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...multiple systems already out there to talk to each other? It would be a task to make Reagan's Star Wars plan seem quite manageable. But that is only the beginning; really hard is going to be getting this multi-billion dollar juggernaut to actually save us money. (Read "Faith and Healing: A Forum...
...your pro-religion propaganda "How Faith Can Heal" [Feb. 23]: Yes, you had a few weasel-word get-outs and token international bits, but most of it was fodder for the delusional. All it boiled down to was: Many Americans have religion drummed into them; religion can exert a placebo effect. P.S. It was in your issue dated Feb. 23 but I'm writing on Feb. 16. Is this a miracle? Brian Smith, BERLIN...
Your story provided nothing new: the mind-body distinction was dealt with by Freud. A far more topical cover story would be: How Faith Can Kill. The fact is that billions of people subscribe to conflicting holy books and that this has led to millions of deaths globally. Furthermore, in a nuclear age, this is possibly going to lead to the annihilation of mankind. Justin Lacob, CAPE TOWN...
Thirteen months later, Benedict set off the most explosive moment of his papacy with a lecture at his old university in Regensburg, Germany, about faith and reason and the risk that Islamic theology makes the religion particularly prone to violence. Even as criticism of the speech spread in both Muslim and Catholic circles, Samir was among the first and most steadfast defenders of the Pope's message about Islam. Indeed, they were the same ideas Samir had been espousing for years. (See pictures from Pope Benedict XVI's first year...
...settlements be removed if there is a peace agreement that is acceptable to both sides? One can talk about removing settlements, but it becomes more difficult every day. Since the collapse of the Camp David summit in July 2000, some Palestinian and Israeli élites have begun to lose faith in the two-state solution. We see the rise of Hamas, which has a completely different agenda. If you don't have some kind of viable two-state solution, we have a problem on our hands...