Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.
All communication involves faith; indeed, some linguisticians hold that the potential obstacles to acts of verbal understanding are so many and diverse that it is a minor miracle that they take place at all.
Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate
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All communication involves faith; indeed, some linguisticians hold that the potential obstacles to acts of verbal understanding are so many and diverse that it is a minor miracle that they take place at all.
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