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Richard Dawkins and Pat Robertson: The Essentialism That Binds?

After Pat Robertson said that Haiti’s earthquake had occurred because Haiti had made a pact with the devil, other Christians distanced themselves from his statement, and had a different reaction: don’t worry so much about the question of theodicy, but help those in … Continue reading

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The Haitian Earthquake: The Pagan Wheel of Fortune or God’s Will and Grace?

In a recent New York Times essay, literary critic James Wood made the following observation on President Barack Obama’s selection of the language of Christian theodicy over that of the pagan Wheel of Fortune (in response to the Haitian earthquake): [T]heological language has … Continue reading

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Conspiracy Theory Taken to a New Level: The Haiti Earthquake is Now the U.S. Navy’s Fault

This today at Reason: Both Venezuelan state-owned radio and television properties zeroed in on a secret U.S. “weapon of earthquakes” as the cause of the earthquake that struck Haiti last week causing a death toll [that] could exceed 200,000 according … Continue reading

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Rush Limbaugh on Haiti

The titular “head” of the “conservative” (read “authoritarian”) movement in this country, Rush Limbaugh, seems to lack even the most basic sense of decency. This today at ThinkProgress.com: Yesterday, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh controversially said that President Obama was … Continue reading

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