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Back again

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Bradlaugh

I apologize for the absence. I had an irate publisher banging on my door & had to finish something for him. OK, what’s going on? Just reading back through posts here: Ben Stein:  I’m still a bit sad about Ben. … Continue reading →

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“‘Conversations With God’ Author Accused of Plagiarism”

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Walter Olson

What? Not ventriloquism? (via Althouse).

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Miscellany, January 4

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Walter Olson

Canadian blog Gods of the Copybook Headings — and is anyone here unfamiliar with the classic Kipling secular-rightish poem (bonus Bradlaugh content!) alluded to in that title? — interviews its founder/chief blogger about his classical liberal views (via); Bon mot … Continue reading →

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Obama oath-of-office lawsuit

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Walter Olson

Per Religion Clause, Michael Newdow’s lawsuit “asks the court to enjoin the Chief Justice– who will administer the oath of office– from adding ‘so help me God’ to the constitutionally prescribed presidential oath (Art. II, Sec. 1). It also asks … Continue reading →

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Our content, and its omissions

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Walter Olson

One of the disappointments that commenters often voice, in the current open thread and elsewhere, is: why do we have so many posts that discuss the role of religion in American public life, and so few that simply argue for … Continue reading →

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Open thread — topics we haven’t tackled

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Walter Olson

What topics haven’t we been blogging about on this site that would relate to our niche and make for interesting reading?

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Hell and the scientific method

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Heather Mac Donald

My good friend OpinionJournal.com blogger James Taranto drops his insistence that there is no tension between American tolerance and a belief in eternal damnation for wrong-believers (not without getting in one last crude mischaracterization of my argument, however).  Now he … Continue reading →

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Miscellany, December 29

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Walter Olson

Per John Tierney in the Times, a new review of the literature has “concluded that religious belief and piety promote self-control”, which may help explain why religious belief is often associated with greater success in such goals as personal health … Continue reading →

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America and Hell

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Heather Mac Donald

A Pew religion survey  supports the hypothesis that American tolerance influences theology. “We are a multicultural society, and people expect this American life to continue the same way in heaven,”    [Alan Segal, a professor of religion at Barnard College, commented … Continue reading →

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“As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God”

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Walter Olson

Matthew Parris, longtime fixture of center-right British journalism at publications like The Spectator, has been thinking about the intractable problems of Africa: …I observe that tribal belief is no more peaceable than ours; and that it suppresses individuality. People think … Continue reading →

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