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To: Father Terrence who wrote (42976)	7/2/1999 12:33:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 108807

Terry the number one asset (which I'm sure you understand well) in the effort of business and governments is to make their economies stronger. Integrity is one of the most important assets of a system of ethical capitalism. It has certainly helped to build America's economic machine. Faith is also important. Couples marry without the help of a crystal ball that would predict all the ups and downs of their future together. Farmers plant and await crops that may or may not ripen. Investing capital, starting a new business, hiring new employees-all involve risk and faith. In fact the very act of accepting medal discs or pieces of paper in exchange for backbreaking labor requires enormous faith. Let's take a look at Valujet airlines as an example. When one of their planes crashed in the Everglades, the airline collapsed. Why? I believe it was because people lost faith because it was widely perceived that the accident was a symptom of a much deeper carelessness and lack of regard to the values people hold dear. There was a major loss of faith and the marketplace responded. When investors lose faith in currency, a business, or a bank, disaster strikes. But as long as faith is intake, people will accept worthless paper or medal as payment for their goods or services. All of commerce and consequently much of human freedom depends on honest transactions conducted in good faith. Without the belief in honesty and reliability, free markets will soon collapse, and be replaced by socialistic dictators. With no faith there is no commerce. The ethical values of Judeo-Christian principles allowed America to flourish because faith was high. We believed in the ethical nature of our government currency, in eachother, and in our future. The higher the faith, and the higher a society holds to the principles of honesty, integrity, decency, and conscientousness, the better will its free markets flourish. Can these values be imbued in people without a spiritual belief or a common moral code? Maybe, maybe not. The fact that it has not happened in an atheistic society, should give a serious believer in free-markets, like yourself, pause. If free markets were assisted by a belief in atheistic principles, why isn't there a country without a spiritual center taking over worldwide commerce? And why has America, with its deeply religios roots, performed so well economically? Michael