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In 2008 she was awarded the ted prize and began working with ted on the charter for compassion. A mission to reinterpret the worlds sacred texts on point. It is an answer to the recent claims that god does not exist citation needed from richard dawkins, christopher hitchens, sam harris and daniel dennett. The case for god by karen armstrong issue 81 philosophy now. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. It is useful to know before reading this book that it is not a tract attempting to prove the existence of god.

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