From Andrew Sullivan. Money quote: “at least this protester is being consistent with literalism fundamentalism.” Though oddly, he insists on titling the post “Christianism watch,” when it should just be “consistent fundamentalism watch.” And to think that a few days ago, I was feeling all warm and fuzzy about how few religious people in the [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
What it’s like to be a (liberal) Christian
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 27, 2010
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I grew up in a liberal Congregationalist church. Officially, the church was part of two denominations, evidently denominations that didn’t care about the sort of thing. I like to tell people it was one step away from Unitarianism, which is funny, but basically true. I also like to tell people that it meant becoming an [...]
Why not be a dick?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 21, 2010
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I’ve been hearing something about a Phil Plait talk that became a meme under the heading “don’t be a dick,” but didn’t feel informed enough to comment until I found a partial transcript of the talk. (HT: Jason Rosenau). I got thinking about this, and concluded that for such a commonsensical-sounding thesis, it’s amazing how [...]
Carnivalia
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 21, 2010
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New Carnival of the Godless, Humanist Symposium, and Philosophy Carnival.
Santa Claus, Thor, and God
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 15, 2010
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I think most people, once they hear it, intuitively understand the thought “I stopped believing in God once I asked myself the question ‘if I don’t believe in Thor, why do I believe in the Christian God?’” I also think most people’s reasons for disbelieving in Thor aren’t fundamentally different than their reasons for disbelieving [...]