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Land with dry and cracked ground. Desert,Global warming background
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 21, 2025
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Daniel Dennett Made Atheism Easy to Understand

In the process, he somehow also made it less believable
Denyse O'Leary
January 21, 2025
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Philosophy of Mind, Religion, Science
Dennett may be best remembered for inadvertently helping to reduce the popularity of atheism Read More ›
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The confrontation of a heatwave and a melting glacier, symbolizing the collision of rising temperatures and shrinking ice masses. Concept of climate change impact on glaciers. Generative Ai.
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 30, 2024
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Philosophy, Politics, Religion
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New Atheism Is Shrinking and It’s Not Entirely Clear Why

Now, there is an eerie unfashionable silence that fashionable media are beginning to notice. For one thing, it is affecting Richard Dawkins
Denyse O'Leary
September 30, 2024
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Philosophy, Politics, Religion
The Woke, it turns out, are no more tolerant of atheists than they are of anyone else with divergent views. That may be what finally fells new atheism. Read More ›