tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post5206996959092922700..comments2023-10-25T04:37:13.179-04:00Comments on Dogear Diary: Breaking the SpellJeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-62369641303968830552008-03-02T08:31:00.000-05:002008-03-02T08:31:00.000-05:00Thank you all for your interesting and considerate...Thank you all for your interesting and considerate remarks. I was a bit trepidations about writing this post because of the subject matter. My husb even said: keep a close eye and monitor those comments! He was afraid it would burst out into inflammatory arguments or insults. I had to remind him that book-bloggers tend to be the most polite group of people I know online, and in six months I've Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-6503092989141845032008-03-01T01:35:00.000-05:002008-03-01T01:35:00.000-05:00I am glad you are taking a chance and bringing the...I am glad you are taking a chance and bringing these books to our attention. It's a shame religion and faith can lead to such ugly arguments sometimes. <BR/><BR/>I will definitely look out for this book. It sounds like something I would definitely be interested in reading. Thanks for writing about it!Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-11636750421574634802008-02-29T15:10:00.000-05:002008-02-29T15:10:00.000-05:00Jeane - I am very interested in this book and the ...Jeane - I am very interested in this book and the thread (comments above). I grew up an a very religious house/family (incidentally after my parents divorced my dad does not practice any more and my mom doesn't quite as much). With the religious I grew up in--it is as much a belief system as a culture. I went to one of the church's colleges my freshman year and really really struggled not onlyTrish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-81900058196417300352008-02-28T23:14:00.000-05:002008-02-28T23:14:00.000-05:00Terrific review, Jeane. For a long time I have wan...Terrific review, Jeane. <BR/>For a long time I have wanted to read this book. Dennett is the only one of the <B>Four Horsemen of Atheism</B> [the other three being Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens] that I have not yet read!<BR/>I'm a former Christian minister, former evangelical fundamentalist, actually. <BR/>Nowadays I am telling people that if you really want to read the Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-46556808637762036102008-02-28T06:10:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:10:00.000-05:00This looks like something I would really enjoy. I ...This looks like something I would really enjoy. I love looking at how religion functions in our culture, how it came about and what it does. I'll definitely be adding this book to my wishlist. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-39774789623884802722008-02-27T23:22:00.000-05:002008-02-27T23:22:00.000-05:00I've always had a problem with belief, but struggl...I've always had a problem with belief, but struggled in that direction because my father was so devout and he was my favorite parent. Finally, I just couldn't do it anymore, and finally gave up. Now I feel the happiness and relief you're supposed to feel when you're "saved". Anyway, I'd love to read this book. Onto the wishlist it goes. Thanks!Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-74067651918136859872008-02-27T10:44:00.000-05:002008-02-27T10:44:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Jeane. I really ...Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Jeane. I really enjoyed reading this post.<BR/><BR/>I really admire Dennett. I read his book "Consciousness Explained" at 18 and it really helped cement my worldview. I like the fact that even though he is an atheist he doesn't alienated readers from a religious background, and like you said he always treat religions with respect. <BR/><BR/>I am an atheist myselfAna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-86006441140286967182008-02-27T10:39:00.000-05:002008-02-27T10:39:00.000-05:00That's interesting. I've been interested in compa...That's interesting. I've been interested in comparative mythology since high school, and sometimes I read about Catholicism (what I grew up with), but I've never read just a general text about organised religion. I'll have to look into it!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com