Austin Dacey surprises


	Austin Dacey surprises

Antara

5-24-2008 1:44 PM

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public discourse, put on yer thinking cap :)

Antara says:

One of the surprised :
the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a Roman Catholic priest and leading neoconservative culture warrior, has welcomed Mr. Dacey’s argument.

Good read: http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/perceiving-2-fallacies-a-secularist-faults-his-fellows/

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