There are about 100 uncontacted tribes in the world… I didn’t know we could evade American Idol, let alone communication today!  But ongoing illegal deforestation is changing that for the tribe above, and the Brazilian government has been forced to prove that they exist because people don’t believe they do.  Maybe people are concerned that Mel Gibson sold scrap footage from Apocalypto… or that perhaps Brazil contracted out some handy Photoshop work.  A commenter on another blog says, “what are the odds that they too would invent bows and arrows? are we sure this isnt a hoax?“  Any doubts?  Look here and here. 

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Josh Spero, writer for Guardian Unlimited, feels he’s missing out on something with religious art.  “It’s just gold leaf and too many halos,” Spero says.  He feels that being an atheist has excluded him from understanding its meaning.  Spero’s stuck on appearance and can’t move beyond that.  So I wonder, can we bridge the gap between non-belief and religious works of art?

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