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Old 07-11-2007, 04:57 AM   #44 (permalink)
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I don't know that I'm prepared to give an accurate thesis on the science (or lack thereof) of human nature...
If you want to learn something about it, check out Antonio Demasio's Descartes' Error.

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So does this mean that spirituality cannot provide real answers?
I think it does help provide answers if the question is, "What's in here?" But not if the question is, "What's out there?"

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I suppose you and I will have to get together on the other side to talk about it over a cup of coffee to see how it all shook out when our lives are over.

I'm making an appointment in my little book, and I'll expect you there.
If there is another side I'll be there, completely unashamed by the discovery that I was wrong
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