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Daily Archives: February 3, 2010
Are the Problems with Evolutionary Theory Philosophical or Scientific—or Both?
Science writer Peter Forbes recently reviewed Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini’s new book What Darwin Got Wrong, and Forbes agrees with the authors that there are real problems with evolutionary theory—yet they are not philosophical, but scientific: [T]he problems for evolutionary theory are not philosophical. … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, biology, Charles Darwin, Darwin, evolution, God, intelligent design, Jesus, microbes, philosophy, science, the Bible
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A Pretty Darn Good Reason to Think that Evolution is True (if you have any doubts)
University of Chicago biologist Jerry Coyne, from his admirable book, Why Evolution is True (page 85): One of my favorite cases of embryological evidence for evolution is the furry human fetus. We are famously known as “naked apes” because, unlike … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, babies, biology, evolution, God, intelligent design, jerry coyne, Jesus, lanugo, Richard Dawkins, science
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Peter Sprigg: Gays Should Get Out of the Military and Get Behind Bars?
Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council in an exchange with Chris Matthews last night: Matthews: Do you think we should outlaw gay behavior? Sprigg: Well, I think certainly it’s defensible – Matthews: I’m just asking you: Should we outlaw … Continue reading
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Tagged baptists, Christianity, gay marriage, gay rights, God, James Dobson, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lesbian, peter sprigg, religion, women's rights
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With Regard to the Internet, What Would Gandhi Do?
I found this Gandhi quote several years back while perusing an undated letter of his that I found in volume 49 of his Collected Works. At least that’s what I wrote down. My local branch library in Lancaster, Ca. just happened to … Continue reading
The Indifference of Generation-Spanning Stones to the Vissitudes of Human Experience
An introduction to Camus’s notion of the absurd, circa 1966, and a kind of theodicy prayer to the stones of Winchester Cathedral. And is the singer holding his nose?
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Tagged 1966, atheism, Camus, Darwin, evolution, God, indifference, life, nature, religion, Tennyson, theodicy
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Quote of the Day
Henry David Thoreau: Let us settle ourselves, and work, and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice, and tradition, and delusion, and appearance, that alluvion which covers the globe, through Paris and London, through … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, cathedral, God, Henry David Thoreau, nature, philosophy, the universe, truth
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Christians, Not Muslims, Drove This Person Behind a “Veil”
The hooded man in the photograph above is from Uganda. He is seeking asylum in the United States, but he dares not show his face in public. Why? Because he is homosexual, and theocratic fundamentalists in Uganda have succeeded in instituting … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, Christianity, freedom, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Judaism, religion, the Bible, uganda, women's rights
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Prometheus Unbound 