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An incomplete eduction

Have you ever read this book?
It's a nifty little book. It's supposed to be a collection of stuff that you never learned, but you should have.
One section of the book deals with philosophy. And within that section is a little bit about the big brain busters (Zeno's Arrow paradox)

One of them is Pascal's wager, the book , IMHO, took a little dip.
But then I thought, "A lot of people who use Pascal's wager don't even know it exists, so letting them know this idea isn't original and has been refuted is a good deterrent against future abusers of the wager".

I read the whole article, not one point raised against it.

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Ever wonder why god make believers make believe it?

I was just kicked out of my toastmasters club because I gave a speech about the superstitious religious beliefs that cause neurosis. I have emails from the group leader basically hate mail! He is fighting for his neurosis and losing very much so. I don't give a fuck what others think of me because unlike their unfounded beliefs they hold to have their(gods) approval all the time so they can accept themselves when others don't. Their sickness is due to their needy attitudes towards approval etc...I wanted to open my own non-profit org supporting rational view and "bashing the fuck" out of unscientific and unpragmatic view with the opposite. I am writing a book now on the it. Let me join your team! I want to meet you and can fly out to meet you breakfast lunch or dinner lol you name it

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God is Love...say what?

So I just moved and thus had to leave the therapist I've been seeing for a year. I started seeing a new therapist last week and I thought she was awesome. Well, I had my second appointment with her today, and I still think she is awesome. But there is one thing that's not so awesome...

She was asking me more questions about my background (what is your relationship with your parents like? any trauma in your past? etc etc) and then she asks....well, it went like this:

Therapist: And what about your religious background?

Me: I don't really have one.

Therapist: What do you mean? That you never went to church or anything?

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Seperated at birth.

Seperated at birth.

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