He emphasizes that he is not arguing that you need divine intervention to account for moral improvement, which can be explained by a "mercilessly scientific account" involving the biological evolution of the human mind and the game-theoretic nature of social interaction.
The most troubling use of offshore accounts involves the alleged pilfering of Matthew's and Liesel's trusts, which came to light late last year.
Some of Enron's most outrageous accounting involved the abuse of so-called special-purpose entities, where it hid debts.
But even if the film is, say, only 10percentt accurate, it's an alarm bell, especially after the recent accounts involving the much larger, polygamist sect in Texas.
For accounts involving the concealment of funds, the submission of incorrect or false documents to UBS or the I.R.S., and what the I.R.S. terms "a scheme of lies," the balance must be at least 250,000 Swiss francs, about $247,000.
That so many of these accounts involve the sexual abuse of underage women, however, suggests there might be something particularly unique about the culture of American evangelicalism that leaves young women especially vulnerable to sexual violation.
