Author Archives: Bradlaugh

Metaphysics Butters No Parsnips

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Interesting thread on abortion. Just a few at random. •  In Mr. Hume’s post and the comments threads we’ve so far turned up Ronald Reagan and Sarah Palin as having carried out legislative actions suggesting that, at the least, they didn’t/don’t … Continue reading →

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Not Quite the Thing

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Bradlaugh

A listener to my Radio Derb podcast had this to say: Why you won’t ever be Rush [Limbaugh] is, I think, pretty simple; you are not “pro-life.” I just don’t think the Right Over Here is willing to make room for … Continue reading →

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No Religion, Please — We’re English

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Bradlaugh

[T]he common people are without definite religious belief, and have been so for centuries. The Anglican Church never had a real hold on them, it was simply a preserve of the landed gentry, and the Nonconformist sects only influenced minorities. And … Continue reading →

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Human Rights and Faith

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Here’s a good thumb-sucker piece, courtesy of Arts & Letters Daily, about the connection between human rights and religious belief. In there somewhere is a version of the “midwife” argument — i.e. that whether or not religious faith was necessary to … Continue reading →

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Bummer!

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Bradlaugh

No wonder the newspaper business is in trouble. Look at the standard of reporting in this story from the Baltimore Sun: Police said a 58-year-old man stabbed his teenage son after he refused to take off his hat at church earlier … Continue reading →

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How Many Miracles?

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Incidentally, as a resource for arguing about Christianity, I have found the Christian Think Tank website invaluable. For example:  How many miracles did Jesus perform, according to the Gospels?  Answer: 36 … including three revivifications, which is two more than I … Continue reading →

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The God Who Wasn’t There

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Bradlaugh

While reading my Sunday Telegraph this morning, my eye was caught by an ad for yet another proactive atheist venture, a movie (or at any rate a DVD) titled The God Who Wasn’t There. Its premise seems to be that Jesus of Nazareth … Continue reading →

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SR Sets the Pace

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Does the New York Times read SecularRight.org? Here was me on Feb. 19 bringing up the Harvard Implicit Association Tests. Here was the Times on Feb. 20 bringing up the Harvard Implicit Association Tests. Coincidence? I think not.

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Rat Fun

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Bradlaugh

I’ll admit, I got this via the website of lefty blogger P.Z. Myers. It’s still darn funny.   [Sorry, Viacom pulled the clip after I posted that.  Try the link now.]

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Full Disclosure

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Bradlaugh

In re the Attorney General’s remarks about the need for us to speak frankly about race, I have a modest suggestion. I suggest that anyone who wants to offer public opinions in this zone should first do a couple of Implicit Association Tests … Continue reading →

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