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		<title>In defense of Atheism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ have been on a mild anti-religion kick for the last few years.  It’s not that I believe that all Christians are wrong, and that science is right.  As an Atheist, I do not define myself by disbelief in the Christo-mythology, rather, I simply see no reason to believe it over any other religion.  My argument comes from an absolute lack of faith in a higher power, not just the most well recognized one.  After all, Christianity has been around for thousands of years (long time, right?) but that is just a drop in the bucket compared to some of the Eastern religions.  And I don’t believe in them, either.
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		<title>Email Response</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: &#8220;XXXXX XXX&#8221; &#60;XXXXXXXX@hotmail.com&#62; &#62;To: xxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com &#62;Subject: Article on Afghanistan. &#62;Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:54:51 -0700 &#62; &#62;Knowing as little as I do, I&#8217;d LOVE your take on this.  And no, it&#8217;s not &#62;just a buncha extremist rhetoric.  At least&#8230;I don&#8217;t think it is&#8230;but I &#62;don&#8217;t have the same perspective you do&#8230;which is why I&#8217;m sending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgtwiklund.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2627195&amp;post=10&amp;subd=sgtwiklund&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Authors Note:  The following is a presentation I gave to Soldiers as part of a rotation at the National Training Center.  These soldiers had to learn how to be members of the Afghan National Army, and roleplay it effectively to train a unit getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan.  This class was given in January of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgtwiklund.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2627195&amp;post=7&amp;subd=sgtwiklund&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I think that we are politically retarded</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difficulties of imposing a democratic dogma upon a theocratic society) On 10 September, 2001, I was fresh into my second enlistment and looking forward to a life of stateside service with the 10Th Mountain Division, out of Fort Drum, NY. I could never have predicted that the next day&#8217;s events would follow, but Soldiers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgtwiklund.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2627195&amp;post=5&amp;subd=sgtwiklund&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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