The Problem Isn’t Religion or Atheism, It’s Fanaticisim
Dinesh D’Souza, writing in the Christian Science Monitor, defends organized religion from criticism that links it with violence and wars: - In recent months, a spate of atheist books have argued that...
View ArticleDaniel Lazare on the Atheist Diasphora
Daniel Lazare, writing in the Nation, has an interesting article about differences of opinion even among atheists: This is the problem, more or less, confronting today’s reinvigorated atheist movement....
View ArticleIs Atheism a Rights Issue?…No.
Matt Nisbet at Framing Science cites an article by DJ Grothe and Austin Dacey arguing the negative: Women, people of color, and GLBTs have consistently faced discrimination that substantially...
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Why Pairing Science and Atheism is High-Brow
In 1922, John Dewey, pragmatist philosopher and champion of Progressive education, wrote an article in The New Republic entitled “The American Intellectual Frontier.” The subject was William Jennings...
View ArticlePairing Science and Atheism Redux
Last week, I posted a long argument for why I believe pairing science and atheism is a poor strategic choice for scientists. The response to that article has I think been largely positive, but I do...
View ArticleThe Moral Problem of New Atheism vs. Religion -or- The Majesty of Creation
Writing in the City Journal, Theodore Dalrymple criticizes the equivalence of religion with the immoral and atheism with the moral: Lying not far beneath the surface of all the neo-atheist books is the...
View ArticleAtheist Sunday School?
This is just lame. Atheist parents in Palo Alto have set up an atheist Sunday school: The Palo Alto Sunday family program uses music, art and discussion to encourage personal expression, intellectual...
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