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Last login: 5 hours agoDzur: Chris is a single guy from Massachusetts, USA.; Likes 11,670 pages, 294 videos, 588 photos • 244 fans • Received 21 reviews; Member since Sep 23, 2004

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Desire for religion grows out of human experience / Philosopher posits it evolve…: Aug 19, 5:57pm 1 review religion
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/RVGE9GTMIE1.DTL; From the page: "In Dennett's view, when many people talk about their religious "beliefs," what they are really doing is something quite different, which he calls "professing." People "profess" religious belief because they "believe in belief": that is, they believe that there are good reasons to have certain beliefs, or act somewhat as if one does, irrespective of whether those particular beliefs are actually true. But because one does not really believe the beliefs one believes in, one's behavior will not match the behavior of a person who literally believed those things."

Black Sun Journal & Pastor Acknowledges Arguments of New Atheism: Aug 19, 1:05pm 5 reviews atheist
http://www.blacksunjournal.com/atheism/1397_pastor-acknowledges-arguments-of-...; From the page: "As Daniel Dennett has pointed out, professions of God-belief are not the same as belief itself."

http://www.abluestar.com/utilities/rndimages/img/dilbert2003049230827.gif: Aug 17, 1:51pm 60 reviews humor
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Cobra stitch bracelet - Wilderness Wiki: Aug 15, 1:27pm 2 reviews outdoors
http://funditor.110mb.com/wiki/index.php/Cobra_Stitch_-_Bracelet; From the page: "Cobra stitch bracelet" - neat idea.

Lawyers in a how-to video: as in how to avoid hiring an American | NetworkWorld.…: Aug 14, 11:32pm 5 reviews it
http://www.networkworld.com/community?q=node/16421&ts0hb=&story=ht; From the page: "Lawyers in a how-to video: as in how to avoid hiring an American"

Daily Kos: McCain: "Nations dont invade other nations": Aug 14, 11:26am 1 review politics
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/13/171547/963; John McCain on the Russian-Georgian conflict, "In the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations."

That's right. In the 21st century, nations *liberate* other nations, just like the US has liberated the sh*t out of Iraq...

Daily Kos: Presumptuous? Who, Me?: Aug 14, 11:18am 1 review politics
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/14/04721/1383; From the page: "[I]f merely giving a speech in Germany is "presumptuous", how freakin' "presumptuous" is it for a candidate to send their own diplomatic team into a foreign conflict? Isn't that, you know, a job for the President, not a candidate?"