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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion' and 'Seven Types of Atheism'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
19087 The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
23061 Free atheism should start by questioning its faith in humanity [Gray]
29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion
23057 Gnosticism has a supreme creator God, giving way to a possibly hostile Demiurge [Gray]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism
23056 Judaism only became monotheistic around 550 BCE [Gray]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
23055 Christians introduced the idea that a religion needs a creed [Gray]
21798 To universalise 'give everything to the poor' leads to absurdity [Hegel]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
23058 Buddhism has no divinity or souls, and the aim is to lose the illusion of a self [Gray]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
21797 Immortality does not come at a later time, but when pure knowing Spirit fully grasps the universal [Hegel]