Daily Archives: October 8, 2009

An Atheist Poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman?

Something that people might not know about Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the 19th century author of the frequently assigned (in college) feminist short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), is that she was also a poet. In her lifetime she published well over … Continue reading

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What Do I Think of Ayn Rand?

I actually like Ayn Rand. I’m a liberal, and not an Objectivist, but I see liberal elements in her that are proper correctives to the extreme ideological directions sometimes taken by those on both the left and the right. And I owe … Continue reading

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I Thought Bill Maher is an Atheist

But in this clip he suggests that he is an agnostic, and rejects atheism because it “mirrors the certitude that is religion”: Maher’s views in the clip mirror my own (straddling the confidence atheist and confidence theist divide). The clip dates to … Continue reading

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Karen Armstrong’s Wise and Sane Reflections on Religion

I like this Karen Armstrong talk:

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