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Are You My Missing Piece?
Steven Johnson on why the Internet-connected world may be a historic boon to human creativity and collective intelligence.
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Jonathan Rauch Powerfully Defends Free Speech
“We’re not delicate flowers.” __________ I like Rauch’s distinction between purism and pluralism: purism, on his account, protects from offensive speech, presuming that the community must be kept clean from the public expression of certain ideas; pluralism protects dialogue, presuming that … Continue reading
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Tagged college, dialogue, free speech, freedom of speech, life, racism, sexism, university, woody allen
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Incivility Watch: Ted the Atheist Debates a Beach Preacher I’ll Call “The Proclaimer”
In the below video, I love Ted the Atheist’s rational take-down of The Proclaimer. And Ted the Atheist was right to decline a handshake with The Proclaimer. When you hunker down, as The Proclaimer did, and refuse to offer reasons for what you believe, that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, dialogue, fundamentalism, Jesus, philosophy, religion
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My Meal with a Muslim 2011
Well, I had my lunch with a Muslim yesterday (I’ve decided to leave his name out of this post). And I must say that, despite getting on famously in conversation, there are enormous ideological gaps between the two of us. I came … Continue reading
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Tagged America, atheism, dialogue, God, have a meal with a muslim day, Islam, Jesus, muhammad, Muslims, religion, ummah
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Hard Tolerance
At the Guardian today, Andrew Brown defines “hard tolerance,” a concept I’d never heard of before, but that I like: After Pope Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech, the most notable response was the decision of 137 Muslim scholars to sign … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, communication, dialogue, hard tolerance, have a meal with a muslim day, Islam, Jesus, love, muhammad
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Santi Tafarella: Why I Blog
The following was recently posted at the Antelope Valley College website, and I thought I’d put it up here as well: Santi Tafarella Talks About the Ultimate Freedom: Uncensored Thinking Recently AVC faculty member Santi Tafarella passed an amazing number. … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, censorship, dialogue, English, freedom of speech, God, Prometheus, teachers, the first amendment, writing, Zeus
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HMMD 2011: Have a Meal with a Muslim Day 2011 is Friday, September 16th
Last year, in response to the “Burn the Quran Day” Florida pastor, I thought I’d promote at this blog a counter day; a have-a-meal-with-a-Muslim-day. The idea was to initiate dialogues, not bonfires. And that day in September of 2010 went … Continue reading
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When Gay and Anti-Gay Teddy Bears Dialogue
To my mind, this imaginative dialogue between two teddy bears perfectly exposes the intellectual incoherences of the anti-gay rights movement.
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Tagged critical thinking, dialogue, equal rights, gay equality, gay rights, God, Judaism, lesbian, orthodoxy, reason, religion, teddy bears
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Is the Drudge Report Jeffersonian Liberal or Machiavellian Illiberal?
Andrew Sullivan today concisely lays out the difference between a liberal discourse and an illiberal one: [Y]ou help me – through error and insight – to get closer to the truth sooner than if I were trying to understand the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, dialogue, discourse, Drudge Report, Machiavelli, right wing, rush limbaugh, Thomas Jefferson
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Rachel Maddow Interviews Jon Stewart
It’s not clear how long this will stay on YouTube before it’s brought down, but it’s worth a look. Thoughtful and television don’t usually go together, but in this instance it did. Rachel Maddow interviews Jon Stewart:
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Tagged Blue State, centrism, dialogue, feminism, Jon Stewart, Politics, rachel maddow, reason, Red State, talk, tea party
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A Jesus and Mo Cartoon That I Disagree With
There’s a recent Jesus and Mo cartoon (you can see it here) that I disagree with. In the first frame Moses (or is it Muhammad?) is sitting at a bar with Jesus, and Mo says this to the barmaid: If … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, atheism, atheist, caspar melville, dialogue, epistemology, faith, jerry coyne, Jesus, Moses, muhammad, philosophy
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Talking about Love Some More
It seems to me that George Harrison’s song, “Within You, Without You,” says a lot of true things in a short space. Here are the lyrics: We were talking about the space between us all, and the people who hide … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, dialogue, george harrison, Hinduism, Jesus, life, love, meditation, muhammad, talking, yoga
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The Question Biologist Matt Rainbow Would Ask an Imam
Yesterday, I interviewed an American imam, Kamal Al-Khatib. Originally from Jordan, he has lived in the United States for 24 years and heads a mosque in northern Los Angeles County. Joseph West, a Muslim friend and coworker of mine, video taped the … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, dialogue, God, Islam, Jesus, kamal al-khatib, koran, matt rainbow, muhammad, Muslims, religion, the quran
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Is Muslim/Non-Muslim Dialogue Valuable?: Juanita, a Christian, Shares Her Opinion with Santi, an Agnostic, on a Balmy Sunday in Lancaster, Ca.
And Joseph, a Muslim, was behind the video camara:
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Tagged America, California, dialogue, diversity, Islam, Jesus, judging others, Muslim, pluralism, psychology, Thomas Jefferson
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Saudi Woman Links to International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day (Sept 17, 2010)
At her Twitter feed, the brave Saudi feminist, Eman Al Nafjan, who blogs at SaudiWoman, linked to International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day, which I take as an endorsement. And I’ve also been informed that an imam in Baltimore … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, dialogue, food, Hinduism, international, Islam, Jesus, Judaism, muhammad, Muslim, Muslims, the Enlightenment
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A Song for International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day (September 17, 2010)
A song for International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day:
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Tagged atheism, billy joel, dialogue, God, honesty, Islam, Jesus, love, music, Muslims, peace, religion
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Instead of “Burn a Quran Day,” how about an “International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day”?
In response to the “Burn the Quran Day” Florida pastor, I’ve decided to promote a counter day: The First International Have a Meal with a Muslim Day Or coffee. Initiate dialogues, not bonfires. And so The First International Have a Meal with a Muslim … Continue reading
A Thoroughly Awesome Take on Civility in Public Discourse from Terry Teachout (and George Washington)
Not that I always live up to it, but I think that this is great: George Washington once drew up a list of rules of civility. Here is the first one: “1st Every Action done in Company, ought to be … Continue reading
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Prometheus Unbound 