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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 6 Sep 2017

    Moralists decry materialism, exalt spirituality, but world'd be more peaceful if everyone was OK w just making a living. Spirituality kills/

    7:11 AM - 6 Sep 2017
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      1. Philip Toman‏ @choratech 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Spirituality kills". One might as easily say "metabolising kills". An impoverished notion of spirit, unworthy of a Pinker. Dawkins, maybe.

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      2. Addie Schulte‏ @Addieschulte 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        isn't this a spiritual remark in itself?

        2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Not-a-Bot‏ @sevendayrain 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Addieschulte @sapinker

        No, it's not. Are you doing the old "Isn't atheist just another type of religion" routine?

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Addie Schulte‏ @Addieschulte 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sevendayrain

        the problem with the statement is that its logic is: if everybody thinks the way I do all'll be fine

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. Paul Topping‏ @PaulTopping 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Addieschulte @sevendayrain

        By your mode of thinking, no one should express an opinion or try to convince anyone of anything.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Addie Schulte‏ @Addieschulte 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @PaulTopping @sevendayrain

        that would surely make a peaceful world :-) but no, i'm just responding to the sweeping nature of this statement.

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      2. Sebastian Milbank  🥀‏ @JSMilbank 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @peregrinator1 @sapinker

        😂https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/1846145503 …

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. 𝕁𝕠𝕤𝕙𝕦𝕒 𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤‏ @jenningsjaxfl 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @JSMilbank @peregrinator1 @sapinker

        Have you read it? Is it as autistic as I imagine it being?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Sebastian Milbank  🥀‏ @JSMilbank 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @jenningsjaxfl @peregrinator1 @sapinker

        Whatever you're imagining the reality is worse.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Sebastian Milbank  🥀‏ @JSMilbank 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @JSMilbank @jenningsjaxfl and

        The critics were not kind:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11089729/The-Sense-of-Style-by-Steven-Pinker-review-waffle-and-bilge.html …

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      2. Thomas D. Williams‏Verified account @tdwilliamsrome 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        What a confused and nonsensical statement. This is what passes for a Harvard prof?

        2 replies 2 retweets 11 likes
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      2. starry deer crocodile‏ @Ogmin 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Kalieezchild

        this is a bit extreme.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Jody ⚡️‏ @Kalieezchild 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Ogmin @sapinker

        It depends on how much religion you are trying to cover with the term “spirituality.”

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      4. starry deer crocodile‏ @Ogmin 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Kalieezchild @sapinker

        we should be okay with just making a living? wtf?

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. *deleting all my 59k tweets one by one‏ @_Ugggy 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Ogmin @Kalieezchild @sapinker

        *deleting all my 59k tweets one by one Retweeted Steven Pinker

        Spirituality Kills . . .we should be ok making a living . . . selling enlightenment manuals 😂😂😂https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/895272549155602432 …

        *deleting all my 59k tweets one by one added,

        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        I'm pleased to announce my next book, ENLIGHTENMENT NOW, coming 2/27/2018. Learn more & pre-order here: https://goo.gl/JLVqPL  pic.twitter.com/ipH27mzxVM
        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. starry deer crocodile‏ @Ogmin 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @_Ugggy @Kalieezchild @sapinker

        omg. smh.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. jms‏ @fuzzylogic8250 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Ogmin @_Ugggy and

        Pinker is lightweight intelligentsia. Noway I would read about everything he has read and his discussion on "enlightenment" in his book.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. Jody ⚡️‏ @Kalieezchild 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @fuzzylogic8250 @Ogmin and

        Pinker being a lightweight still doesn’t eclipse the truth of what he’s said, that very clearly throughout history, spirituality has killed.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. starry deer crocodile‏ @Ogmin 6 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Kalieezchild @fuzzylogic8250 and

        thanks mom.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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