But for many ordinary believers, the question is just a paradox that they are forced perpetually to grapple with without ever quite resolving it.

但对许多普通信徒来说，这个问题不过是一个悖论，他们不得不终其一生与之角力，而今还远未得解。

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For most people, the thrill lasts for a few weeks each October. But for true believers, the paranormal is an everyday fact, not just a holiday joke.

对大部分人来说，那种惊恐只持续在十月里那几周的时间，但是，对于迷信的人来说，超自然现象每天都在发生，而不只是一个节日的笑话。

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Unhappy believers first look back to their roots for comfort, but origins rarely comfort and thus they will inevitably search for a new god.

不快乐的信徒会第一次回顾他们信仰的根本——是否能带来心灵上的安慰i，但信仰的根本很少能带来心灵上的安慰，所以他们会不可避免的寻找新的神。

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But for true believers, what mattered was that Barbara Castle continued to stand for that seductive, if self-contradictory, idea, British socialism.

ECONOMIST: Barbara Castle

In a letter to Kirill, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Mr Yerofeev apologised for inadvertently hurting the feeling of believers, but blasted the church for siding with a group of anti-Semitic, militant radicals.

ECONOMIST: Church and state in Russia

They do offer comfort of the mind, especially when markets move against investor bets, but they can be very costly for true believers if they end up trashed by markets.

FORBES: Markets Trash Three Investment Cliches