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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>George has kindly drawn our attention to: &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo&amp;feature=youtube_gdata&amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo&amp;feature=youtube_gdata&amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt;</a> &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; GEORGE: <em>How does agnosticism engage with all this? I thought the image of future enlightenment - a levitating guru - was amusing, but probably symptomatic of what is wrong with this thesis.</em>&amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; I found the cartoons mildly amusing at first, but then irritating, and although one can hardly object to the general message ... which simply amounts to &amp;quot;love thy neighbour&amp;quot; ... it really doesn&amp;apos;t need to be wrapped up in so much waffle. Enlightenment? Thesis? All he&amp;apos;s saying is that we&amp;apos;ve made a lot of progress in some areas of &amp;quot;empathy&amp;quot;, not much in others, and need to do more in the future. Yep.-Another yep. An adolescent appeal to love everybody regardless.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George has kindly drawn our attention to: -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo&amp;feature=youtube_gdata-GEORGE: <em>How does agnosticism engage with all this? I thought the image of future enlightenment - a levitating guru - was amusing, but probably symptomatic of what is wrong with this thesis.</em>-I found the cartoons mildly amusing at first, but then irritating, and although one can hardly object to the general message ... which simply amounts to &amp;quot;love thy neighbour&amp;quot; ... it really doesn&amp;apos;t need to be wrapped up in so much waffle. Enlightenment? Thesis? All he&amp;apos;s saying is that we&amp;apos;ve made a lot of progress in some areas of &amp;quot;empathy&amp;quot;, not much in others, and need to do more in the future. Yep.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just thought people here might enjoy this video-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo&amp;feature=youtube_gdata-How does agnosticism engage with all this?-I thought the image of future enlightenment - a levitating guru - &amp;#13;&amp;#10;was amusing, but probably symptomatic of what is wrong with this thesis.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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