I’ve never quite seen the point of signing up for Twitter, but when Google buzz came out, I realized I could use it without going to the trouble of signing up for anything, and it would make a good repository for random thoughts and links that really have no business going up on the blog. [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Lee Strobel responds
Posted by Chris Hallquist on February 23, 2010
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Lee Strobel (or someone purporting to be him; I can’t actually verify the identity) has posted a comment at AiG BUSTED: With all due respect, this characterization of my spiritual journey is selective, misleading and inaccurate. To suggest that I was so emotionally enthralled by a visit to church that I then simply read Christian [...]
Pigliucci on accomodationism
Posted by Chris Hallquist on February 22, 2010
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Massimo Pigliucci has decided to weigh in on the debate over accommodationism that has been happening in the atheist blogosphere for forever now, coming down on the side of the accomodationists. Unlike Mooney and Nisbet, Pigliucci is clear that he’s interested in matters of philosophical principle, not tactics. (Mooney and Nisbet, in contrast, may well [...]
Carnivalia
Posted by Chris Hallquist on February 22, 2010
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The latest editions of the Humanist Symposium and Philosophy Carnival are both up.
Today in religious craziness
Posted by Chris Hallquist on February 21, 2010
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While browsing Google News, I happened across this headline: “Ugandan Pastor Airs Gay Porn in Church.” What’s this? Some uber-liberal religious leader giving the finger to Ugandan authorities in the most ridiculous, over-the-top way possible? No, even funnier: the pastor in question is Martin Ssempa, one of the better-known supporters of Uganda’s “kill-the-gays” bill. Yes, [...]