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		<title>(Religious) Myth-Busting Ib</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Myth #1:  Religion is Primitive Science (see here for Part Ia). Consider the queerness of handshaking.  Why do businessmen shake hands?  Why do athletes on the pitch shake hands?   Why do friends and acquaintances shake hands?   Is it a formality?   If so, why is it a formality?  When two men &#8220;shake on it&#8221; or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=402</link>
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		<title>Common Sense About Men &amp; Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest: Even 9-Month-Olds Choose &#8216;Gender Specific&#8217; Toys Other Studies: Why boys pick Bob over Barbie &#8211; Children are genetically programmed say scientists Male nature objectifies the female body. Psychologists report that a gender gap in spatial skills starts in infancy. Men and women have different brains Women still view Sex as more than physical]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=946</link>
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		<title>Those with Eyes to See (Revised)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Young people are more open than old people to atheism, but we don’t find atheism growing. As people mature, they come to understand the importance of things that seemed trivial or puzzling.  They see connections that were obscure to them.  They acquire depth, perspective, and balance.  They become less idealistic and more realistic. They come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=467</link>
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		<title>(Religious) Myth-Busting I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this series, I use the term &#8220;myth&#8221; as a synonym for confusion or falsehood.   The point is not to convince you to bow the knee (i.e. believe).   Rather, the point is to make religious belief clear.  Believe it, reject it, fight it, rage against it, but get it right. The student cannot make a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=1615</link>
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		<title>Morrissey&#8217;s Mozburger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kindhearted mockery.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=1760</link>
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		<title>The Religion of Excitement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excitement is the enemy of happiness. The conclusion: If you want your children to be happy adults and even happy children &#8212; and what parent does not? &#8212; minimize the excitement in their lives. The more excitement, the less happy they are likely to be. The premises: In both adults and children, one can either [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=381</link>
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		<title>Drumming &amp; Drummers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Slash on Guns N&#8217; Roses&#8217; search for a new drummer: In the back of my mind I thought, &#8220;Sure, anybody can play drums.&#8221;  Right . . .the three of us thought that finding a replacement would be easy considering that our songs were all pretty straight-ahead 4/4 rock rhythms with a few fancy time changes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=450</link>
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		<title>Test your logic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Keith Burgess-Jackson links to this logic test.  The good professor scored 15 out of 15. I did too. How about you?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=980</link>
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		<title>Stand Up Philosopher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best comedy makes fine distinctions and elucidates important concepts; very much like philosophy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=931</link>
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		<title>Twilight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you make of Twilight hoopla? Here is a good review of the move via John Nolte. Here are some thoughts about the attraction of vampires: The vampire myth is all wonky today because at root vampires are anti-Christians and without a fundamental cultural understanding and appreciation for the goods of Christianity, there’s no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.contra-mundum.com/?p=913</link>
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