‘The idea of relating complex metaphysical concepts through bathroom humor makes perfect sense to me.’… Read the rest
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Bush Thinks God Chose Him
Oct 8th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job.’… Read the rest
Lack of Qualifications is a Virtue
Oct 8th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonEducation and relevant experience just make people think they’re smart.… Read the rest
What Would Wittgenstein Do?
Oct 8th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNew philosophy site aims to connect general public with ideas and history.… Read the rest
Secularists Meet to Defy Rise in Religion
Oct 8th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAzam Kamguian, Maryam Namazie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali nominated for awards. Hurrah!… Read the rest
Rania al-Baz Flees Saudi Arabia
Oct 8th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTV presenter shocked S.A. by publishing photographs of herself after husband beat her.… Read the rest
BBC Backs Away From Bush God Story
Oct 8th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhite House said ‘he never’ so programme editors were put off.… Read the rest
Bush’s Citation of God ‘Not Literal’
Oct 8th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSo he uses the word metaphorically? Interesting.… Read the rest
And the Nominees Are
Oct 8th, 2005 2:42 am | By Ophelia BensonYippee!
You know how I’m always asking why people like Azam Kamguian and Maryam Namazie don’t get the kind of attention the MCB gets? How I’m always saying the BBC and the Guardian and, you know, the government, ought to talk to them as well as or in fact damn well instead of a lot of fundamentalists? You know? Well – well you already know what I’m going to say, probably, since I just put it in News. But I want to yell and squeal and dance and hop for a minute anyway. Bear with me. The day didn’t begin well – it began with the horrid shock of going online and finding dear old B&W turned into a mocking … Read the rest
Hacked
Oct 7th, 2005 12:04 pm | By Ophelia BensonWe’ve been hacked, so I’m going to have to take the server down for a while. I’ll get B&W up and running asap.
Bastard Spammers!… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Anti-semitism on the Left
Oct 7th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe issue is whether the liberal left is as keen on universal principles as it pretends.… Read the rest
Not This Again
Oct 7th, 2005 2:24 am | By Ophelia BensonHere we go again. I still don’t get it. I don’t understand the basic point.
Unlike many pro-evolution types, however, he agrees with creationists and intelligent-design advocates that evolution often operates as not just a scientific theory about species, but also as a worldview that competes with religion.
One: and? If evolution does ‘operate as’ a worldview that competes with religion – what of it? Why should the worldview of religion not be competed with? Because fundamentalists don’t like it, yes, I get that, but why else? Two, if evolution does provide a better (more coherent, more warranted, less full of holes) explanation of how we got here, then it does. Why is that not part of the science, … Read the rest
Michael Ignatieff Recommends Accepting Truth
Oct 6th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCanada matters as a liberal democracy struggling to build a society that includes all communities.… Read the rest
Carlin Romano Reviews Michael Ruse
Oct 6th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRuse claims evolution often operates as a worldview that competes with religion.… Read the rest
Irreconcilable Divide Between Science and Religion
Oct 6th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOne side sees matter and energy, the other side wants Something Extra.… Read the rest
Sartre and Beauvoir, Authenticity and Lying
Oct 6th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHow did Sartre justify deceptions? By resorting to ‘a temporary moral code.’… Read the rest
Investigating Happiness
Oct 6th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTragic legacy of Freud: many are bitter about the past, passive about the future.… Read the rest
Not the Edsel of Social Science After All?
Oct 6th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMaybe questions about sexuality and homosexuality are central to diagnosing authoritarianism.… Read the rest
It Once Was Lost, But Now It’s Found
Oct 6th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA stunning jazz concert in 1957 was thought lost forever, but then…… Read the rest