How I got to be an atheist is a fairly long and winding story, so I'll give you the "tl;dr" version—I was finally honest about myself that "the gods" just "weren't there."
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Tl;dr
//tiː ˌɛl diː ˈɑː//
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Dutch
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Esperanto
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German
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Polish
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Ukrainian
1 entries- зд;нч phrase (initialism of too long; didn’t read)
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Incidentally, my absolutely favourite headline about the Duchess of Sussex's new coat of arms was: "Will Meghan Markle's new California-inspired coat of arms convince millennials to embrace traditional heraldry?" Tl;dr, no!
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I know that was quite a long ramble, but the TL;DR is that I got fired.
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Extracts or overviews should be substituted as needed. But insofar as possible, the whole books should be read. First of all, because many thinkers simply cannot be tl;dr'd. Second of all, because wrestling with, and immersing yourself in, and just reading through whole books is part of the education.
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