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	We stand awed at the heights our people have achieved

fleshcanvas

6-14-2007 9:53 PM

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atheism, rationalism, prose

fleshcanvas says:

Very eloquently written. I recommend this to anyone of a religious mind that thinks that atheists are simply "missing the point" of religious thought.

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