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The God Delusion

The excerpt from The God Delusion talks about morality and how it is not rooted in the bible. Dawkins cites multiple occasions where the bible displays and even promotes murder, rape, slavery, and genocide. Dawkins questions the morality of the … Continue reading

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The God Delusion

            The God Delusion is a book written by Richard Dawkins. From the title of the book itself, you could tell that Dawkins is against religion. His main purpose in writing this book “is to demonstrate that people don’t get … Continue reading

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The God Delusion

Ok it is not my turn to blog, however i i found this reading really interesting and here is my opinion. Richard Dawkins who is the author really opened my eyes to Bible. He describes how modern morality today is … Continue reading

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The American Dream

I believe that the American dream is something that can be achieved by anyone by hard work and strong efforts. I think that in Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger percieves the American dream incorrectly and decieves his readers. In the story … Continue reading

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Greg Costikyan “Games Don’t Kill People – Do They?”

 In this passage the author talks about how violence impacts a game and the player. The author states that a game is just something to entertain a person while they are working to reach a certain goal in it. Greg … Continue reading

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The He Hormone – Andrew Sullivan

This lengthy but intriguing essay by Andrew Sullivan examines the role of testosterone in a man’s life and in the world. For himself, injections of testosterone are a health requirement, being that he is H.I.V.-positive. His experience with these injections … Continue reading

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Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex”

The main thesis de Beavoir tries to get across is that women are fundamentally oppressed by men who characterize them as the “other.” Women are incomplete when compared to men because men are superior and unbound. Men can extend their wills out to … Continue reading

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“The Second Sex”

One statement that first struck me was “woman is losing her way, woman is lost”. It struck me because I asked myself, “Could this person be for real?” It was only the introduction, but I felt that women really has … Continue reading

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Freud “On Dreams”

Condensation and dramatization are the most important and interesting characteristics of a dream. However, in some cases these typical events are not enough to explain the whole dream. Freud believes there is a third aspect of the dream called “dream-thoughts.” This refers … Continue reading

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Freud “On Dreams’

This section “on dreams” by Freud was somewhat confusing to me. Freud explains a lot of the importance of the analysis of dreams and how people tend to ignore the dreams and they just become hopelessly confusing. He explains that … Continue reading

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