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ShazamIam

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5. Interesting that while the failure of religious thought and honesty are mentioned early, the basis
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 08:00 PM
Nov 2021

of dishonest thinking is in the problem of certainty required for religious thought, and something, a need for a belief in certainty and absolutes, even as physics continues the movement away from ideas and beliefs based in certainty and absolutes.

Thank goodness for the William Kingdon Clifford summary. It is more than nice it is a necessity.

Edit add: The physicists are telling us it is all about possibilities, all of it.

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