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Ariane Sherine

Being good without any god

March 10, 2017December 5, 2013 by Dave

Belief often insists that it retains the high moral ground and also asserts a monopoly over meaning, and yet the evidence for this is simply not there at all. It is perhaps all part of the psychology of belief where an appeal to our empathy is tapped into by asserting a claim that inside the … Read more

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