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Oct 2018
45m 42s

The Weak and The Strong

THE THINKING ATHEIST
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Seth Andrews explores the notion of dominance philosophy in relation to Trump, religions, and Humanism. Plus, comments and questions from the livestream chat room. VIDEO of this livestream at https://youtu.be/gD-rQEyXZAo

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