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Luttmer said that the study sought to explain whether or not membership in a religious congregation changes the degree to which people’s happiness and consumption are altered after an income shock...
...type of shock that Katrina provides is an order of magnitude greater than the types of shock in our experience,” Luttmer said. “Whole congregations were disintegrated...The links between Katrina and our study are speculative...
...even if construction begins today, by the time new refineries come online around 2010 global oil demand is projected to be 89 million bbl. a day, compared to 83.5 million now. Who's to say how much refining will be needed then? In the meantime, a secondary oil shock - be it another hurricane or a terrorist attack - could give all of us a nasty taste of what oil dependency really means. Just a few weeks ago, George W. Bush suggested Americans might need to think about how much oil they use. When this President starts talking about conservation, you know...
...Fallujah, the town became a propaganda tool for the resistance, with attacks on U.S. forces in the city featured heavily in the "top 10 attacks" videos circulated among insurgent groups. For civilians, especially the Shi'ite minority, the city became a prison under insurgent rule. Al-Zarqawi's shock troops commandeered buses, schools and businesses for military purposes, evicting uncooperative families and selling their furniture. Insurgent videos and residents' accounts detail how anyone deemed to be collaborating with U.S. forces was executed, often publicly. "The enemy has taken good people who have worked with us out into the street...
...Even as the political debate split between those who focused on who was to blame and those who moved straight to What Must Be Done?, so did the spiritual debate as well. You can reliably expect, as the initial shock of a disaster passes, a revival of the familiar question, Why God Lets This Stuff Happen. The survivors often say God saved them-how many baby girls will be named Katrina?-but if he chose to save the living, did he choose to kill the lost? It is an occasion for atheists to remind believers of the flaws...