Category Archives: Quotes

Quote of the Moment: Thom's Snark

I’ve finished Thom Stark’s response to Paul Copan, Is God a Moral Compromiser? A Critical Review. I have to say, given how polite Stark can be around the blogosphere, it’s nice to see him take the gloves off in his … Continue reading

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Albert Einstein Said What?

I think Rep. Frank Nicely would have a hard time proving that Albert Einstein said this… “I think that if there’s one thing that everyone in this room could agree on, that would be that Albert Einstein was a critical … Continue reading

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Atheisting

Timothy Beal, religion professor at Case Western Reserve University and author of The Rise and Fall of the Bible, has an article up at The Chronicle of Higher Education. He mentions a SNAFU from a previous book tour, when he … Continue reading

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Quote of the Moment: Lies, Damn Lies …

Bill Moyers interviews David Simon, former crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun and creator of such television series as Homicide, The Corner and The Wire: One of the themes of The Wire really was that statistics will always lie. Statistics … Continue reading

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Francis Einstein? Albert Bacon?

You may have been reading about the new bill passed by the Tennessee legislature intended to allow Tennessee schools to “teach the controversy” about a number of hot button issues: evolution, abiogenesis, global warming and human cloning. One of the … Continue reading

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Quote of the Moment: Parasitic Religion

There’s a nice review of Nicholas Humphrey’s Soul Dust over at New Humanist. Humphrey is attempting to explain consciousness and spirituality within a materialist and evolutionary perspective. Humphrey suggests that spirituality is a side effect of consciousness, “For a phenomenally … Continue reading

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Quote of the Moment: Radical Secular Muslim Atheists

Have you ever noticed that a word used as a political attack quickly loses all meaning? From Politico, here’s Newt Gingrich, speaking at a church in San Antonio, Texas: “I have two grandchildren — Maggie is 11, Robert is 9,” … Continue reading

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Sam Harris on God and Japan

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn’t care to, or he doesn’t exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely. The only sense to make of tragedies like … Continue reading

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Quote of the Moment: Civics

From high school students protesting the removal of the Ten Commandments from a school display in Giles County, VA. Charming: “This is Giles County and Christ is a big, big, big part of Giles County. For those who don’t like … Continue reading

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American Renegades

From A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell, who was recently interviewed by Reason.com. But what the Founding Fathers called corruption, depravity, venality, and vice, many of us would call freedom. During the War of Independence, deference … Continue reading

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