Word: fates
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...there are those who simply believe that, by definition, God is unknowable to our limited, fallible human minds and souls. If God is ultimately unknowable, then how can we be so certain of what God's real position is on, say, the fate of Terri Schiavo? Or the morality of contraception? Or the role of women? Or the love of a gay couple? Also, faith for many of us is interwoven with doubt, a doubt that can strengthen faith and give it perspective and shadow. That doubt means having great humility in the face of God and an enormous reluctance...
Perhaps the worst fate for a person with ASD is to have a lively intelligence trapped in a body that makes it difficult for others to see that the lights are on. Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich at the University of California, San Francisco, studied an autistic boy who is unable to speak or even sustain his attention to a task for more than a few moments, and yet is aware of his condition and writes remarkable poetry. How many other autistic kids, Merzenich wonders, "are living in a well where no one can hear them...
...discovery that undergraduate education means “decreases in crime” and “decreased dependence upon certain types of public assistance,” helped motivate the 2005 amendment.But for the College undergraduates still awaiting a conclusion to their respective trials, the fate of their Harvard careers is still up in the air—even if their financial aid may not be.—Staff writer Matthew S. Blumenthal can be reached at mblument...
...this is a bit of a caricature. Most libertarians, or those who lean that direction, are not counterculture anarchists, advocating public immorality and a reckless disregard for the fate of others. Sure, most of them have read Ayn Rand’s novels—perhaps even briefly fell in love with Objectivism—but, like everyone else, they realized that they were being callous pricks and soon thereafter forgot about Howard Roark. Nevertheless, what is common from Milton Friedman to John Mackey is a fervent, but tempered belief in individual choice. Importantly, liberty does not have to come...
Americans have resigned themselves to an inexorable fate. With a sigh and a shrug, they pull the gas pump off its handle, swipe their credit card, and cringe as the price meter climbs so fast that the dollar digit seems stuck at eight. Frustrated at their bills, they might rant to their friends, or perhaps even call their congressman...