Evolving Thoughs, The evolution of morality: “Morality is an “acquired dialect”, which is a very useful metaphor. Like a dialect, it is conventional, and varies by geography. It is not inborn (although the capacity to acquire it, like that of language, is), and it doesn’t correlate with biology (a Sicilian raised in Japan would speak [...]
Entries Tagged as 'religion'
Iconic Last Supper
March 23rd, 2008
Zombie Last Supper Popped Culture, Suddenly Last Supper: “There’s nothing like a couple thousand years of of repetition and an iconic painting by an Old Master to get story to get lodged inside the heads of the creators of pop culture. Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century depiction of Jesus announcing that one of his 12 [...]
Tags: art · last supper · leonardo da vinci · religion
The science of religion
March 22nd, 2008
The Economist, The science of religion. Where angels no longer fear to tread: ““Explaining Religion”, as the project is known, is the largest-ever scientific study of the subject. It began last September, will run for three years, and involves scholars from 14 universities and a range of disciplines from psychology to economics. And it is [...]
Tags: explaining religion · religion · science
The Four Horsemen
December 24th, 2007
The Four Horsemen – Hour 1 The Four Horsemen – Hour 2 RichardDawkins.net, The Four Horsemen: on Christmas: “All four authors have recently received a large amount of media attention for their writings against religion – some positive, and some negative. In this conversation the group trades stories of the public’s reaction to their recent [...]
Tags: atheism · christopher hitchens · daniel dennett · religion · richard dawkins · sam harris
Tien Geboden: Harry Mulisch
December 24th, 2007
Harry Mulisch: “X. Gij zult niet begeren uws naasten huis; gij zult niet begeren uws naasten vrouw, noch zijn dienstknecht, noch zijn dienstmaagd, noch zijn rund, noch zijn ezel, noch iets dat van uw naaste is „Wat schiet je op met verlangen? Je moet het doen of je moet het niet doen. Ik heb een [...]
Tags: harry mulisch · literature · religion
What does a free society require of believers and non-believers alike?
December 4th, 2007
Timothy Garton Ash, What does a free society require of believers and non-believers alike?: “We do, however, need to be clearer about the difference between secularism and atheism. Secularism, in my view, should be an argument about arrangements for a shared public and social life; atheism is an argument about scientific truth, individual liberation and [...]
Tags: atheism · islam · religion · secularism
The Blasphemy Collection
December 2nd, 2007
“Freedom Go To Hell”, Londen, 3 februari 2006. Times, The Blasphemy Collection: “The concept of blasphemy seemed for some decades to be in decline in the West, but not any more. It may be useful to look back at some recent cases of militantly religious outrage… Rated by Vulgarity –the piece shocked through its conflation [...]