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January 3, 2012

"The worst book of the year, a shallow and supercilious thing called"

"The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life Without Illusions, by Alex Rosenberg, a philosopher of science at Duke University. The book is a catechism for people who believe they have emancipated themselves from catechisms. The faith that it dogmatically expounds is scientism. It is a fine example of how the religion of science can turn an intelligent man into a fool." -- Leon Wieseltier: The Answers | The New Republic

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 3, 2012 5:10 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Weisenthal could have just copied and pasted that famous quote from St. Paul and be done with it:

"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools [...]"

Posted by: newton at January 4, 2012 12:38 PM

Weiselthier... I got the names confused... I can't remember all those surnames! Arrgh!

Posted by: newton at January 4, 2012 12:39 PM

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