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Dan Dennett's response to Rick Warren- "Religions are just as natural as cows". Great stuff.
by whereami inphilosopher dan dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon.
then he takes on the purpose-driven life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.. philosopher and scientist dan dennett argues that human consciousness and free will are the result of physical processes and are not what we traditionally think they are.
his 2003 book freedom evolves explores the way our brains have evolved to gives us -- and only us -- the kind of freedom that matters, while 2006's breaking the spell examines religious belief through the lens of biology.. .
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For The Bible Tells Me So
by Celestial inin the 1980s, as a teenager, i had some fascination with alternative lifestyles.
i was never gay, i just thought i was.
i told my girlfriend about this and she ended up telling her dad.
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Essential Readings in the Cognitive Science of Religion
by whereami inhttp://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17123.essential_readings_in_the_cognitive_science_of_religion .
essential readings in the cognitive science of religionthe cognitive science of religion is fairly new and it is an endlessly fascinating area of research.
the mundane questions of religion such as "does god exist?
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Letter to the Writing Department from Barbara Anderson
by Dogpatch ini thought i knew you.
an open letter from barbara anderson to watch towers writing department.
in 1517, martin luther wrote in a letter to archbishop albert of mainz: you must graciously forgive that i, that scum of the earth, am so bold as to dare to address a letter to you.. yes, i know, you think of me as scum, just like mainz believed of luther, wondering how i dare write you a letter, someone jehovahs witnesses disfellowshipped back in 2002. i was accused of being an unrepentant sinner and condemned for causing divisions, then labeled apostate because i spoke out publicly on nbcs dateline tv program aboutthe child sexual abuse policies that protected pedophiles policies that you helped formulate.
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Scale in the universe - awesome site
by Qcmbr inhttp://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1qgoe9/www.hoagames.com/game/the-scale-of-the-universe-2.
no narrative required..
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Ellen DeGeneres Addresses Her JCPenney Critics
by whereami inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znktttaxcs&sns=em.
about time good ol' bill gets it right:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhevu64pzsa&sns=em.
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Hindu Prayer Interrupted In Senate By Christians
by whereami incan't you just feel the christian love people!!!!.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1onhsr58es&sns=em.
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The great Christopher Hitchens.
by whereami ini sure do miss the guy.
what a great voice for reason.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnoh95titic&sns=em.
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A translation request - Do you read and can write fluent Portuguese?
by AndersonsInfo ina translation request: i need to have a two-page letter fluently translated into portuguese and then posted on any or all portuguese xjw websites.
please pm me.
barbara.