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Post new topic   Reply to topic    BookTalk.org Forum Index -> Archived Book Discussions 2006-2007 -> Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - by Daniel Dennett
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:24 am    Post subject: Back on track soon Reply with quote
I will be posting the content of my thoughts and notes soon...it has been busy for me and I have no focus at all. I am taking notes and will respond to the last posts Dissident and Mad have posted (both who are NOT reading the book!).

Who is reading this? Who will be posting? No commitment...just a feeler...


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I am well into the book and will post.

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I have this book, intend to read it as it is a little more my style (I think) than Peace.

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Just because I'm not reading it now, don't assume that I won't be reading it in the future. And I DID read the sections that I've commented on.

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Mad:

I was not throwing stones at you and Dissident...but you can say I WAS throwing them at those who ARE reading and not commenting...

but in a friendly way of course...


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ROFL ..."in a friendly way"

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what are you testing?


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I've posted my notes for chapters 5, 6, and 7, and now I'm going to take a break from the book for a while. Dennett's style and arguments are wearing on me, and I'm not sure that finishing the book is going to be worthwhile until discussion picks up in this forum.

It's been suggested in the past that my style of discussing books like this drives people away from the threads. If anyone feels that way, then just pretend, for the moment, that I haven't posted anything at all. Go ahead and make your comments, and later on, if you want to see a dissenting opinion, you can go back and check out what I've written so far. I definitely don't want to dissuade anyone from taking part in the discussion.

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