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The Gospel According to Teflon Tony
I have been amused – somewhat – by the recent encounter between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and a frequent writer on atheism, Christopher Hitchens, on the resolution: “Be It Resolved that Religion is a Force for Good in … Continue reading
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Tagged a Force for Good in the world, Christopher Hitchens, Munk Debates, religion, Teflon Tony, Tony Blair
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The Feeble Voice of Religion
Joseph Ratzinger, RC Pope, anachronism and pretender to some heavenly throne on earth – and who is already a fossil well before his time – claimed today that religion is ‘marginalized’ during his speech in Westminster Hall in the UK. … Continue reading
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Tagged child molestation, Joseph Ratzinger, morality, Roman Catholic Church, the pope
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Man is the Future of Man
The idea that – in the absence of God or a creator – we will be the exclusive authors of our own fate was a favorite topic for existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). Quoting fellow author Francis Ponge in saying … Continue reading
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Tagged condemned to be free, future of man, Jean-Paul Sarte
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Why Is There Anything Here At All?
For anyone who might have stumbled across this blog and stayed long enough to read some of it, they may have noticed that there appear to be a number of reoccurring themes in circulation throughout much of it. And that … Continue reading
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Tagged Kafka, Meaning of Existence, The Passenger
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She Saved The Anne Frank Diaries
Miep Gies has died at the age of 100 on January 11 in Hoorn, The Netherlands; she was born in 1909 in Vienna as Hermine Santrouschitz before moving to Amsterdam in the early 1920s and marrying Jan Gies in 1941. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Diaries, Holocaust, Jews, Miep Gies
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On the Use of Religious Symbols
Much has been made of the fact that the Swiss population rejected via a referendum the further propagation of religious symbols across the Swiss landscape in the form of minarets on mosques. Predictably, the politically correct have cried foul and … Continue reading
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Tagged churches, intolerance, Islam, minarets, mosques, religion, Swiss ban on minarets
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No More Crucifixes In Classrooms In Italy
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the use of crucifixes in classrooms in Italy. It said the practice violated the right of parents to educate their children as they saw fit, and ran counter to the child’s … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics & Culture, Philosophy, Science & Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, Crucifix, Dark Ages, human sacrifice, Italy, paganism, Pope, religion, Roman-Catholic, Vatican
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Burkas and Other Religious Anachronisms
How much of an anachronism an ancient tribal culture or religion can be in today’s world was demonstrated recently in Amsterdam, when its Mayor Job Cohen said that women who refuse to give up wearing the burka for jobs should … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, anachronism, burka, burqa, discrimination, unemployable, unemployment benefits
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The One And Only One?
I had some Jehovah’s Witnesses at the door the other day – and in the ensuing conversation I asked them how they knew that their God was the one and only true God out there. They couldn’t really answer that … Continue reading
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Tagged Existence of God, God, Intelligent Design, Jehovah Witness, logical falacy, religion, Religious Faith, St. Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas, unproven assumption
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Leave Your Brain At Home When You Go To Church
In 1962 – not really all that long ago – the Holy Office of the Roman Catholic Church issued the following monitum – or reprimand – regarding the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, (1881-1955), a French Jesuit priest who … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, Monitum, Original Sin, Relious Doctrine, Roman Catholic Church, Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man
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