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The New Naysayers - (I add) And none too soon!

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:32 am
by Mr. P
Quote:The New Naysayers In the midst of religious revival, three scholars argue that atheism is smarter.By Jerry AdlerNewsweekSept. 11, 2006 issue - Americans answered the atrocities of September 11, overwhelmingly, with faith. Attacked in the name of God, they turned to God for comfort; in the week after the attacks, nearly 70 percent said they were praying more than usual. Confronted by a hatred that seemed inexplicable, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson proclaimed that God was mad at America because it harbored feminists, gays and civil libertarians. Sam Harris, then a 34-year-old graduate student in neuroscience, had a different reaction. On Sept. 12, he began a book. If, he reasoned, young men were slaughtering people in the name of religion

Re: The New Naysayers - (I add) And none too soon!

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:38 am
by Mr. P
Of course, the author of the article is not a fan of these three "Naysayers"...he is a sheep, it seems, like the rest.Quote:Evolution isn't necessarily incompatible with faith, even with evangelical Christianity. Several new books

Re: The New Naysayers - (I add) And none too soon!

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:55 am
by Mr. P
Now that I think about it...maybe this would be better as a separate thread in the Dennett forum?Chris, Tara...could you move this there?Mr. P. Mr. P's place. I warned you!!!The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.The pain in hell has two sides. The kind you can touch with your hand; the kind you can feel in your heart...Scorsese's "Mean Streets"I came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy Piper