Trust me, I’m an atheist
“…those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of a God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist.” So said John Locke in his...
View ArticleHigh on religion
Speaking of atheism, a few neuroscientists have a new theory about how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam got started. From The Syndey Morning Herald: Glad tidings of great joy: there could be a...
View ArticleAtheists and libertarians, same boat
Via Andrew Sullivan, is there a “problem with atheism?” Sam Harris thinks so and explains why in a challenging essay: Attaching a label to something carries real liabilities, especially if the thing...
View ArticleAtheism roundtable
Given recent blogging, I’m looking forward to this AFF event: On Wednesday, October 24, AFF will host a roundtable on atheism. Though historically disorganized and decreasingly popular on the national...
View ArticleTwo kinds of belief
Writing in the L. A. Times earlier this month, Lee Siegel concludes an op/ed about militant atheists with harsh, misguided criticism: When our anti-religionists attack the mechanism of religious faith...
View ArticleScience on the Edge
This year’s Edge question and answers are up. After a nicely libertarian introduction, John Brockman asks, “What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?” Here,...
View ArticleI’m an atheist about all the gods that matter
Ron Rosenbaum’s “Agnostic Manifesto” at Slate has been making the rounds lately. He makes a few arguments against atheism, the central one being this: Atheists display a credulous and childlike faith,...
View ArticleMitch Daniels’ anti-atheist comments
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels is getting some favorable attention from libertarians, perhaps with some justification given his reading habits. However he has nothing kind to say about the atheists...
View ArticleA qualified defense of Ayn Rand on Medicare
Michael Ford at Huffington Post calls out Ayn Rand for accepting Medicare payments when she was ill with cancer: An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand’s law firm of...
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