Long before Milton had begun to tackle the problem, Christians had for centuries, for millennia, puzzled over the logical inconsistency between these two concepts.

早在弥尔顿应对这个问题之前，基督教徒们就已经花了成百上千年，为这两个概念之间逻辑上的前后矛盾感到困惑。

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It's not simple inconsistency.

这不是简单的不一致。

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And what Festinger was interested in was the idea that what happens when people experience an inconsistency in their heads.

令Festinger感兴趣的是,当人们心理活动,产生不一致时，会怎么样。

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