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To: Sam Ferguson who wrote (42757)	6/29/1999 10:43:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

And Paul exhorted the followers of "the christ" to be good boys and girls, obey all authority and pay their taxes to the State. Shows you where his mind was at. I agree with virtually all of your observations and conclusions. FT

To: Sam Ferguson who wrote (42757)	6/30/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

It's interesting to note that in the wealthiest country on earth are coins bearing the imprint of Jefferson and Lincoln "In God we Trust". That Congress opens with a prayer. That it is upon the Holy Bible that the President takes his oath of office. That when a person is naturalized a citizen he or she takes an oath of allegiance, concluding solemly, with the words "so help me God". And that many of the oldest buildings in the Nations Capital have christian symbols imbedded within them. Why is it that Adam Smith and many well known eighteen century economists were religious philosophers before they were economists? Smith wrote "Theory of Moral Sentiments" before he wrote "Wealth of Nations". The world still awaits a society that has embraced atheism and also operates a successful free market. That this has not happened I believe is no coincidence. A chimpanzee can never understand the spiritual dimensions of commerce. A person in the marketplace, living by the Judeo-Christian ethic, views another man in terms of potential mutual benefit. He asks himself the beautiful question that fuels all commercial enterprise. What can we do for one another? As Ayn Rand observed, one can extract performance from people in one of two ways, with a gun or with money. Most of us prefer the latter. No wonder God smiles upon the free and open marketplace. Michael