Sam Harris: “Haidt concludes his essay with this happy blandishment: “every longstanding ideology and way of life contains some wisdom, some insights into ways of suppressing selfishness, enhancing cooperation, and ultimately enhancing human flourishing.” Surely we can all agree about this. Our bets have been properly hedged (the ideology must be “longstanding” and need only [...]
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Anyone feeling nostalgic for the “wisdom” of the Aztecs?
September 14th, 2007
Tags: atheism · edge · jonathan haidt · religion · sam harris
Richard Dawkins on Christopher Hitchkins’ God Is Not Great
September 6th, 2007
Richard Dawkins reviewing Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great in the Times Literary Supplement. Bible belter: “If you are a religious apologist invited to debate with Christopher Hitchens, decline. His witty repartee, his ready-access store of historical quotations, his bookish eloquence, his effortless flow of well-formed words, beautifully spoken in that formidable Richard Burton voice [...]
Tags: atheism · christopher hitchens · religion · richard dawkins
Psychiatrists are the least religious of all physicians
September 4th, 2007
Physorg.com: “The study, published in the September 2007 issue of Psychiatric Services, also found that religious physicians, especially Protestants, are less likely to refer patients to psychiatrists, and more likely to send them to members of the clergy or to a religious counselor.”
Tags: atheism · health · psychiatry · religion
Charlie Rose – Guest Host Bill Moyers with philosopher Daniel Dennett
August 6th, 2007
Tags: atheism · bill moyers · charlie rose · daniel dennett · philosophy · religion · video
Michel Onfray, In Defence of Atheism
July 28th, 2007
While Dawkins makes a strong case for why one doesn’t require a thorough grounding in theology to refute religious certainties (you don’t need to be an expert in fairyology to dispute the existence of fairies), and Hitchens draws on his acute observational skills and tireless globetrotting to report on the way “religion poisons everything” – [...]
Tags: atheism · christopher hitchens · michel onfray · religion · richard dawkins
Hitchens Book Debunking The Deity Is Surprise Hit
June 25th, 2007
WSJ: “Says Barbara Meade, a co-owner of the Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.: “Part of the appeal is that he’s a personality; we sold 106 books when he visited our store.””
Tags: atheism · christopher hitchens · religion · usa
How Religion Poisons Everything
April 26th, 2007
Deze week in Slate drie voorpublicaties van Christopher Hitchens’ boek God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Woensdag: God Is Not Great. Donderdag: Was Muhammad Epileptic? (update) Vrijdag: Mormonism: A Racket Becomes a Religion
Tags: atheism · christopher hitchens · religion