Wait, no, Ross Douthat is deluded slime
March 31, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under religion, science, social and literary criticism, stupidity
Recently, The Uncredible Hallq reported that Ross Douthat was an OK guy. We here at The Uncredible Hallq regret that error. In fact, Douthat is deluded slime.
Ross Douthat recently defended the Pope’s anti-condom stance. His reasoning? Mainly, that no one has proved that opposition to condom use from religious crazies does any harm, or at [...]
Will Craig trounce Hitchens in debate?
March 30, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under philosophy, religion
Via John Loftus, I’ve learned that William Lane Craig will be debating Christopher Hitchens. Loftus predicts an easy win for Craig.
At first, I was inclined to agree. I wasn’t really a fan of God is not Great, which seemed more like a cash-in on the success of other atheist books than a serious attempt to [...]
The utilitarian and the shallow pond
March 27, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under ethics, philosophy
Consider a saintly utlitarian, who believes that it is always morally right to do whatever will have the best effects for everybody concerned, on average, in the long run. He knows that, in general, the best way for him to make people’s lives better is to devote all his energy into helping the poorest of [...]
Continue Reading »Carnivalia
March 27, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under carnivalia
The 88th Philosophers’s Carnival is up at KennyPearce.net;The 113th Carnival of the Godless is up at Daylight Atheism; and the 34th Humanist Symposium is supposed to be up at Atheist Revolution, though the site seem sto be having troubles at the moment.
Also, note to self: be more consistent about reading Pod Black.
Religion in the worst places on Earth
March 24, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under politics, religion, social and literary criticism
If you live in the U.S., it’s very easy to get complacent about religion. The most serious Bad Thing traceable to religion in recent years was the September 11th attacks, which involved a relatively small number of deaths (as I pointed out in my foray into film criticism). For the vast majority of Americans who [...]
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