Tag Archives: diversity

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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Lost in the Cosmos: Language and Irony

Once you acknowledge (as I do) that the universe appears, paradoxically, as either self-created or always existent, and that it consists of atoms and the void and nothing else, then there is nothing in that universe that can tell you, as … Continue reading

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Does Meaning Reside in Facts—or Our Descriptions of Those Facts?

I bet you can guess my vote. I think that our languages never perfectly correspond with the world “as it is” and so we derive our meanings from our eccentric descriptions of “the facts.” Here’s an example. Since the publication … Continue reading

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There are no theist parents on child cancer wards

I spoke recently to one of my local city council members about why he voted to put, in large letters, behind the deus of city council chambers, “In God we trust.” I told him that not everyone in our city is … Continue reading

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