Category Archives: God

Mistah Kurtz – he back – this time as farce!

Posted on July 13, 2007 by acb

I have had to read Sam Harris’ book "The End of Faith" for a project I am doing. My (then) publisher urged a proof copy on my in 2004, saying that I should see what was being said about religion. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Lutheran update

Posted on June 29, 2007 by acb

I think I have made an interesting mistake. I mentioned in my CiF piece two Lutheran pastors who seemed to have gone crazy. The second was the odious Dr Lerle — and students of wilful self-deception are urged to the … Continue reading →

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Dembski and holocaust denial

Posted on June 29, 2007 by acb

I should have a piece up about this shortly on CiF but it’s worth noting that William Dembski, the main proponent of ID, has been defending, as a martyr to free speech, one of the most vicious anti-semites and holocaust … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fundamentalism when you hate your neighbour

Posted on June 29, 2007 by acb

One of the paradoxes of modern religion is that the intolerant forms grow with immigration. As a general rule, you get liberal churches in monocultural places, and fundie ones in multicultural ones. This is depressing, but I had just come … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dan Dennett review

Posted on June 25, 2007 by acb

I found this review of Breaking the Spell from two years ago while looking for something else. It was in the Guardian at the time, but it still makes sense, at least to me. It is hard being an atheist … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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On the overuse of “Poetic”

Posted on June 24, 2007 by acb

I’m sympathetic, in principle, to the idea that parts of the Bible need no historical truth for their value. The Book of Job, for example. None the less, we can’t let people get away with saying anything historically false must … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Who could resist this book?

Posted on June 24, 2007 by acb

Apparently written by an Orthodox Jewish mathematician, who has also written on game theory in Pentateuch. If Pascal had had these mathematical tools, might he have bet differently? Superior Beings: If They Exist, How Would We Know? Game-Theoretic Implications of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Horrible historical irony

Posted on June 24, 2007 by acb

You know that silly trope about anti-Semitism: “You can’t call me an anti-Semite because that would mean I hated Arabs, too”. Well, it turns out to have had some foundation in the nineteenth century. According to Jamil Ragep, there was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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There is no God

Posted on June 24, 2007 by acb

Quick chart from the Wall Street Journal showing that Richard Dawkins has sold half a million hardback copies of The God Delusion, and Hitchens may have made a million dollars from selling 300,000 copies of his book. Poor old Dennett … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Catholic bioethics: still crazy

Posted on June 23, 2007 by acb

One of the people we had to talk to us at the Templeton seminars was an official Catholic bioethicist, who was put up against two FRSs to defend or at least expound RC teaching on embryos. The session produced some … Continue reading →

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