Eagleton is happy to attribute positive human characteristics, such as aesthetic preferences and a capacity for love, to pure nothingness when it suits his argument.
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No barriers to entry
Oct 1st, 2010 11:39 am | By Ophelia BensonSo even the Times Higher thinks it has a duty to tell the world that there is no tension between science and religion, that they are perfectly harmonious and compatible, and that the only people who think otherwise are militant atheists. The Times Higher – which has some connection to higher education, and thus to intellectual development and the exercise of reason.
Matthew Reisz leans heavily on Karl Giberson for his “information” on this lack of tension. Giberson has co-written a book about six prominent atheist scientists: Dawkins, Gould, Sagan, Hawking, Weinberg, and Wilson. All of them have written something
… Read the restsetting out their largely unflattering views on God and the godly.Given that they have thereby ventured well beyond their central
Ed Miliband doesn’t believe in god shock-horror 
Oct 1st, 2010 |
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Yes, it’s true, he doesn’t believe in god. Other people do, and he does not. Blair and Brown do, and he does not. Really. It’s true.… Read the rest
Times Higher on science ‘n’ religion
Oct 1st, 2010 |
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They’re the best of friends and it’s only those stupid militant atheists who think otherwise so nyah.… Read the rest
Audio of Humanisterna seminar in Stockholm
Oct 1st, 2010 |
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Remember, this was after 19 hours of travel time, so I’m crap at first, but it gets better.… Read the rest
Why atheists should be feminists
Oct 1st, 2010 |
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As atheists, we ought to have a particularly easy time recognizing the harm done to women in the name of God.… Read the rest
Joe Hoffmann on 5 good things about atheism
Oct 1st, 2010 |
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Atheists are required to assume moral responsibility fully. Religious people are not.… Read the rest
DR Congo rape victims speak to UN panel
Sep 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The aim of the hearings is to improve the treatment, support and compensation currently given to victims.… Read the rest
Court rules Babri Masjid site should be divided
Sep 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Muslims would get one third, Hindus another third, and the remainder going to a minority Hindu sect.… Read the rest
Fake ACORN Pimp O’Keefe Tries to Frame CNN Reporter
Sep 30th, 2010 |
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CNN frequently played O’Keefe’s doctored videos smearing ACORN, without ever making a correction.… Read the rest
Larry Moran issues a challenge
Sep 30th, 2010 |
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Show us the very best 21st century, sophisticated (or not), arguments for the existence of God.… Read the rest
The atheist rabbi on “sophisticated theology”
Sep 30th, 2010 |
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It isn’t.… Read the rest
The Pew religious knowledge survey
Sep 30th, 2010 |
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Data from the survey indicate that educational attainment is the single best predictor of religious knowledge. No really?!… Read the rest
Badri Raina on Ayodhya and what it implies
Sep 29th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAllahabad High Court will rule Sept 30 who is in rightful possession of the site where the demolished mosque stood—a Muslim organization or a Hindu one.… Read the rest
Salman Rushdie on religion and myth
Sep 29th, 2010 |
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“I don’t look to religion to answer the two great questions of life.”… Read the rest
Thousands of Nigerian women in slave camps
Sep 29th, 2010 |
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Nigerian girls are being forced to work as prostitutes in Mali “slave camps”, say officials in Nigeria.… Read the rest
Open letter from Ashtiani’s son Sajjad Ghaderzadeh
Sep 29th, 2010 |
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I tell you these words from the bottom of our hearts: I want the whole world to rush to our help.… Read the rest
Taking the temperature
Sep 29th, 2010 12:19 pm | By Ophelia BensonAjita Kamal defends the role of passion in social movements, in the context of explaining why heat is not necessarily or entirely counterproductive for atheism.
There is a very important role that anger, ridicule and passion play in any social movement. While intellectual understanding is key to a movement that is well-grounded, it is the primary emotions that provide the impetus for social organization. Without this, atheism would simply remain an idea to be discussed in academia and in private settings.
I think that’s spot-on. It’s also true that there are obvious dangers – self-righteousness, verbal or literal violence, confirmation bias, groupthink, tribalism, all sorts. But…we need the movement, and we need the passion. We should relentlessly self-monitor for … Read the rest
John Shook is all “can’t you read?”
Sep 29th, 2010 |
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Everybody else is all “yes, we can, thanks, and we read what you wrote.”… Read the rest
Lars Vilks to finish Uppsala lecture
Sep 29th, 2010 |
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He was interrupted by an attack in May, will complete the lecture on October 7.… Read the rest
