https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/07/elizabeth-edwards-has-died/ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/07/elizabeth-edwards-has-died/#comment-527721 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:02:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/07/elizabeth-edwards-has-died/#comment-527721 She had decided that she didn’t believe in god because of the tragedies in her life, according to Jonathan Alter. She applied the Epicurean model and reasoned that it didn’t make sense to pray for a recovery from cancer if the god she would have been praying to couldn’t even prevent a kid dying in a car accident.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/07/elizabeth-edwards-has-died/#comment-527720 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:39:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/07/elizabeth-edwards-has-died/#comment-527720 On the plus side, she lived for many nears since her initial cancer diagnosis thanks to medical science. That’s more than can be said for Kim Tinkham…

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