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May 31, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under admin
Haven’t posted anything in a few days because of travel. Expect posting to be slow-to-nonexistent for awhile.
Continue Reading »The crypto inquisitors
May 26, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under history, politics, religion, stupidity
There’s a really creepy theme I’ve been noticing in Christian apologetics: an apologist will set off with an official mission to, say, show that Christianity is not responsible for the Inquisition. But as you read the argument, you begin to get the feeling he thought the inquisition was a fine idea.
Continue Reading »Review: Becky Garrison’s The New Atheist Crusaders
May 23, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under collecting fleas, history, religion, reviews, stupidity
I’ll say this about Becky Garrison’s The New Atheist Crusaders: it isn’t as bad as Terry Eagleton’s book. Other than that, it’s pretty lousy. When the book originally came out, Hemant interviewed her, and she responded to a lot of criticisms by basically saying “hey, I’m a satirist, so I can’t be held responsible for [...]
Continue Reading »Obama apologists get pwnd.
May 22, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under politics, quote of the time being, stupidity
When your predecessor launches two costly wars, and presides over an orgy of tax cutting and spending,
Continue Reading »Random links
May 19, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under elsewhere, epistemology, ethics, language, philosophy, religion, social and literary criticism, stupidity
It’s been too long since I’ve done this…
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