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Atheist's Lullaby

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Mon, 06/08/2009 - 6:41am — vastleft



Sweet dreams… without the illusions.

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The cavemen and cavewomen among us.

By adrena on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 8:22pm

Hank Davis, an evolutionary psychologist, believes the brains of some of our fellow humans remain stuck in the Stone Age. Read more

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Interesting read, thx Adrena!

By vastleft on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 8:34pm

It's reassuring, though, that our President has tapped the skills of an expert on how people think irrationally:

http://www.correntewire.com/11_dimension...

Why ever would he be interested in that?

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VL, you are too modest!

By gob on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:00am

You should have said it was you up front.

It really is lovely and brought tears to my eyes. I'm sending links to my friends and hope to sing it myself if you won't mind.

We will push and push and push until some larger force makes us stop.

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Every time someone sings that song

By vastleft on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:05am

An angel doesn't get its wings. :v)

So, go forth and rejoice with the terpsichorean muse! I mean, yeah, sure. Sing away! Thanks!

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