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Living in a Material World

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, who died last year at age 82, was one of the so-called Four Horsemen of the New Atheism. Along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens, he campaigned relentlessly for the discrediting of religion (Christianity in particular) as a valid way to… Read more »

The Richness of Being

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Year after year Stumpy and Martha attended the fair in their home state, and every summer it was the same story. Stumpy was tantalized by the old-fashioned biplane in which anybody could take a ride for ten dollars, and Martha was disgusted by such an obvious waste of money. “Ten dollars is ten dollars,” she would always say.  And Stumpy would go… Read more »