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Daily Archives: December 3, 2009
Yes, We’re Living in the 21st Century
I think. This today at Alternet: The Ugandan parliament is currently considering an “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,” under which any person “convicted of gay sex is liable to life imprisonment.”
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Tagged atheism, atheist, bigotry, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, God, James Dobson, religion, uganda, women's rights
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New Atheist Heat Rises on Philosopher, Thomas Nagel, for Praising Stephen Meyer’s ID Book, “Signature in the Cell” (2009)
Atheist philosopher, Thomas Nagel, is drawing rhetorical heat from his fellow atheists outraged over his naming of Stephen Meyer’s, Signature in the Cell (2009), as one of the year’s top books. University of Chicago biologist, Jerry Coyne, calls the book that Nagel … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, creationism, evolution, God, intelligent design, jerry coyne, philosophy, science, stephen meyer, the Bible, thomas nagel
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Evolution v. Creation Watch: How Did Such a Frail, Intricate, and Gorgeous Thing Come into Existence in the First Place?
Just asking.
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Tagged astronomy, biology, creation, earth, evolution, Genesis, God, philosophy, science, the Bible, the ontological mystery
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Evolution, Global Warming, and How Scientific Sausage Is Made
Are you a skeptic of evolution and global warming? I’m not particularly skeptical of either of these two ideas, at least in their broad outlines, but there is an article in the most recent Popular Mechanics that gives me less confidence about … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, atheism, atheist, climate change, critical thinking, evolution, global warming, intelligent design, philosophy, science, scientists, skepticism
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Irony in a Good Poem: Christina Rossetti’s “Dirge”
I like this poem. It’s by Christina Rossetti and was published in an 1896 collection of her poems that I found at an outdoor book stall in London two summers back. Someone near to Rossetti’s heart appears to have died in … Continue reading
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Tagged Christina Rossetti, death, dirge, fall, life, poems, poetry, seasons, spring, summer, winter
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Prometheus Unbound 