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“Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility. As for whether they are ‘valid,’ let them make up their own minds when they are old enough to do so.”
― The God Delusion
― The God Delusion
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A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors, the arts, culture, and history of Japan. This month we have our group read and ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
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