making a prediction. I almost think he should offer a bet, but I'm not convinced about the ethics of betting on ordinary people's choices where they can see...
I thought the downvote (I only saw one) might have come from someone who approved of Leah's conversion.
It is. (Upvoted both his comments.)
How confident are you? How long?
Confidence is low. But I give it six months. ETA: The reason is that she's a rationalist, not a mysterian. She's been seduced by Catholic metaphysics and her private mysticism, but the intellectual baggage of Catholic doctrine is what ought to kill it for her in the end. Her day job is public health. Will she really be willing to believe that a young girl in Boston had her liver healed because Edith Stein interceded from beyond the grave?