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Daily Archives: January 10, 2009
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Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote this arresting passage in his short story, “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”: [P]eople appeared who began devising ways of bringing men together again, so that each individual, without ceasing to prize himself above all others, might not … Continue reading
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Memetic Diversity: What It Means to Be a Liberal Agnostic
Although I’m an agnostic, I don’t think that the world would be a better place if there were no Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, or Christians in the world, anymore than I think it would be a better world if we … Continue reading
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Liberal Secularism v. Illiberal Secularism: Why Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett are Wrong to Hint That Perhaps the State Should Set Restrictions on Religious Child-Rearing
Late in 2007 Damon Linker, in the New Republic, had a great essay on the contemporary atheist movement, and it can still be read online here. The title of the essay is “Atheism’s Wrong Turn.” For me, there are two “money quotes” in the essay. Here’s the … Continue reading
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Why I Am an Agnostic—and Not a Theist or an Atheist
I’m an agnostic because I genuinely find a lot of mystery in the universe, and don’t presume to know more than I reasonably can. I can’t just “choose” a position—theism or atheism—that doesn’t make full sense to me. My analogy would be multicellular life … Continue reading
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Prometheus Unbound 