one suicide in particular was to have a profound effect on the future way in which all existing church members were to be tolerated by the wider community : how lars mortenson ever qualified to become a pilot will perhaps always remain shrouded in mystery ; normally higher we members were wheedled out during the rigorous training and selection process - excessive blind faith of any persuasion is never a particularly attractive quality in a pilot ; a belief that the reason that your aeroplane stays aloft is in any way magical is actively discouraged .