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To: Don Troppmann who wrote (4074)	5/6/2000 10:10:00 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 5853

Don: You read the remarkable Gilder article quite correctly. And you interpreted it even better.

To: Don Troppmann who wrote (4074)	5/6/2000 10:10:00 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 5853

Don: You read the remarkable Gilder article quite correctly. And you interpreted it even better.

To: Don Troppmann who wrote (4074)	5/6/2000 10:10:00 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5853

Don: You read the remarkable Gilder article quite correctly. And you interpreted it even better.

To: Don Troppmann who wrote (4074)	5/7/2000 7:59:00 PM
From: OWN STOCK	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5853

Don T A few snippets taken from: The Soul of Silicon by George Gilder As delivered to the Vatican at a conference arranged and coordinated by the Acton Institute May 1997 The original and full text may be found at: discovery.org "Christian truth must necessarily apply to the economic sphere--to all the great ventures of enterprise and production to which most of us devote so much of our time and treasure. Yet capitalism, for all its productivity and creativity, has foundered in its own materialist superstitions and failed to produce or create a compelling argument for its own essential morality. The Pope's willingness to point out this great intellectual failure of capitalism awakened a certain nervousness in me, perhaps analogous to the discomfiture of the young rich man confronted by our Lord. I have a large stake in the intellectual and moral foundations of capitalism and there is no court of appeal beyond the Pope." And later.. "The central truths of Christianity are vital to capital. The crucial capital of the system is not the physical accumulation of natural resources and machines, but the metaphysical capital of human life." Last time I checked, a person who professed the superiority of Christianity, as well as the ultimate authority of the Pope, could safely be assumed to be a professing Christian. Are we left to parse his words for nits? The meaning to all is clear. Again, GG has slipped to the low road, and needs to be reminded of his own words. I am not, decidedly, the Pope, and am no where near perfect, but I am claiming higher moral ground in this case. The more he says, the more he indicts himself. "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" John 8:32 -Own