ari | December 31, 2008
Appropriately, it was not the Christians who devastated the so-called New Atheists, but the Objectivists.
In his article for The Objective Standard, “The Mystical Ethics of the New Atheists,” Alan Germani reviews the ethical theories of Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Richard Dawkins.
In brief, Hitchens holds that ethical knowledge is innate and Harris clings [...]
ari | December 30, 2008
Back on September 28, Rasmussen conducted a poll that covered Colorado’s Amendment 48:
In November Amendment 48 entitled “Definition of a Person” will be on the ballot. This amendment to the Colorado constitution defines a person a s– “any human being from the moment of fertilization”. If the election were held today would you vote for [...]
ari | December 29, 2008
In an October article, Robert Forman, like many evangelicals, compares abortion to slavery:
Slave owners and those who were in the slave trade were unapologetically pro-choice when it came to slaves and slavery. They felt that “if you don’t like slavery, don’t own a slave” — but leave the “right” for those who do desire to [...]
ari | December 27, 2008
London atheists purchased bus advertisements stating, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
This is a poor message on a number of levels. Christians would dispute the notion that they “worry” about God’s existence; they would claim that they rejoice in God’s existence. Similarly, they would argue that they enjoy their lives [...]
ari | December 24, 2008
A large portion of articles from the conservative Town Hall attempt to prove the existence of God or slam atheism. (This is yet another example of how the conservative movement is captured by the religious right.) A recent example is Ben Shapiro’s “Why Atheism Is Morally Bankrupt.”
Here is Shapiro’s argument:
[W]ithout God, there can be no [...]
admin | December 19, 2008
admin | December 19, 2008
julian dunraven | December 19, 2008
By Julian Dunraven, J.D., M.P.A. (With Apologies to Dr. Seuss)December 2008
Every Who Down in Who-ville Liked Christmas a lotBut Bernanke, who lived just north of Who-ville, thought it might be for naught.
Bernanke feared for Christmas, and the whole shopping season.Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.It could be that interest rates [...]
ari | December 17, 2008
A couple days ago I noted attendance at evangelical churches is up. Well, that’s only the tip of the irrationalist iceberg. In his column yesterday, David Harsanyi collected various polling results showing a marked turn to the supernatural and irrational.
* “[A]ccording to a 2006 Scripps-Howard/Ohio University poll, a full third of you believe that the [...]
ari | December 15, 2008
Dinesh D’Souza smashes ants and declares himself a giant. D’Souza, who tends to declare himself the winner of debates with various atheists, is no doubt correct when it comes to his self-assessment against Peter Singer.
D’Souza ridiculously counts Singer as among “the most effective advocates of atheism” and “the best that the opposition has to offer.” [...]
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