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Science and politics at the Creation Museum
20+ min read · · by Paul Braterman Do we really need 230 pages of at times closely argued text, followed by 70 pages of footnotes, just to tell us about Kentucky’s intellectually bankrupt Creation Museum and the… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Big Think
Atheism is not as rare or as rational as you think
6 min read · · Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Data shows otherwise. · Shared by 1030, including Albert Ràfols, Rick Powell
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Ten Irreligious Questions for Politicians and Others
3 min read · · by John Allen Paulos The separation of church and state seems to be dissolving. It’s becoming increasingly easy for politicians and other public figures to cross the line between expressing their… · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
literaryreview.co.uk
Steven Nadler - Letting Go of God
· For People Who Devour Books Subscribe Today! Sign In Register Help Saturday 2nd October, 2021 · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
salmanrushdie.substack.com
“Thank God, I'm an Atheist”
4 min read · · NOTES ON LUIS BUÑUEL (AND JEANNE MOREAU AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN) · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
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Hitchens explains Islam and why it is so STUPID.
· Christopher Hitchens covers Islam nicely here.This is chapter nine from "God Is Not Great".EVERY day is now Draw MuHammad Day!*Please note that MANY comments... · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
The Week
A pro-lifer shrugs in the face of mass death
5 min read · · The editor of a conservative religious magazine cautions against shutting down the country over a pandemic, even if it means a bunch of people die · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
Engadget
Qualcomm's new mobile chipsets pack more features for the non-5G crowd
2 min read · · In other words, they're meant for most of the world. · Shared by 38, including Rick Powell, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Aeon+Psyche
Freedom is learning to like what it’s rational to like: Spinoza’s ‘abominable heresies’
2 min read · · Today, the philosophical treatise known as the Ethics (1677) by Baruch Spinoza is widely considered a masterwork of philosophy. But at the time of its publication, Spinoza's radical vision of God as… · Shared by 36, including Marylin Delgado, Anita Leirfall, Rick Powell, ExApologist, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
Scott Alexander
New Atheism: The Godlessness That Failed
~20 min read · · Thucydides predicted that future generations would underestimate the power of Sparta. It built no great temples, left no magnificent ruins. Absent any tangible signs of the sway it once held, memor… · Shared by 27, including Ian M Calvert, Alex Tabarrok, Ed West, Rick Powell, Rhys Lindmark
The Atlantic
Philip Pullman’s Problem With God
2 min read · · In His Dark Materials, now an HBO series, the author takes on organized religion. It’s not a fair fight. · Shared by 18, including Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
Why the Jewish freethinker Ḥiwi al-Balkhi criticised the Bible
9 min read · · Centuries before Spinoza, there was Ḥiwi al-Balkhi, a Jewish freethinker for whom the Bible was too irrational for faith · Shared by 21, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Rick Powell
The New Yorker
If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything
~17 min read · · Martin Hägglund argues that rigorous secularism leads to socialism. · Shared by 31, including Rick Powell, Anita Leirfall
