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Did any non-religious people enjoy this book? I'm an agnostic/atheist, but I'm still interested in learning the points of view of believers. I was wondering if any similarly-minded people enjoyed this book.

Pam I did. I found that it was more focused on intellectual laziness as the root of evil in people - not willing to admit fault or work on making themselv…moreI did. I found that it was more focused on intellectual laziness as the root of evil in people - not willing to admit fault or work on making themselves better... always wanting the easy out.(less)

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How can Psychology be religious? I know what he meant but... as he states, things are natural or they're beyond natural realm... In this later case it can't be considered Science following Popper's criteria of what divides Science from Metaphisic...

Michele Look at the etymology of the word psychology!

psychology (n.)
1650s, "study of the soul," from Modern Latin psychologia, probably coined mid-16c. in Ger…moreLook at the etymology of the word psychology!

psychology (n.)
1650s, "study of the soul," from Modern Latin psychologia, probably coined mid-16c. in Germany by Melanchthon from Latinized form of Greek psykhē "breath, spirit, soul" (see psyche) + logia "study of" (see -logy). Meaning "study of the mind" first recorded 1748, from Christian Wolff's "Psychologia empirica" (1732); main modern behavioral sense is from early 1890s.(less)

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