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Decisive commitment in the absence of such assurance may nevertheless be possible, motivated (as Swinburne suggested in the first edition of his Faith and Reason) by the evaluative belief that 'unless [faith-propositions are true], that which is most worthwhile is not to be had' (Swinburne, 1981, 117).
The evidence suggests that religious beliefs are best approached as components of such assurance mechanisms, elements of designs not wholes.
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As Kerviel followed the subprime revelations in the financial press, he grew skeptical of such assurances.
But Mr Hilary believes the public should be sceptical of such assurances.
But on December 5th, in a further blow to efforts to empty the camp, a federal appeals court ruled that detainees have the right to challenge the value of such "assurances" before being expelled.
"It is entirely a matter for the government of the United States whether they wish to give any such assurances but it seems to us that it is only with the provision of such assurances that, in the light of the judgment of the Strasbourg court in this particular case, extradition of the claimant would be compatible with article 3".
(Mitt Romney gave a similar assurance in 2007. If Harold Bloom is right about the theocratic tendencies of Mormonism, such assurance is particularly needed).
I was no more a believer in the Christian myths when I first read it than I am now, but Milton sets out his version of the creation and the fall of man with such assurance and vigour, he invests the story with so much passion, the scope of his imagination is so wide, that the great structure of the poem carries you along with an irresistible momentum.
Unfortunately in this hall of mirrors, such assurances have just lost much of their currency.
In Protestant sects, such as Calvinist Christians, Weber points out that the sinner has no such assurance of divine forgiveness or acceptance.
There is no evidence of any such assurances in the current initiative.
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