Via Eric – more of Julian’s interminable Heathen’s Progress. This one is about tone: not just the tone that “new atheists” use but the allegation that they (we) are tone deaf to religion. Religion is comparable to poetry and pop music. Some people don’t “get” poetry, or pop music, or both. They can’t say anything …
Monthly Archive: February 2012
Feb 24 2012
Baby steps
Well that’s one good thing. The Vatican, which previously enjoyed an exemption, must now pay taxes on its commercial properties, the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, has announced. Like anyone else. Why did it enjoy an exemption before? The state has been exempt from paying property taxes since 2005, one of several fiscal perks enjoyed …
Feb 24 2012
Defiantly wholesome
Want to splash around in morbidity for a moment? There’s always the new season of 19 and Counting. And Counting – geddit? It’s not really “and Counting” now because Michelle Duggar miscarried #20. The new season is kind of morbid that way. And not just that way. I find it kind of morbid overall. “Morbid” …
Feb 24 2012
Guest post by Musical Atheist on Richard Dawkins
After the torrent of spiteful dreck we’ve seen directed at Richard Dawkins lately, the comment by Musical Atheist came as a blast of cold fresh air in a stuffy room. Therefore, I’m putting it up on the main page. Musical Atheist says: February 24, 2012 at 12:03 am (Edit) I don’t like my own country …
Feb 23 2012
Shall I compare thee to a spotty adolescent
Well at least Amol Rajan gets it. Proof, if proof were needed, that “militant secularism” isn’t having such a great time of it in modern Britain has been in plentiful supply over the past week, during which there has been a sustained and vicious assault in our media on one of our most distinguished academics. …
Feb 23 2012
However childish
Speaking of the dopy endlessly-recycled vendetta against gnu atheism, John Gray obliges with another iteration of his version, via a perfunctory review of some book or other which he barely notices. It is only the illiteracy of the current generation of atheists that leads them to think religious practitioners must be stupid or thoughtless. Were …
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