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When my wife and I were planning our wedding, I wanted a completely secular service with no references to God and did not want a church wedding. She had always dreamed of a princess wedding in her home church, and though she was willing to have a secular service if she could have the service in the church, the minister would not agree to that. To allow her to have the wedding of her dreams, I suffered through a very religious service.<\/p>\n

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Are there people whose opinions on morality you trust more than your own? How do you recognize them? How is trusting them different than trusting someone\u2019s opinion on physics?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have become a disciple of Sam Harris since he came out with The End of Faith<\/em>. I find his argument in The Moral Landscape<\/em>, that science can tell us how to live our lives in such a way that we can maximize human well-being, compelling. If I have a quandary, I consult his works first.<\/p>\n

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Can you name any works of art (interpreted pretty broadly: books, music, plays, poetry, mathematical proofs, etc) which really capture the way you see life\/fill you with a sense of awe and wonder? You can give a short explanation or just list a few pieces.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Samuel Beckett\u2019s Waiting for Godot<\/em> is the epitome of art for me; what else in all of art\/literature has shown the pointlessness of believing in God?<\/p>\n

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Click here to judge this entry<\/a>, and, once you\u2019ve voted, feel free to speculate and trade theories in the comments or look at other entries in this round<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"