Category Archives: Religion

Indeed

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Bill Maher gets it right. The Daily Caller reports: On HBO’s “Real Time” on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained CSU-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the … Continue reading →

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Atheist Shoes from Berlin

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Atheist shoes being sold out of Berlin, who knew? Not for me, I think. I’m more inclined, inappropriately enough,to Church’s. On the other hand an atheist tote bag, stripped of any pretty sentiment (“nichts, nichts, nichts…jawohl”), now that is something … Continue reading →

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“Islamophobia”

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

In an earlier post here, Mr. Hume and Jackson Doughart, reacting to an exchange between Glenn Greenwald and Sam Harris, discuss (amongst many things) the way that the notion of ‘Islamophobia’ has been used to try to stifle those who … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Pussy Riot?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Russia & India Report: A group of Creationists staged a publicity stunt in Moscow’s Darwin Museum, unfurling a Christian banner, distributing leaflets, and singing hymns. This is the latest in a string of attention-seeking performances by self-proclaimed ‘Orthodox activists’. … Continue reading →

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Hmmm

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Pope Francis, unsurprisingly given the name he has chosen, devoted quite a bit of time to the environment in his inaugural homily. We shall have to see whether the conclusions drawn by this reporter (for Religion News) reflect his own … Continue reading →

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The Cheerleader

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

On the whole, patriotic priests are preferable to those preaching the old baloney about the universal brotherhood of man, an impossible, unnatural aspiration that, by definition, can only (if it is to mean anything) be coercive. It is however better … Continue reading →

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Those who can not see God

Posted on March 10, 2013 by David Hume

Rod Dreher has an interesting post up at The American Conservative, The Lie Of Atheism (It’s Not What You Think). He relays a scourging of the New Atheists by Damon Linker. Rod has an interesting passage which I think highlights … Continue reading →

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Benedict Resigns

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Brendan O’Neill (atheist, former altar boy) looks at the pope’s resignation and is none too impressed: Benedict is aware of the crisis of vocation in the modern world, the way in which he what he called the ‘relativist cultural context… … Continue reading →

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In the 21st Century

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

A hideous story from NBC: Assailants stripped, tortured and bound a woman accused of witchcraft, then burned her alive in front of hundreds of witnesses in a Papua New Guinea town, police said Friday after one of the highest profile … Continue reading →

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Nice Try

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Well, this made me laugh: In authoring scripture, Origen [an early theologian] argues, God has deliberately planted all sorts of interpretive obstacles: problems, difficulties, mistakes, morally objectionable stories, and so forth. These manifold obstacles lead us to press beneath the … Continue reading →

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