Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford

A Glimpse of Hell

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Religion News: HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) — For years, liberals — even liberal people of faith — have been wary of fusions of faith and politics, careful not to pierce the boundary between church and state. But at this … Continue reading →

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Chesus

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Andrew Stuttaford

It does not take much detective work to understand that Marxism is, in many respects, another branch of the Judeo-Christian tree, most notably in its millenarian fantasies, but also in, one way or another, its sanctification of poverty. Many religions, … Continue reading →

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Thought For The Day

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

“Humanism is a secular religion thrown together from decaying scraps of Christian myth.” John Gray, Straw Dogs (2002)

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New Era, New Priests: E.R. Dodds, Rome, Christianity and Intersectionality

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the  American Conservative, here’s Gilbert Sewall on the Oxford classicist, E.R. Dodds. Read the whole thing, really, but here is Sewall discussing Dodds’ Pagans and Christians in an Age of Anxiety (1965): In 380, Theodosius I declared Christianity … Continue reading →

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Tom Wolfe, R.I.P.

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

“A cult is a religion with no political power.”

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Mobile Phone, Immobile Superstition

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

Yet another reminder that, to quote (yet again) Carl Jung, the Middle Ages…live on merrily. The Catholic Herald: Priests have been carrying out exorcisms over the phone as demand continues to rise, a Cardinal has said. Speaking at the Vatican’s … Continue reading →

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Liberalism as Faith

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner (and a post, I would hope, that ‘Secular Humanists’ would read): The British philosopher John Gray is not someone to shy away from ‘difficult’ topics. If you are looking for a provocative long read this weekend, … Continue reading →

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Like An Oscar, But Not

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

Blocked! I don’t know what brought on my inclusion on this sort of reverse Index librorum prohibitorum (I don’t think I’ve ever engaged with this particular site) but recognition is recognition…  

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The Devil as Recruiting Sergeant

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Middle Ages, as that dodgy sage Carl Jung once wrote, “live on… merrily”. That’s no surprise, really. Superstition will always be with us, in new forms—and in old. Crux: ROME – With reported demonic possessions on the rise in … Continue reading →

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Abusing “Frankenstein”

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Andrew Stuttaford

Ronald Bailey, writing in Reason: The meme of Frankenstein as a mad scientist who unleashed a disastrously uncontrollable creation on the world has been hijacked by anti-modernity, anti-technology ideologues to push for all manner of bans and restrictions on the … Continue reading →

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