Thanks! I wasn't clear how it all tied into the housing mess.
Very nice indeed on the Bear Stearns mess!
and you have to be able to prove that you can page the Big Guy because matters of religious importance are not the sort of thing you take on faith.
Right.
A miracle guarantees a special relationship with the Divine.
Right.
I'm still not buyin' it.
It is a wonder how a market firm with the word "Bear" in their name could last so long.
Thanks for that description!
It's hard to know what's going on. Like you say, the system is built on confidence, so the people in power try to keep people confident.
because matters of religious importance are not the sort of thing you take on faith.
Are you suggesting miracles are not taken on faith?
/Hume rolls over in grave....
Hume rolls over in grave...
Now that would be a miracle.
Now that would be a miracle.
No, but our belief that it happened would be...
It was my understanding that miracles are supposed to be empirically verifiable, which is why The Church goes to such great lengths to debunk charades.
Of course, I'd be interested to know what definition of "empirically verifiable" they employ...
Of course, I'd be interested to know what definition of "empirically verifiable" they employ...
Unless you are a member of one of their secret tribunals, you may never know.
(Example from http://www.boston.com/news/local...onfirm_miracle/
:
The Archdiocese of Boston has convened a secret tribunal to investigate whether a religious miracle occurred in Boston when a disabled man regained his ability to walk after seeking the intercession of a deceased British cardinal who some Catholics would like to see named a saint.)
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