This post is a continuation of the discussion of Craig’s arguments for the existence of God that I began here. William Lane Craig, Dembski’s explanatory eilter, and anti-evolutionism I titled the post as a whole “Craig on the Teleological Argument,” but partly this has to be a discussion of Craig and the Intelligent Design movement, [...]
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Avatarand weird human impulses
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 16, 2010
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I’m really late to the “explaining the meaning of James Cameron’s Avatar” game–I saw it over winter break, then got absorbed in other “fun winter break things,” then got absorbed in the re-start of grad school. But here it goes: First, yes, Avatar is indeed pretty, so much so that I disagree with the people [...]
Why Fight Club is better than Choke (review)
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 23, 2009
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Lots of writers put out a great novel early in their career and go downhill from there. The reasons are hard to pinpoint, admitting of only the most general explanations: Maybe it’s because humans are only allotted one book’s worth of truly good ideas for fiction, and after that it’s repeat yourself or dip into [...]
Marriage, morals, and the green-eyed monster
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 15, 2009
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Atheist perspectives on sexual morality Recently, I finally got around to picking up a copy of Bertrand Russell’s Marriage and Morals, the notorious book that played a major part of the campaign to get him barred from teaching in New York. I also had brought to my attention a Richard Dawkins piece on sexual jealousy [...]