Tag: Culture
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Science Must Destroy Religion
A reader sent me a link from this article published on the Huffington Post. The author is hostile towards religion (Huffington Post writers tend to be) but it is an interesting read nevertheless. Positing science versus religion is a false dichtomy of course since it really draws from the conflict between the philosophical materialism of…
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Thomas Sowell: Arrogance costly for Iowa judges
The removal of the Iowa judges by Iowa voters for overturning the voters’ plebiscite on gay marriage is an important shift in electoral attitudes. Here Thomas Sowell, one of America’s clearest social commentators, makes the case. Results of the recent elections showed that growing numbers of Americans are fed up with “public servants” who act…
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Debate: What is the source of human morality?
More information here.
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Five Anglican bishops quit Church of England for Rome
Looks like Henry VIII lost after all. Source: London Telegraph Five bishops have resigned to join the Roman Catholic Church as an exodus of Anglicans begins. The five will convert to Roman Catholicism in the first wave of protests over plans to ordain women bishops in the Church of England for the first time. The…
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Bioethicist Teaches Doctor to “Think Bioethically”
Over at Second Hand Smoke, a secret camera filmed a conversation between a bioethicist and a doctor about how “thinking bioethically” means it is okay to kill babies.