Awhile back, the atheist blogosphere briefly noticed a Guardian article by John Gray, former “Professor of European Thought,” trashing Dawkins et al. Since now I’m reviewing Dawkins’ fleas, I decided that I’d take a look at his book, Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia, and review it here. I’m focusing in on [...]
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Timothy Keller’s The Reason for God
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 12, 2008
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Timothy Keller’s /The Reason for God/ is a step up from the first two books I reviewed in my series on Dawkins’ fleas. It’s not directed solely at Dawkins and his fans. Rather, large chunks are directed at generic, unreflective urban liberals, which Keller no doubt encounters lots of as the pastor of a Manhattan [...]
Ravi Zacharias’ The End of Reason
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 5, 2008
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This is the second entry in my reviews of Dawkins’ fleas. At some point, dear readers, I promise I will find more intelligent critics of Dawkins to review–indeed, I’ve read them. But this isn’t a review of such a critic. Ravi Zacharias’ The End of Reason, a book directly focusing mostly on Sam Harris’ work, [...]
Introducing Collecting Fleas: I Don’t Believe in Atheists
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 28, 2008
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Awhile back, Dawkins had the charming idea of calling the various books put out to respond to him and his fellow bestselling atheists as “fleas,” referencing a bit of poetry from Jonathan Swift. I’ve decided, as a new bloggy project, to post one review of one of these books every week. That commits me to [...]
Religulous
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 20, 2008
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Via Hemant, Steel City Skeptics is collecting