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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Making the most of a lost cause


This is an eloquent plea for atheism. Stace states his case about as well as possible, given the hand he dealt himself. The best case for the worst-case scenario.

But notice the insoluble tensions. The incongruous mix of stark realism and groundless idealism. The erratic oscillation between bleak candor and naïve nobility. The desperate attempt to shame the reader into submission when the argument can't deliver the goods. 

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