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...that can show you glimpses within yourself. The problem is that one has to have the perseverance to experience God. I don't know how many atheists have actually made that effort. If we look for external evidence in nature or evolution, then we will end up inconclusively, with faith on one side and scientific evidence on the other. Deepak Agrawal Gurgaon, India...
...understand God. As Dawkins explains, if there is a God, it would be a lot bigger and more incomprehensible than anything any religion has to offer and more than even science can explain. God is beyond religion, beyond laws and beyond science. As a practicing Catholic with some faith and a strong belief in logical reason, I thank you, Richard, for your rational and scientific description of God. Ben Santillan Makati City, the Philippines...
...such heady optimism. That unquestioning faith in the ability of China's soaring stock market to defy gravity has become worryingly common among Chinese investors-so common that market observers and government officials are warning that a market correction might be on the way. Emboldened by a 130% rise in the Shanghai Composite Index last year-which made Shanghai one of the best-performing exchanges in the world-starry-eyed speculators and first-time punters like Du have been storming into Chinese stocks, ending the market's five-year slump and in recent weeks pushing daily trading volumes...
Such gregariousness has apparently helped the 72-year-old find friends in high places. Bertone, a native of the northern Italian region of Piedmont and a former theology professor, worked for seven years as deputy for then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the office that oversees church orthodoxy. Promoted in 2002 to Archbishop of Genoa, Bertone attained the rank of Cardinal the next year and was thought to be among the core group in the conclave that pushed for Ratzinger's election. Still, since he didn't have the usual résumé from...
Both men have learned quickly that their respective new roles go well beyond the internal discussions over church doctrine that marked their old positions. Bertone came on the job just three days after the Pope's controversial speech in Germany about faith and violence that angered many Muslims. The new Secretary of State hit the ground running, orchestrating what, by Vatican standards, was a swift response that included conciliatory public statements, a quickly organized meeting with ambassadors from Muslim countries and, ultimately, the success of November's trip to Turkey, where the Pope surprised his critics with a moving prayer...