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rt
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Date: June 10, 2015 05:19AM
OMG, are we getting this kind of drivel every week now?
I found the article painful to read. The semi-deep high school philosophizing, her total lack of scholarly and scientific understanding of the subject she is discussing, the cognitive dissonance - she is one troubled soul.
The relationship between magic and religion is one of the most studied phenomena in the sociology of religion. It directly ties into her other subjects, prayer and the nature of God. But she seems totally oblivious and, what's worse, she either isn't aware of it or she doesn't care. She should adhere to her own rule 9 of being a bad writer:
"9. They write with bad information"
"Sometimes even if you aren't an expert in a field, you can tell that the author is just making things up. Authors make stuff up all the time. It's what they do. But they have to make up the right stuff. They can't sound like idiots."
Mentioning David Hume probably feels very intellectual to her but to me it indicates she probably never made it past Philosophy 101. In her bio, I read she writes novels for high school girls. Figures...
ETA: I edited out a nasty remark I made; my apologies to anyone who read it.
BTW, anyone remember that scene in Groundhog Day where Andy MacDowell tells Bill Murray she studied 19th century French poetry and he laughs out loud? That's what she reminds me of:
https://youtu.be/zVeJ5F26uiMEdited 4 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/2015 05:37AM by rt.