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    Bach's music fascinates me, but I agree with the...

    Bach's music fascinates me, but I agree with the comments above. His appeal for me is the subtlety and intricacy of his music. It's not as exciting or dramatic as that of Monteverdi or Mozart, but I...
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    Hence her popularity among the Tea Party faithful.

    Hence her popularity among the Tea Party faithful.
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    Love that one. I always recommend it to people...

    Love that one. I always recommend it to people who want to get into Wallace's fiction.

    In my Festivus haul, I got Geoffrey Hill's Selected Poems and The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly...
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    There's nothing more crass than anti-abortion...

    There's nothing more crass than anti-abortion propaganda. And this is poorly done even by those low standards: the "once-potential mother"? A "stem research facility"? "Overall the entire operation"?...
  5. "Sour grapes to all, and to all a good night!"

    "Sour grapes to all, and to all a good night!"
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    Great post.

    I actually haven't read Nádas yet, but he's on my list. I love Esterhazy, Pynchon, Ben Marcus, and many of the other writers you mentioned. This type of literature is an easy target...
  7. Not aimed at you.

    Not aimed at you.
  8. It's the attention whores that are the noisiest.

    It's the attention whores that are the noisiest.
  9. Edgy.

    Edgy.
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    Much obliged. It's the thinking of theologian...

    Much obliged. It's the thinking of theologian Paul Tillich, who warned that we can't understand the symbols of faith just by taking them literally. Our "ultimate concern" isn't something finite, or...
  11. That's what I meant. We only understand reality...

    That's what I meant. We only understand reality through affirming the models humanity has created to represent it. As useful as our maps are, they're not the territory.

    -Nato
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    By "solved" you must mean "ignored." I think...

    By "solved" you must mean "ignored."

    I think you've got things a little backward in your argument. The believer is the one who has to acknowledge the reality of evil and suffering and rationalize...
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    I think God "exists" in the same way any other...

    I think God "exists" in the same way any other symbol exists: as a way for humans to conceptualize a complex reality. It has always been so convenient for believers to ascribe intent to phenomena...
  14. The same can be said for any theory. The reason...

    The same can be said for any theory. The reason we say it's a "fact" that the Earth orbits the Sun, or that humans and apes share a recent common ancestor, is because the theories we've constructed...
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    I second WyattGwyon's definition. Cult classics...

    I second WyattGwyon's definition. Cult classics aren't popular in the Harry Potter sense (and are often hopelessly obscure), but they have an enthusiastic following.

    One example I can think of is...
  16. I just finished the Fagles translation this fall....

    I just finished the Fagles translation this fall. It was a very energetic, exciting read.
  17. What do "personal reasons" have to do with it?...

    What do "personal reasons" have to do with it? Our personal opinions have no bearing on the validity of scientific constructs. I can't claim that my personal opinion that germ theory is a fiction is...
  18. Armageddon for Dummies.

    Armageddon for Dummies.
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    This is a real problem faced by religious people...

    This is a real problem faced by religious people who believe in a conventional, active God who rewards and punishes. The whole matter of theodicy is a significant part of Western religious...
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    The Beatles weren't trailblazers in the sense...

    The Beatles weren't trailblazers in the sense that they were the originators of the innovations, but they absorbed the new ideas around and presented them in more pop-oriented contexts. "I am The...
  21. Believe it or not, it was through Facebook.

    Believe it or not, it was through Facebook.
  22. If someone wants to demonstrate how lacking their...

    If someone wants to demonstrate how lacking their understanding of empirical evidential inquiry is, the easiest way for them to do it is by talking about scientific claims being "proven." The truth...
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    I did look it up, and got zilch. Look, as an...

    I did look it up, and got zilch.

    Look, as an aspiring writer myself, if you did publish Hidy the Clown, I'd congratulate you.

    But by the looks of it, you're fooling around. And so I will...
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    Very hard to believe. Link?

    Very hard to believe. Link?
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    Poll: What's "porn"?

    What's "porn"?
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