July 8th, 2010 chris
The two things you should never talk about in polite company are religion and politics. Most people are familiar with some variation of this phrase, knowing that bringing up either tends to instantly ruin a conversation. If everyone in the room is of the same opinion (a rare situation indeed) then the conversation becomes extremely boring and everyone just makes each other feel better, or (more likely) one or more participants are not in total agreement, causing discord at the least and ruined friendships in many scenarios. But why is it that talking about religion and politics bothers us so much? Enter The God Delusion.
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September 13th, 2009 chris
A while ago I was watching a clip from The Rachel Maddow Show and saw Jeff Sharlet talk about a mysterious underground group named the Family. I was, like many people, pretty surprised to hear about a secret Christian organization that has connections all over the world who only recently became exposed after a number of its Republican members have been in trouble in the news and were found to all have been going to this organization for “help”. So naturally after seeing Jeff Sharlet go back on this show numerous times and eventually make his way onto the Daily Show, I decided I had to go pick up his book, aptly named The Family, and see what all the fuss was about. And rest assured, it is a shocker.
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