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Science and politics at the Creation Museum
20+ min · · 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 · · Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Data shows otherwise. · Shared by 1212, including Albert Ràfols, Rick Powell
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Ten Irreligious Questions for Politicians and Others
3 min · · 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 · · 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 · · 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 · · In other words, they're meant for most of the world. · Shared by 38, including Rick Powell, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Aeon+Psyche
Freedom is learning to like what it’s rational to like: Spinoza’s ‘abominable heresies’
2 min · · 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 (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Anita Leirfall, Rick Powell, ExApologist, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
Scott Alexander
New Atheism: The Godlessness That Failed
20+ min · · 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 33, including Amjad Masad, Rick Powell, Alex Tabarrok 🛡️, Rhys, Ian M Calvert, Ed West, Sanni
The Atlantic
Philip Pullman’s Problem With God
2 min · · In His Dark Materials, now an HBO series, the author takes on organized religion. It’s not a fair fight. · Shared by 19, including Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
Why the Jewish freethinker Ḥiwi al-Balkhi criticised the Bible
9 min · · Centuries before Spinoza, there was Ḥiwi al-Balkhi, a Jewish freethinker for whom the Bible was too irrational for faith · Shared by 28, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Rick Powell
The New Yorker
If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything
17+ min · · Martin Hägglund argues that rigorous secularism leads to socialism. · Shared by 33, including Rick Powell, Anita Leirfall