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Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford
Nuns, a Pipeline and Religious Liberty – or Privilege
Well, here’s something for everyone: Pipelines, eminent domain, nuns, ‘religious liberty’ or (take your pick) religious privilege. As the Washington Post explains the story, an energy company (Williams Cos) wants to run a natural gas pipeline through agricultural land owned … Continue reading
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Tagged Eminent Domain, environmentalism, Religious Left, Religious Liberty, Religious Privilege
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The Pope’s “Distorted Vision”
Cross-posted on the Corner. I don’t know whether his views on this matter are driven by authoritarianism (Peronism dies hard), a theocratic contempt for national borders or simple bone-headedness, but, in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica Pope … Continue reading
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Tagged Immigration, Pope Francis, Religious Left
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Facing Death for Blasphemy
Technology may progress, but there is no right side of history, no rule than man is going to progress: New York Times: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An antiterrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Shiite man to death for committing blasphemy … Continue reading
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Tagged blasphemy and defamation of religion, Islam, Islamism, Pakistan
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Pope Francis against the Individual
On stage, Pope Francis, like Juan Perón, his predecessor in so many respects, can be a vivid speaker. The same cannot be said of his prose, where his arguments are all too often swamped by jargon, citation and the failed, … Continue reading
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The Fires of Easter
From the not always reliable The Golden Bough: In Münsterland these Easter fires are always kindled upon certain definite hills, which are hence known as Easter or Paschal Mountains. The whole community assembles about the fire. The young men and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas and other holidays, Easter
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Welcome, Republican Atheists!
Writing over at Patheos, the Friendly Atheist reports on the formation of the group Republican Atheists. That’s good news, I reckon, but the Friendly Atheist seems a little, well, skeptical: The group hopes to “build awareness of Atheist presence in … Continue reading
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Middlebury and The Heretic
Cross-posted on The Corner. Looked at one way, the attempt to silence Charles Murray and the violence that followed it was nothing more than another chapter in a long power struggle, but there was something else about it, something more … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Speech, Political Religions
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Compassion That’s Not
Writing in America Magazine, Jean Welch Hill, director of the ominously-named Peace and Justice Commission for the [Roman Catholic] diocese of Salt Lake City, argues against peace and justice for the terminally ill: Imagine telling someone who is unable to … Continue reading
Enlightenment Fail : A Dane is Charged with Blasphemy
Cross-posted on the Corner. The New York Times (my emphasis added): A 42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in Denmark, a striking decision by prosecutors in a … Continue reading
Dr. Paltrow Presumes: Iodine
The Independent: Another week, another piece of questionable advice from Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop. This time, however, the website may have made its most dangerous recommendation yet, as a doctor has called out the latest post saying: “Almost everything in this … Continue reading
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Tagged Gwyneth Paltrow, postmodernism, Snake Oil, superstition
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