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by Peter G. Stromberg

More Celebrity Atheism

By Peter G. Stromberg, Ph.D. on August 8, 2009 in Sex, Drugs, and Boredom

In my previous post I explained the basic principles of celebrity atheism: Sure, there are actual people who correspond in some sense to well-known celebrities such as Beyonce or Scarlett Johansson. Read More

Thought-provoking

Submitted by Anonymous on August 8, 2009 - 8:49am.

Excellent post.

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Submitted by Peter G. Stromberg, Ph.D. on August 8, 2009 - 11:50am.

Thanks, it's always good to hear that kind of feedback. If you want to expand on this a bit (in the direction of the whole idea of perfect people), see the following:

http://beyondgrowth.net/personal-development/good-news-you-cant-have-it-...

I also tried to pull the two together in a post at my other blog:

http://caughtinplay.com/selfhelp-romantic-realism/

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Peter Stromberg, Ph.D., is an Anthropologist and author of Caught in Play: How entertainment works on you.

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