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The Porous Mind

The Porous Mind

It's easier for God to be real when our minds are not so buffered

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Feb 25, 2021
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Philosopher Charles Taylor, who distinguishes between the ‘porous mind’ and the disenchanted world’s ‘buffered mind’

So, the T.M. Luhrmann book, How God Becomes Real. In tonight’s newsletter, I’m going to write commentary based on the this long post from my blog, in which I laid out Luhrmann’s argument. I learned a lot from this book, and have become mor…

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