http://platosbeard.org/archives/422 whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must make random noises Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://platosbeard.org/archives/422/comment-page-1#comment-27868 ravi Fri, 01 May 2009 03:18:31 +0000 http://platosbeard.org/archives/422#comment-27868 Ivan, but you already do! ;-) Kidding aside, I am an atheist, but not a New Atheist (a la Dawkins)... I do realise that religious people (like any other such large categorisation) occupy a wide range of beliefs. More, some of the greatest advances (of value to me) were not merely inspired by religious teachings (I am referring to Gandhi, MLK, others) but explicitly borrowed from such teachings. There is however, I maintain, a disconnect in the beliefs of <em>some</em> of the faithful and the words of their prophet(s). Ivan, but you already do! ;-) Kidding aside, I am an atheist, but not a New Atheist (a la Dawkins)… I do realise that religious people (like any other such large categorisation) occupy a wide range of beliefs. More, some of the greatest advances (of value to me) were not merely inspired by religious teachings (I am referring to Gandhi, MLK, others) but explicitly borrowed from such teachings. There is however, I maintain, a disconnect in the beliefs of some of the faithful and the words of their prophet(s).

]]> http://platosbeard.org/archives/422/comment-page-1#comment-27866 Ivan Fri, 01 May 2009 02:22:58 +0000 http://platosbeard.org/archives/422#comment-27866 Who comes up with this crap anyway? Maybe us churchgoers should torture all you non-churchgoers, right? Who comes up with this crap anyway? Maybe us churchgoers should torture all you non-churchgoers, right?

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