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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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Cretins

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via The Blaze: Atheist activists have a knack for picking riveting, infuriating and seemingly never-ending battles. During the Christmas season, they aim for nativities on public property and at the end of every school year, their targets set on commencement … Continue reading →

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Rector Tries to Work Things Out. Fails

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Rev. Gavin Dunbar is rector of Saint John’s, Savannah, Georgia, and here’s what he has been saying recently: …The new atheists proclaim their gospel with the fervour of believers: God is dead, man is free, free from the destructive illusions … Continue reading →

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A Natural Phenomenon

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

I’ve no particular enthusiasm for the ‘New Atheists’ (they are far too religious for my tastes), but, in its combination of incoherence and hysteria, this attack on them by Bryan Appleyard (H/T Andrew Sullivan) takes some beating. Here’s an extract … Continue reading →

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Against Agape (Restaurants) and All That

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the Spectator, A.N. Wilson, a former atheist, responds to de Botton: De Botton has little chance of success — either in starting a chain of Agape restaurants, or in persuading bigots on either side of this argument. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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Agape at Agape

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the weekend’s Wall Street Journal, cuddly atheist Alain de Botton offers up a vision of hell with his proposal for a series of atheist “Agape” restaurants (God help us) at which secular folk could come to share in … Continue reading →

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More Guidance Needed?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The New Atheists are much too shrill for my decidedly agnostic tastes. In many respects, they are on a hiding to nothing. The religious impulse will always be with us and so will be a belief in the supernatural. But … Continue reading →

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The symbolism of the nonexistent

Posted on December 27, 2011 by David Hume

A few years ago I listened to Brad Stine, who happens to be a conservative Christian, make a joke to a sympathetic audience about how funny it was that some non-Christians were offended and objected to the image of a cross … Continue reading →

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The Idea of Meaning (or Something)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing on Why I’m Catholic, “atheist convert” Jennifer Fulwiler explains why she turned to Rome, starting with concerns such as these: One thing I could never get on the same page with my fellow atheists about was the idea of … Continue reading →

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Atheist Padres?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: I’ve long suspected that, for some, atheism (as opposed, say, to agnosticism or simple indifference) has many of the characteristics of religious faith, so here (via the New York Times) is just a bit more confirmation: … Continue reading →

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