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<DIV>Six of one, half a dozen of another. A belief in God creates a predictable
future, at least in an eternal sense. An unpredictable future leads society
toward God. "There are no atheists in foxholes."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Lorraine
Rice<BR><BR>Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
<BR>---Andre Gide
<BR><BR>http://hometown.aol.com/euterpel66/myhomepage/poetry.html</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 4/20/2005 8:51:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ljohnson@solution-consulting.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Barbara
Tuchman's well-known <I>A Distant Mirror</I> characterized the 13th Century as
a time likewise very high in rate of change. Generally, human societies often
change rapidly, and the notion that we change more than others is probably a
mistake. That said, it is possible that the structure of belief in the 13th
Century did buffer the stress from the changes. Clearly, a belief in God is
empirically related to better coping, lower stress, and so forth.<BR>Lynn
<BR><BR>Christian Rauh wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid42669129.4020201@uconn.edu type="cite">Could it be that
a less predictable future have more to do than the belief in God? Maybe
things are changing too fast for us to cope. <BR><BR>Christian <BR><BR>Lynn
D. Johnson, Ph.D. wrote: <BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Diet: This is a good point, and one I have
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