Do You Agree With Mr Dawkins

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Yes, I agree with Mr. Dawkins with the idea that where are taking things to seriously. In todays society people are profiting off others by giving them false hope. This false hope includes religion, physics, fortune tellers. All these people are doing is using basic cold reading for the fortune tellers and physics they use this skill to continue sly guess your personal secrets and use that to strengthen there lie and make the audience truly believe in their so-called connection with the spirit world. I fond it hilarious when these physics and fortune tellers got it wrong and had to call on another person so that they can still look like they are not just guessing. Thus, proving how these people are a sham just trying to make quick cash.

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