>Ok this is where we start to part company. I am atheist because I was raised atheist. It was a shock to me to realize this because I have lots and lots of well thought out, logical reasons for understanding that "god" is imaginary; and yet, I have to honestly admit that I now understand t...

Three Votes for Dennett, "Breaking the Spell"I've already read this book. I have added it to my short list of books that have had a profound effect on my life. Although Mr. Dennett is an avowed atheist, he's as willing to tear us a new asshole as anyone else when we deserve it. It is not a...

I will read "Time Traveler" if it's selected but probably not either of the other two, so I have to put myself down as an "abstain". Also I'm not sure what my "active" status is these days, about half way through "ender".You buggers fart in your spacesuits! If...

MariaNiccolaQuote:27. But I'm on my third career, so I feel old.How strange, I'm on my... at least eighth, every time I start over it makes me feel like a kid again.Quote:I remember when I thought "over 25" was old too. I think we readjust that number as we age...Lol yea, "old" i...

Of course we hold no-one's age against them; "Japangirl" implies that you are girl or woman... but bitter, it would be handy in "male or female" if you identified your gender. If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984

I'd go with KISS and just use the first sentence If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984

Put me down for one vote each.I have already read "End of Faith", but I'm much less sympathetic to it than I was when I read it, so I wouldn't mind talking about it. I found Olive Tree and the Lexus fascinating and enlightening. Did someone call him liberal? I thought he was an arch-conser...

I, too, am in the mood for some Sci-Fi. If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984

And the men leap to the lead! If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984

Non-Religious Turmoil Escalates15,000 atheists in London rioted after a blank sheet of paper was found on a cartoonist's desk. If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984