Timothy Keller’s /The Reason for God/ is a step up from the first two books I reviewed in my series on Dawkins’ fleas. It’s not directed solely at Dawkins and his fans. Rather, large chunks are directed at generic, unreflective urban liberals, which Keller no doubt encounters lots of as the pastor of a Manhattan [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Quote of the Time Being
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 6, 2008
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Michael Kinsley says, “People who want divided government are afraid of politics.” Indeed. For fear is the most reasonable response to the recognition of what politics is. -Will Wilkinson
Post-election
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 5, 2008
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Okay, so in this post you were supposed to be seeing a digital photograph of my vote for Paris Hilton, but the picture didn’t turn out. Lest it be said that I am incapable of holding my nose and voting for the lesser of two evils, I’d like everyone to know that I /did/ vote [...]
Ravi Zacharias’ The End of Reason
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 5, 2008
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This is the second entry in my reviews of Dawkins’ fleas. At some point, dear readers, I promise I will find more intelligent critics of Dawkins to review–indeed, I’ve read them. But this isn’t a review of such a critic. Ravi Zacharias’ The End of Reason, a book directly focusing mostly on Sam Harris’ work, [...]
On the pending Obama victory
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 3, 2008
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The Atlantic has an article with a picture of Obama whose caption says it all: “Everyone chill the fuck out. I got this.” Yeah. Obama’s going to win tomorrow, and there’s nothing that’s going to change that. But anyway, here’s to taking one last crack at explaining why I’m not voting for him. On what [...]