From The Atlantic Monthly, which sometimes carries some relevant
articles to post on this forum, here is a different take, though it
discusses the role of a celestial know it all.
"Did Christianity Cause the Crash?"
"America’s mainstream religious denominations used to teach the faithful
that they would be rewarded in the afterlife. But over the past
generation, a different strain of Christian faith has proliferated—one
that promises to make believers rich in the here and now. Known as the
prosperity gospel, and claiming tens of millions of adherents, it
fosters risk-taking and intense material optimism. It pumped air into
the housing bubble. And one year into the worst downturn since the
Depression, it’s still going strong."
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/12/did-christianity-cause-the-crash/7764/
Gareth
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