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Every wonder how he gets the presents all over the globe overnight? Space-Ex
(Seen with the pending drag race of my spool vs. Erik’s Cheetah in the background)
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Just got back from a bright dinner with Richard Dawkins at the pad of Christopher Hitchens (left), author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, currently #2 on NYTimes Bestseller list.
Thanks to David Cowan for organizing the soiree after Dawkins’ talk at Kepler’s.
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CNN summarizes the latest Pew Report:
“The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists
People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely to back it.”
Surprised? ;-)
Graph source: “Data from a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 14-21, 2009, among 742 American adults.
P.S. Prior Pew graph of Wealth vs. Religiosity
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The procession ceremony for a new nun, admitted to the cloister (behind the half door)….
The “novice” graduates from a white veil to a black veil.
It is the morning of October 31.
After this photo, her family members hug her for the last time. From now on, they will get to see her twice a year, and that will be through a screened window into the cloister.
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