http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/ The blog of a British freelance writer living in New York Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115943 Thu, 15 May 2008 19:07:14 +0000 http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115943 I just read the whole article twice and have no idea what his point is. I am a cretin though. I just read the whole article twice and have no idea what his point is. I am a cretin though.

]]> http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115937 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115937 Infuriating would be a better word: "In their arguments with Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, the faithful have been defending the existence of God. That was the easy debate. The real challenge is going to come from people who feel the existence of the sacred, but who think that particular religions are just cultural artifacts built on top of universal human traits. It’s going to come from scientists whose beliefs overlap a bit with Buddhism." I had to read it twice to work out who the debate was easy for. Infuriating would be a better word:
“In their arguments with Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, the faithful have been defending the existence of God. That was the easy debate. The real challenge is going to come from people who feel the existence of the sacred, but who think that particular religions are just cultural artifacts built on top of universal human traits. It’s going to come from scientists whose beliefs overlap a bit with Buddhism.”
I had to read it twice to work out who the debate was easy for.

]]> http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115933 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:49:12 +0000 http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115933 Because I thought it was one of the more interesting pieces of tripe he has produced lately. Because I thought it was one of the more interesting pieces of tripe he has produced lately.

]]> http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115924 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:44:07 +0000 http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115924 Why did you link to that (particular) tripe by David Brooks? Why did you link to that (particular) tripe by David Brooks?

]]> http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115889 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:53:42 +0000 http://pdberger.com/links-for-2008-05-14/#comment-115889 I'll give page2rss a shot. I generally use Feedity - http://feedity.com - for creating custom RSS feeds from webpages. Its so damn simple to use and very fast. Chao :) I’ll give page2rss a shot. I generally use Feedity - http://feedity.com - for creating custom RSS feeds from webpages. Its so damn simple to use and very fast. Chao

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