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The End Game: Taking The Bet Of Pascal

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 03.09.2013 | Religion
Read More: Blaise Pascal, Pascal's Wager, Atheism, God, Proof of God, New Atheism, Religion and Science, Richard Dawkins, Belief in God, Religion News
Dr. Charles G. Cogan

Those who lack the atheists' certitude that there is no afterlife, and who have never seen, and never will see, proof of the existence of God, are the agnostics -- those who do not "presume to know." Some are tempted toward the notion that underlies the famous bet of Blaise Pascal.

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Don't You Want To Copy Isabella Rossellini's Style

The Huffington Post | Sarah Leon | Posted 10.02.2012 | Style
Read More: Blaise Pascal, Isabella Rosellini, Elettra Rossellini, Elettra Wiedemann, Isabella Rossellini About Face, Slideexpand, 2012, Isabella Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, How to Tie a Scarf, Roberto Rossellini, Isabelle Rossellini, Isabella Rossellini 70s, Elettra Rosellini Wiedemann, Celebrity, A Look Back, How to Wear a White T-Shirt, Style News

It's no surprise that Isabella Rossellini is famous, just look at her family tree: Her mother was Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and her father was th...

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"Nasim Nasr's Theatre of Operations," Contemporary Art Centre of SA, Adelaide, Australia

James Scarborough | Posted 04.22.2012 | Arts
Read More: Blaise Pascal, Nasim Nasr, Australia, What to Do?, Adelaide, Contemporary Art Centre of SA, Arts News
James Scarborough

Nasim Nasr sets her video installation "What To Do?" in what could be an operating theatre.

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Aphorism Of The Day

Posted 05.24.2012 | Weddings
Read More: Blaise Pascal, Rumi, Yoko Ono Quote, Isaac Bikkerstaff, Wedding Aphorism, Fran Lebowitz, Divorce Aphorism, Slidepollajax, Wedding Quotes, Weddings News

There are no shortage of aphorisms about falling in love; the same can be said about getting married. But the ones we hear most frequently (often in m...

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We're Giving Our Money Away

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Blaise Pascal, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Luciano Martinengo, Orwell?S 1984, Astor Place, Europa 51, Astro Place, Kubrick?S 2001, Ingrid Bergman, Silvana Mangano, The Rise of Louis XIV, I Am Astro Place, Catholic Church, The Age of the Medici, Descartes, Bob Holman, The Flowers of Saint Francis, One Class, Communist Party, Governors Island, Ivo Van Hove, Roberto Rossellini, Turner Classic Movies, Italy 76, Bowery Poetry Club, Lincoln Center Festival, Steve Katz, Jacket Magazine, Teorema, Arts News
Norman MacAfee

Europa '51 is very rare, not available on DVD, but this Friday, August 6, at 6 p.m. EDT, Turner Classic Movies will run it. I urge you to see it.

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Who You Are Makes A Difference

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Blaise Pascal, Connecting, Twitter, Human Spirit, Thanksgiving, E M Forster, Caring, Kahlil Gibran, Facebook, Love, Jimi Hendrix, Relationships, The Giving Life, Anne Naylor, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

As we end the year, and Thanksgiving approaches this is a good time for taking stock. Who has made a difference in your life? Have you been able to make a difference in someone else's life?

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