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Monday, July 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Religion is poetry

The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse.
By Steve Paulson

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  • Monday, July 21, 2008 07:44 AM

    crap

    ...let's see, a guy takes some ants back to their home. Pretty neat. This is pretty neat too:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBV-cXVWFw&feature=related

    ...a little heavy for Monday, I know, but this should illustrate the difference in "poetry" between reality and religion....

    One more for good measure:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M

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