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brooklynite

(94,585 posts) Tue Nov 20, 2012, 12:50 AM Nov 2012

My wife and I met at the University of Pennsylvania...

...and she recently asked me if I wanted to join her at the Bicentenial Celebration of the Philomathean Society (a philosophical/debate organization she was a member of). Apparently the featured speaker is...Prof. Richard Dawkins. I had to explain WHY I would enthusiastically join her...

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My wife and I met at the University of Pennsylvania... (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2012 OP

Some of my family used to live in Philomath, Oregon. "Love-knowledge" dimbear Nov 2012 #1

That ought to be a very interesting gathering. Curmudgeoness Nov 2012 #2

No she did not... brooklynite Nov 2012 #3

Ah, she is much like me. Curmudgeoness Nov 2012 #4

dimbear

(6,271 posts)

1. Some of my family used to live in Philomath, Oregon. "Love-knowledge"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 01:19 AM

Nov 2012

or "loving learning"

not bad advice at all.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

2. That ought to be a very interesting gathering.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 09:53 PM

Nov 2012

Hope you enjoy it.

Are you saying that your wife did not know who Dawkins is?

brooklynite

(94,585 posts)

3. No she did not...

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 10:27 PM

Nov 2012

She's also an atheist, but could care less about the political and philosophical debates.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

4. Ah, she is much like me.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 11:01 PM

Nov 2012

I come here and read in A&A, but I am often baffled by the people who get so upset about people who believe.

I am only upset when they try to impose religion on me. All the philosophical debates are better left to others.

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