So: here’s a question. More than one of my sisters (all very conservative, very Catholic), goes to a chiropractor/nutritionist who I refer to as the Witch Doctor. She has diagnosed many allergies in many of my nieces and nephews and…neph-dogs? She energy tests what she prescribes to make sure it’s what the body needs and […]

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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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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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