I got into an exchange with someone who insisted that prayer offers people something “inside”–even if it’s not true that it actually changes anything in the real world. Ironically, I agree, which is why I think it’s horrible. Here’s an analogy inspired by the dialog: Intercessory Prayer, a hypothetical: I put an ad in the …
Monthly Archive: October 2010
Oct 08 2010
Non Credo in Unum Deum: Religion in classical music
Next weekend I’ll be performing a concert with my group, Chorus Austin. We will be doing the Mozart Mass in C-Minor which is, in all honesty, a simply amazing piece of choral work. If you can make it, you ought to come. Schedule and details are here, and you can check out the nifty glossy …
Oct 03 2010
Matt’s “Superiority of Secular Morality” Lecture
As there’s no AETV today, you’ll just have to be satisfied watching this instead. For those of you who have been clamoring to hear this lecture, here it is, as Matt presented it most recently in the afternoon before the Bat Cruise. The whole video runs just over 78 minutes.
Oct 02 2010
Some updates
Hey all. I know there hasn’t been a lot of activity here in several days. Sorry for that, I guess life has us all occupied at the moment. But you folks have done a fine job keeping the home fires burning here, especially as we’ve got a new theist who’s turned up in the thread …
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