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<DIV>Dan</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> spike <spike66@att.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, September 28, 2010 4:31:08 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ExI] Atheists and agnostics know more about religion thatbelievers, study shows<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255); FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=765392620-28092010>>></SPAN>"I was 10 for 10, and I am a flaming atheist<SPAN class=765392620-28092010>...</SPAN></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255); FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN class=765392620-28092010>></SPAN>10 for 10 here too. More of an agnostic, but findings still valid. The friend who sent this to me said the same thing as you, Spike. In almost identical words. Great minds . . . are atheistic. Darren </DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765392620-28092010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You are too kind sir. Nowthen, a question for you, since you are up to speed on religion and for the rest of you religion hipsters:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765392620-28092010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>*What is the best refutation of religion you have ever seen, heard or read?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765392620-28092010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It can be a book or anything you want, a lecture by Dawkins, even the ExI-chat archives. Before I present my answer, I will offer the second best, and one that Max More might suggest: Bertrand Russell's Why I am Not a Christian.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765392620-28092010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But I have in mind one that is better still than that devastating volume, which I will share once I see some of your answers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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