<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3b9dd7ad-a43a-4a0f-8b72-8d3fbad17545/4AE3AF7C-995E-4600-9CA2-BC56E0CBF4AF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php" href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php" style="font-size: 11px;">scienceblogs.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">Phil Zuckerman has written a book called <I>Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment</I><SUP><SPAN>(<A title="buy this book at amazon" target="_new" href="http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814797148/pharyngula-20">amzn</A>/<A title="buy this book at barnes&noble" target="_new" href="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&sourceid=41505966&bfpid=0814797148&bfmtype=book">b&n</A>/<A title="buy this book at abebooks" target="_new" href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1772498-9836638?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults?isbn=0814797148&cm_ven=CJ&cm_cat=1616003&cm_pla=1772498&cm_ite=Abebooks-Book+Redirection+Allowed">abe</A>/<A title="buy this book at Powells" target="_new" href="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=30010&cgi=product&isbn=0814797148">pwll</A>)</SPAN></SUP>; I haven't read it</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">I don't know much more about it other than what I see in the reviews, and <A href="http://depthdeception.blogspot.com/2009/02/maybe-religion-does-poison-everything.html">the Depth Deception blog</A> finds an unwittingly hilarious <A href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/february/13.57.html?start=1">review in <I>Christianity Today</I></A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">Zuckerman sells humanity short. If people are content but no longer care about transcendent meaning and purpose or life beyond death, that's not a sign of greatness but tragic forgetfulness. Their horizon of concern is too narrow. They were made for more. <B>What does it profit a society if, as this book's jacket notes, it gains "excellent educational systems, strong economies, well-supported arts, free health care, egalitarian social policies, outstanding bike paths, and great beer," but loses its soul?</B> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">choice between</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">free health care and great beer</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">and</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">an imaginary, invisible, intangible ghost</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/beer_or_souls.php">I'd go with the ghostless one with health care and beer</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4AE3AF7C-995E-4600-9CA2-BC56E0CBF4AF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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