--1-- This week's Quick Takes theme (for as long as I can sustain it) is interfaith dialogue.  If you're not a regular reader of this blog, I'd like to invite you to stick around this week to help judge the our first ever ideological Turing Test (inspired by Bryan Caplan).  This week, a slate of atheists and Christians will all answer questions intended for atheists honestly, or as they expect atheists would answer them.  It's up to you to vote and see if you can spot the impostors or if … [Read more...]

--1-- It's been a very active commenting week here, which is exciting, but a little frustrating to me, since I'm packing/organizing in preparation for my DC move, and it limits my ability to respond as much as I'd like.  Happily, commenters are frequently picking up the slack.  When I asked a question about Christian epistemology (inspired by a Yudkowsky post), Matt Shafer, Brian Green, and Kevin all graciously offered explanations of their beliefs and answered some questions. … [Read more...]

--1-- I had the privilege of guestblogging at Daylight Atheism last week (all posts available here), so I'd like to kick off this week's Seven Quick Takes by featuring a recent post by Adam, the creator of Daylight Atheism.  In "The Logic of Genocide" he asked penetrating questions about the kinds of rationalizations apologists in the mold of William Lane Craig use to justify Old Testament slaughter.  They rarely allow these explanations to be applied in any other … [Read more...]