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Human Nature vs. Human Institutions: Camille Paglia on Sex and Rape on Campus
Since abandoning her monthly Salon gig a few years back, Camille Paglia hasn’t had much of an Internet presence, but when, beyond her book writing, she does surface, she writes thought provoking things. Here’s a bit of what Paglia recently … Continue reading
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Tagged Camille Paglia, philosophy, psychology, rape, sex, sociology, women's equality
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Is Religion Adaptive? Is It Worthy of a Contemporary Society’s Energy and Resources?
Jared Diamond thinks about religion.
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Tagged God, jared diamond, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology
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What, Exactly, Is Wrong With Bestiality?
__________ The above video is amusing, but also raises an interesting question: what is it, exactly, that’s wrong with bestiality? Notice that the perpetrator isn’t getting it on with women and fantasizing about animals; instead, he’s getting it on with … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, bestiality, culture, desire, life, love, pleasure, psychology, sex, sociology
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Zygmunt Bauman On What Made The Holocaust Possible (And Whether Something Like It Could Happen Again)
In Modernity and the Holocaust (2000 edition), sociologist Zygmunt Bauman (b. 1925) explores the question of responsibility: who or what is responsible for the direction of the modern world? He explores this question via the prism of the Holocaust and has a provocative thesis: … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, freedom, moloch, rage against the machine, sociology, the Holocaust, thoreau, zygmunt bauman
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Critical Thinking Watch: Sybil Exposed
I haven’t read Debbie Nathan’s Sybil Exposed yet, but it certainly looks promising as an exercise in critical thinking and reflection. Here’s the author talking about her new book:
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Tagged atheism, atheist, critical thinking, history, philosophy, psychology, reason, sociology, sybil exposed
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Mental Health Break: Woe is You?
Harden the fuck up!
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Tagged comedy, happiness, life, mental health, mental health break, peace, psychology, sociology, tough love
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The Evolution of God: An Exciting New Book on Religion, Coming Out in the U.S. Next Month, Is Reviewed by Andrew Sullivan
The Evolution of God, by the once frequent New Republic contributor, Robert Wright, is due out next month, and Andrew Sullivan gave it an enthusiastic review for the Times of London. Money quote: From primitive animists to the legends of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Christianity, creationism, evolution, James Dobson, Jesus, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, the templeton foundation
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“There must be an easier way”: Kevin Roose Spent a Semester at Jerry Falwell’s Orwellian Named “Liberty University” and Wrote a Book About It
Kevin Roose pretended to be a fundamentalist Christian, and got himself admitted into Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University. He spent a semester there taking classes in young earth creationism and evangelism and wrote a book about his experience (which included a week … Continue reading
Holocaust Denial v. Young Earth Creationism?
In terms of a perversity of soul, Holocaust denial says something far darker about a person than young earth creationism. Young earth creationism is incorrect about the age of the earth and the fixity of species, but it is not … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Christianity, evangelicalism, Genesis, Holocaust denial, philosophy, Politics, psychology, religion, sociology, young earth creationism
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto (an Image Used as Evidence at the Nuremburg Trials)
This image was “taken by SS General Jurgen Stroop”, and is now part of the US National Archives:
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Social Policing and Trust Building in Groups: Two Things That Religion is Good For?
Jesse Bering, in Scientific American, reports on a small academic workshop on religion that he attended in Edinburgh, Scotland last week. He offers a brief synopsis of some of the speculation surrounding the evolution of religion that the academics kicked around. Here are two … Continue reading
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Homosexual Metaphor Watch: Is Gay Behavior “a destruction of God’s work” Akin to Rainforest Destruction?
According to the International Herald Tribune today, Pope Benedict likened gay behavior to ecological destruction: Pope Benedict said Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. The Church “should also … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism, Christianity, gay marriage, gay rights, homosexuality, James Dobson, Jesus, pope benedict, psychology, sociology
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A Non-God Collective Delusion?: Mind Control Conspiracy Web Sites Remind Some Mental Health Professionals of the Delusions Shared by Insular Religious and UFO Groups
The NY Times today has a fascinating article on people who believe that they are under constant surveillance by the government—and who comfort one another via Internet sites devoted to this “problem.” The article likens the phenomenon to insular religious groups: The extent of … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, culture, delusional thinking, paranoia, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, The God Delusion, the Internet, UFOs
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