Thu Jan 17, 2008 – 9:06 am
After World War II, an American journalist returned to Germany to live in a remote town in hopes of discovering why law-abiding citizens followed the leadership of Adolf Hitler. Milton Mayer interviewed ten average families, and in one of the more revealing sections of his book, They Thought They Were Free, he asked why the […]
Wed Jan 16, 2008 – 11:01 pm
Feelings and experiences vary widely. For example, I run my fingers over sandpaper, smell a skunk, feel a sharp pain in my finger, seem to see bright purple, become extremely angry. In each of these cases, I am the subject of a mental state with a very distinctive subjective character. There is something […]
Wed Jan 16, 2008 – 10:52 pm
I watched the movie The Great Debaters last night, and it helped me to understand why atheists are such bad debaters.
Wed Jan 16, 2008 – 10:34 pm
And I also thought, on rereading the book, that the late Steve Gould was really right when he called Richard and me Darwinian fundamentalists. And I want to say what a Darwinian fundamentalist is. A Darwinian fundamentalist is one who recognizes that either you shun Darwinian evolution altogether, or you turn the traditional universe upside […]
Wed Jan 16, 2008 – 10:09 pm
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And here’s the aforementioned Mr. Shermer debating Dinesh D’Souza
So is Dawkins running scared? I hate to think so, because in truth I am an admirer of Dawkins. I learned a lot from The Selfish Gene and while I don’t agree with its conclusion I think The Blind Watchmaker is […]
Wed Jan 16, 2008 – 2:34 pm
These three schools of thought are all sustainable in a Christian philosophy of nature. Although I incline toward the third, I recognize that some well-qualified experts profess theistic Darwinism and Intelligent Design. All three of these Christian perspectives on evolution affirm that God plays an essential role in the process, but they conceive of God’s […]
Wed Jan 16, 2008 – 2:29 pm
Pope Benedict withdrew from his scheduled appearance on January 17 after a group of about 100 leftist students occupied to the office of Dr. Renato Guarini, the dean of La Sapienza, demanding a withdrawal of the invitation extended to the Pontiff. Earlier a group of 67 professors– a small minority of the faculty– had signed […]
Wed Jan 16, 2008 – 10:42 am
As an unbeliever, I passionately disagree with Dinesh D’Souza on some of his positions. But he is a first-rate scholar whom I feel absolutely compelled to read. His thorough research and elegant prose have elevated him into the top ranks of those who champion liberty and […]
Mon Jan 14, 2008 – 6:29 pm
“I am a censor“
Damian Penny links to a discussion of why charging indulgences to a Jewish man to escape Islamic purgatory is a good thing if presided over by a female priest.
Mon Jan 14, 2008 – 6:01 pm
Apologists for Islam never tire of referring to the “Golden Age†of tolerance that supposedly characterized seven centuries of Muslim dominated Spain. This fundamentally flawed assessment draws the wrong conclusion based on fragmentary evidence and distorts the larger picture. It ignores the reality of enormous destruction wrought by the three Arab-Berber Muslim invasions that repeatedly […]
