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A Hindu myth with a pretty obvious logical flaw that atheists like to think neatly demolishes the intellectual pretensions of organized religion — which it does — while neatly demolishing the intellectual pretensions of secularists, lawyers, scientists and atheists at the same time.
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[[File:Elephants and turtle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|The origins everything.]]
A Hindu myth with a pretty obvious logical flaw that atheists like to think neatly demolishes the intellectual pretensions of organised religion — which it does — while not noticing now neatly it also demolishes the intellectual pretensions of secularists, lawyers, scientists and, well, ''atheists'' at the same time.


For here is the problem, [[lazengem]]: ''Every'' good dictionary is circular. Not just the Hindu one.
For here is the problem, [[lazengem|friends]]: ''Every'' good dictionary is circular. Not just the Hindu one. If Douglas Hofstadter is to be believed, that very circularity — reflexivity — is the special sauce.
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