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Daily Archives: January 14, 2009
Camille Paglia on the Bible and Jesus
At Salon.com today, Camille Paglia is asked by one of her readers what she thinks of the Bible, and the prophecies in the Old Testament (the Hebrew Bible) that were supposedly “fulfilled” by Jesus in the New Testament. Here’s what she … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Bible, Camille Paglia, Christianity, evangelicals, gospels, James Dobson, Jesus, literature, Politics, rush limbaugh
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Where’s David Hume When You Need Him?
No, the quote below is not from the Onion, but from a news article in the Independent of London: The Pope has instructed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the Holy Office of the Inquisition, to draw … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, Catholic, Catholicism, david hume, miracles, philosophy, psychology, religion, science
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Lecturing Doesn’t Work?
The NY Times reports today that, at M.I.T, the traditional freshman physics lecture class of 300 students or more is being replaced by hands-on learning in small groups. Money quote: The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with … Continue reading
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Tagged bob dylan, college, college life, education, evolution, nostalgia, physics, science, teaching, teaching methods, the times they are a changin
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20 Years Later: Salmon Rushdie’s 1989 “Fatwah” in Retrospect
Twenty years ago, in 1989, the Ayatollah Khomeni declared a “fatwah” (a death sentence) on the British author Salmon Rushdie (for the publication of his novel, The Satanic Verses). The Guardian has an excellent retrospective article on the whole mad and … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, Christopher Hitchens, feminism, free speech, germaine greer, Iran, literature, novels, poems, poetry, salmon rushdie, writing
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