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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 23 Nov 2014

    Karen Armstrong is apologizing for religion everywhere, and it's not pretty: http://wp.me/ppUXF-xp9  via @Evolutionistrue

    1:13 PM - 23 Nov 2014
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      1. Michael A. Sherlock‏ @sherlockmichael 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @RichardDawkins @Evolutionistrue I read her 'Islam: A Short Intro.' & it read like a romance rather than a brutal horror.

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      1. Tabithah Polinske‏ @bigbithah 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @RichardDawkins @Evolutionistrue Why do people need religion to have purpose? Or an afterlife to give their present life meaning?

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      2. Blind‏ @Blindopolis 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue We should get all our information on religion from a tv personality & a 'nuclear 1st strike' advocate. Obviously.

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      3. Trace‏ @tsdown44_tracy 23 Nov 2014
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        @Blindopolis @sapinker @Evolutionistrue pretending that Harris said those things makes you a liar

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      2. Richard J Tilley‏ @rjatilley 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Maybe if you paid more attention to the role of the state you would understand her statements. Open your mind.

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      1. Der Geist‏ @SaneGeist 30 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue religion is a biological phenomenon

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      1. N0rse Panthe0n‏ @N0rsePanthe0n 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I kinda get that. The desire to make Armstrong a member of the group of evil people. Her IDEAS are not evil.

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      1. Rick Searle‏ @RickSearle1 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker The world has 1 BILLION Muslims if even 1% of them were violent the world would be on fire and Better Angels wouldn't be true.

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      1. Red Maria‏ @dolphinmaria 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker I'm not an Armstrong fan particularly but that was a piss-poor blogpost @Evolutionistrue @owolade14

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      1. wang chung‏ @dollylamas420 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @Evolutionistrue there is no apology to cover the wrongs of religion.

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      1. Dawkins Dog‏ @DawkinsDog 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue @RichardDawkins Armstrong needs to listen to fundies, it's atheists who are the nihilists! Apologists sicken me.

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      1. Cecil Nagy‏ @CecilNagy 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @RichardDawkins @Evolutionistrue Religious apologists go to the front lines & confront ISIS etc then I will take you seriously

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      1. Servus Saturni‏ @ServusSaturni 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @RichardDawkins @Evolutionistrue perhaps Armstrong's quarrel with modernity will lead her down the trail blazed by René Guénon?

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      1. Anne of Green Gables ☮️ 🌊‏ @igypup9 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @RichardDawkins @Evolutionistrue

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      2. Ian Arbuckle‏ @radioman60 23 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue evolution is a lie . Stop pedalling the lie.

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      4. Glyganus‏ @GlynJackson2 23 Nov 2014

        @ShitCreationist @radioman60 do you think this person might mean paddling?

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      5. Ian Arbuckle‏ @radioman60 23 Nov 2014
        Replying to @GlynJackson2

        @GlynJackson2 @ShitCreationist no I didn't.

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      6. Glyganus‏ @GlynJackson2 23 Nov 2014
        Replying to @radioman60

        @radioman60 @ShitCreationist well do you mean peddling?

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