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Fighting Dogmatism.

November 5th, 2006 · by John · 5 Comments

Let us assume that dogmatic belief (not limited to religious, though this is the most common manifestation in our world) is a danger to the survival of civilization/humanity, and needs to be tempered, minimized or eliminated. This is a question that we touched on in the End of Faith reading group, and I want to […]

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Mind on Fire Reading Group (the Meatspace* Version).

November 5th, 2006 · by John · 11 Comments

Pictured above are the members of the inaugural Mind on Fire reading group (not included is Dave, the volunteer cameraman)–a motley mix of brilliant and articulate Mormons, Quakers, Christians, recovering Catholics and Mormons, agnostics and atheists (almost more labels than persons!). In my hands is the focus of our conversation, Sam Harris’ The […]

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Tags: Book Group · Doubt