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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching Terry Eagleton The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins · Bantam, 406 pp, £20.00 Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology. Card-carrying rationalists like Dawkins, […]
Multiculturalism in the U. K.
http://tinyurl.com/y8bv8t December 2006 Tony Blair formally declared Britain’s multiculturalist experiment over today as he told immigrants they had “a duty” to integrate with the mainstream of society. In a speech that overturned more than three decades of Labour support for the idea, he set out a series of requirements that were now expected from ethnic […]
Gullibility
[1]: >> If everyone believes in the Easter Bunny does it make the Easter Bunny true? [2]: But in this case we know that the persons making the observations are not stupid. They’re intelligent, educated, and rational. [3]: Being intelligent, rational and educated is still not a gaurantee. Sir Artthur Conan Doyle was all three […]
Meaning of 12 days of Christmas
From 1558 until 1829 CE, Roman Catholics in England were not allowed to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning; the surface meaning, plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol […]
Muslim and Christian conceptions of God
December 04, 2006, 7:58 a.m. Which One God? Comparing the Muslim and Christian conceptions of God. By Bat Yeor With the passing of time, hidden challenges, which for a long time had been growing unnoticed and unaddressed, can suddenly emerge into the full-blown light of current events with a force which seems quite overwhelming. Today […]
Survey of Australian religion
Religious commentator produces timely new survey of Australian religion Professor Gary Bouma, Monash University academic and UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations, this week releases the results of the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Australian religion available. The findings are contained in his new book, “Australian Soul: Religion and Spirituality in the Twenty-First […]
Bill Moyers’s Message
Sightings 12/4/06 Bill Moyers’s Message — Martin E. Marty Let me start unconventionally this Monday by passing on a link: http://www.tompaine.com/print/message_to_west_point.php. Let me also continue unconventionally. Most of the 375-plus “sightings” from the past almost eight years have fulfilled my assignment to go scouting for religiously themed items in the public sphere — but this […]
Australia’s Religions United on Climate
A Common Belief: Australia’s Religions United on Climate In what is believed to be a world first, 16 Australian faith communities representing the world’s great religious traditions have united to speak out on climate change. “Common Belief: Australia’s faith communities on climate change” is being launched today at 10.30 am at the Justice and Police […]
Intelligent Design
Brief extracts from a recent book by a Professor of Biology at Stanford University who is an Episcopalian (Anglican for those not too familiar with USA denominations): ~~~ I keep finding more and more Christians who are opposing “Intelligent design”. The latest is Joan Roughgarden, Professor of Biological Sciences and of Geophysics (now there’s an […]
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