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Why Adam and Eve Never Existed (Illustrated By An Analogy To Birds On An Island)
Imagine an island off the coast of a continent. Two birds from the continent–a male and female–get swept up by a storm and find themselves stranded on this island. They go on to mate and a new species of bird … Continue reading
Thomas Aquinas on Exterminating Heretics
In the Summa, Thomas Aquinas says that you can reason with someone who holds a different doctrine from yours so long as that person is open and searching. On the other hand, if the person persists in his view, and does … Continue reading
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Tagged aquinas, atheism, Catholicism, fundamentalism, God, heretics, religion
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The Center Does Not Hold: Bastard Christianities
If his lecture outlining his argument is any indication, Catholic intellectual Joseph Bottum’s new book, An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America (Image 2014), is going to be talked about “far and wee”: The major event … Continue reading
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Tagged America, atheism, Christianity, culture, fundamentalism, Politics, Protestantism, religion
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Creationists Win Another Pyrrhic Victory Over Evolution
When I learned that, in South Carolina, two Republican young earth creationists recently blocked the adoption of the woolly mammoth as the state’s official fossil (all but seven states have one) because they don’t want people reminded of evolution, I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged America, atheism, creationism, evolution, fundamentalism, God, Jesus, science, South Carolina
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What Apologetics Really Is
In psychology, you can change your attitude or you can change your behavior, and it’s always easier to change an attitude than it is to change a behavior. That’s apologetics; what it is really. Apologetics gives the doubting believer heavily … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, fundamentalism, Islam, philosophy, psychology, Republican party
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The Muslim Brotherhood and Religious Fascism
This is being reported by the AP today: Mustafa Hegazy, a political adviser to interim President Adly Mansour, told a press conference Saturday that […] Egyptians took to the streets on June 30 – the day that led to Morsi’s ouster … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandria, atheism, Christianity, Egypt, fascism, fundamentalism, Islam, religion, Thomas Jefferson
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Social Butterfly Becomes a Submissive and Hijab Draped Caterpillar
The Protean nature of the self (that is, the water-shifting nature of the self, from the ancient Greek sea god Proteus) is on disturbing display in Katherine Russell, the widow of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Here’s The New York … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Boston Marathon bombing, Emily Dickinson, fundamentalism, God, hijab, Islam
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Egypt without Jews, Christians, and Pyramids?
Jews have been a part of Egypt and its history for over three thousand years, but Islamic fundamentalism’s steady rise in the country has absurdly driven their numbers literally into the dozens. A new documentary, made by an Egyptian and … Continue reading
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Tagged coptic christians, Egypt, fundamentalism, Islam, Jesus, Judaism, the pyramids
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X Marks the Flop: The Real Problem for Cultural Conservatives Going Forward
Whether you’re an anti-gay evangelical activist or a Muslim dreaming of a new caliphate, here’s the really big picture: liberal attitudes are well adapted to urban life and culturally conservative ones are less so. And the world’s demographics are moving … Continue reading
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Tagged demographics, fundamentalism, Islam, left, right, rural, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, tea party, urban
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No More Jesus Bashing: John Loftus Throws in the Towel
John Loftus, the ex-Christian author, has had enough. He’s recently decided to stop blogging and writing books debunking Christianity. Here’s part of what he wrote at his blog earlier this month: I have no more desire to engage Christians. They … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, agnosticism, apologetics, atheism, atheist, Christianity, fundamentalism, Jesus
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When the Western Atlas Shrugs: The Economic Consequences of the Islamic Brotherhood Ruling Egypt
The majority of Egyptians are on the verge of getting their wish—a theocratic state—but they may rue the day that they did. The following quote comes from Middle East analyst Theodore May, and appeared as part of an opinion piece … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, atlas shrugged, Ayn Rand, capitalism, democracy, Egypt, fundamentalism, Islam, islamic brotherhood, muhammad
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Thomas Jefferson, Johann Gottfried Herder, and the Revived American Cult of Muscular Christian Nationalism
A bit of (good) advice for politicized Christian fundamentalists from Rob Boston: Jefferson and Madison worked together to end the government-established church in Virginia and guarantee religious liberty for all. Jefferson coined the metaphor of a “wall of separation between … Continue reading
Islamic Herderianism is Coming to Egypt
As a result of recent Egyptian elections, the (so-called moderate) Islamic Brotherhood and (all agree fanatic) Salafists will represent two-thirds of the seats in the new parliament. Erik Trager of the New Republic interviewed seven of these election winners, all … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 21st century, coptic christians, Egypt, fundamentalism, Islam, islamic brotherhood, muhammad, salafists, theocracy
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