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Atheists & Agnostics

PassingFair

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4. He is very mild-mannered.

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:00 PM

Nov 2016

He was thanked many times for taking the heat for so many of us.

I was AMAZED by how many people from the middle east were there to
speak up! They view him as a liberator of sorts. One mentioned that
"The God Delusion" translations have been downloaded millions of times in the middle east.

It was heartening!

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I went to see Dawkins and Julia Sweeney last night... [View all] PassingFair Nov 2016 OP

I am jealous. rurallib Nov 2016 #1

Sweeney is wonderful. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2016 #2

Glad to hear it! Ron Obvious Nov 2016 #3

He is very mild-mannered. PassingFair Nov 2016 #4

Seems like a lifetime ago. mountain grammy Nov 2016 #5