Bad Faith

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The previous note was inspired by a piece on NBC News. As I wrote the note on the back of the envelope I was thinking that here was a case of 'the institutional fear of death' taken to its ludicrous conclusion. There may or may not be good economic and or scientific reasons for abandoning Hubble but I have not seen any of them yet.

'True Believer' refers to the FOX News Channel. I watch FOX from time to time during the day, flipping sequentially from FOX to MSNBC to CNN to FOX... FOX is clearly a political entity, and a 'right wing' political entity at that. FOX is not an 'objective news source.' Take for example the most famous FOX invention: 'homicide bomber.' All other news sources refer to this well known phenomenon as 'suicide bomber.' But over the years FOX has stubbornly refused to acknowlege the self-sacrificial aspect of this particular abomination, focusing exclusively on the homicidal aspect. Occasionally the words, 'suicide bomber' escape the unwary commentator or reporter on FOX. These occasions are rare but I have witnessed them. I conclude that it is the policy of FOX to require their people to report suicide bombings as 'homicide bombings.' Why?

I suppose there are several components to the explanation. The first must be related somehow to the universal human imperative to deny death. Suicide is the most intimate form of death. Homocide is the least intimate form of death. Furthermore, in the case of the suicider, hiR death is an act of ultimate faith based on religious conviction. FOX denies this intimacy and this faith.
Could FOX be denying that Muslim faith exceeds Judeo-Christian faith? I think so.

Faith is a bad thing in the Stock Market. 'Faith' is a bad in general when it is applied outside the natural realm. You can have too much faith. You need just enough faith, but too much faith is harmful. FOX recognizes this aspect of faith and denies it at the same time.

True Believers have excess faith. They can become marytrs. They can send their last dollars to a religious scoundrel. They can live out their glorious lives in some stupid convent hoping...